Disco de Reba McEntire: “So Good Together”

Descripción (en inglés) :

This is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel includes: Reba McEntire, Jose Y Durvall (vocals); Steuart Smith (acoustic, electric & gut-string guitars); B. James Lowry, Mark Casstevens, John Wills (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason, Jeff King, Jerry McPherson, Steve Gibson, Brett Rowan (electric guitar); Paul Franklin, Terry Crisp (steel guitar); Larry Franklin, Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Gary Prim (piano, keyboards); John Jarvis, Steve Nathan (piano, synthesizer); John Hobbs (keyboards, synthesizer); Jimmy Nichols (keyboards); Richard "Spady" Brannan, Michael Rhodes, Glenn Worf (bass); Eddie Bayers, Paul Leim (drums); Eric Darken (percussion); Wes Hightower, Harry Stinson, John Wesley Ryles, Liana Manis, Laura Vida, Thom Flora (background vocals). Producers: Tony Brown, David Malloy, Keith Stegall, Reba McEntire, Guto Graca Mello. Engineers include: Steve Marcantonio, Kevin Beamish, Jeff Balding. "What Do You Say" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. The sheer power of Reba McEntire's voice is an awesome thing. But it's the careful way she controls that power that makes SO GOOD TOGETHER a great CD. True, several tracks on the CD are big, pop-flavored production numbers that McEntire belts her way through, like the title track and the Diane Warren power ballad "I'll Be." But SO GOOD TOGETHER also contains some of the most honest-to-goodness country numbers McEntire's recorded in years, and the restraint she shows on those makes the material shine. Listen to the way she almost whispers the final, tear-jerking chorus of the brilliant "What Do You Say," or the delicate, quiet way she narrates "She Wasn't Good Enough for Him," the story of a woman trapped in a co-dependent relationship. Another standout is "Back Before the War," a good old-fashioned divorce song. And her astonishing performance on "Roses"--a traditional, hard country song about a woman who takes the knowledge of her husband's infidelity to the grave--proves she still remembers her roots. With fine material all around, plus less bombast and more real country, McEntire's hit upon a formula that really does sound SO GOOD TOGETHER.

The undisputed "Queen of Country Music" has done it again. With her 27th album, Reba McEntire raises her musical standards to a higher level-- one that no other act in Nashville has achieved this year. The album gets off to a frisky start with the title track, "SO GOOD TOGETHER". This song reminds me of the fun Reba brought to her crossover hit of 1996, "YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON", but with more of a country kick to it. The album takes listeners on a roller coaster of emotion and heartbreak. From the sadness of the first single, "WHAT DO YOU SAY" and "ROSES" to songs of love and happiness, "I'LL BE" (which very easily could be the wedding song of 2000) and "'TIL I SAID IT TO YOU". The album is full of future country smashes and a couple of possible adult contemporary crossover hits. Reba reminds fans that she can still bring tears to your eyes. "ROSES" is the saddest and one of the best song she has recorded in many years. This album is a prime example of why Reba is the best selling country female artist of the 20th century. Buy it today!

I've been a REBA fan since 1986,and have purchased most of her albums.When i heard SO GOOD TOGETHER,I was floored at the quality of the music,it goes from up beat to,sad heart wrenching love songs,I especially love I'll BE,but every song is GREAT.I can't wait for her next album.She's the greatest most down to earth female country singer,I meet her in person,and it was the best day of my life,she talked to you as if she new you along time.REBA'S A COUNTRY DIVA today and always,move over Shania and Faith.

I've been a fan of Reba's in 1992. Up until this album I thought that "Read My Mind" was her best work yet. This album "So Good Together" shows once again that Reba is the greatest female artist of all time. Songs like "till I said it to you" and "Roses" she blends in the "old country" sound, and mixes it with a more updated tone of the country music today. She puts feelings in her singing that makes you feel as if you were in the song. I've been to a couple of her concerts and she has a show that no one can duplicate. The energy she puts into her stage presence shows why she is the best. I can already see her getting many awards with this album. Reba's A#1 as well as this album. Keep up the great work Reba!

I can take this or leave it. The first song is so terrible that it almost made me want to throw the CD in the trash. "So Good Together" was just plain awful. Loud noise..that's all it was. But things got a little better. Some of the songs on here are pretty good. They are mostly ballads the best of which are "Before the War", "Roses", "I'm Not Your Girl" and "We're All Alone", a cover tune done with some Mexican guys by the name of Jose and Durval. That last one is actually very, very good!! Overall this Cd is a mixed effort that could have used more imaginative production.