Reba McEntire Album: “It's Your Call [Cassette Single]”

Reba McEntire referred to It's Your Call as the "second chapter" to 1991's For My Broken Heart. Broken Heart was an intentionally somber tribute to her band members who had recently died in a plane crash. Thankfully, It's Your Call is a lot more upbeat than that gloomy release, as were subsequent follow-ups. Country music has/had no need for a Morticia Addams type.

First off, there's "One Last Good Hand," a breezily optimistic look at longterm love. Its bouncy melody and simple lyrics were a nice change of pace. Also, "Take It Back," which is Reba at her most engaging. This woman informs her man that she KNOWS the score, and would rather do without him than accept his philandering. Sassy!

Ballads, however, dominate the album, which is to be expected on a Reba release. "Straight From You" is a thematic rehash of a prior hit "Rumor Has It" while the title track covers similar territory, except that we're now dealing with facts and not mere rumors. The latter is quintessential Reba: a woman scorned, but never, EVER, wallowing in self-pity.

Reba's voice has always been superior to the majority of her material, and It's Your Call, her 20th album, was no exception. She rises to the occasion and makes each cut at least listenable, and often involving. There were no pop remakes such as "Respect" or "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" this time around. Just good solid country. Overall, it was one of her better releases.

I am so moved by Reba McEntire's songs, every time I listen to them I either burst into tears or burst out singing. Reba keep on singing the way you do, heart touching!!!

These are leftovers from the "FOr My Broken Heart" album but they could never match up to that masterpiece. The title cut is dull. The rest of the CD is even more dull...like having leftovers for 3 days in a row.

Aside from a few really good songs, this album is not one of her best. It has a lot of average songs on it, but not a lot of amazing ones. I love the song "The Heart Won't Lie", but I get tired of the album quickly. Buy the C.D. "For My Broken Heart", because it is really good.

This is the release after "For My Broken Heart". The problem with this one is that it suffers to much by comparison to the former release (HEART) which was far superior...probably the best of Reba's nineties projects. This one is not a very good follow up. The songs are dull and blase'. Enough said.