Trisha Yearwood - Trisha Yearwood / Real Live Woman '1991/2000

Tracks list

Tracklist:




Trisha Yearwood:
01. Shes In Love With The Boy
02. The Woman Before Me
03. Thats What I Like About You
04. Like We Never Had A Broken Heart
05. Fools Like Me
06. Victim Of The Game
07. When Goodbye Was A Word
08. The Whisper Of Your Heart
09. You Done Me Wrong (And That Aint Right)
10. Lonesome Dove



Real Live Woman:



Tracklist:

01. Where Are You Now
02. One Love
03. Sad Eyes
04. Some Days
05. I Did
06. Try Me Again
07. Too Bad Youre No Good
08. Real Live Woman
09. Im Still Alive
10. Wild For You Baby
11. Come Back When It Aint Rainin
12. When A Love Song Sings The Blues

Once an artist like Trisha Yearwood enters her second decade of recording, its
easy to take her for granted. Why? Well, consistency doesnt make for quite as
dramatic a story as dramatic swings between brilliance and failure. That may be
unfair, but thats the way it is. Yearwood has never swung between such extremes.
She has released some exceptional albums, plus a couple of sub-par efforts, but
for the most part, she has remained an artist that is reliable -- you pay your
money, and you know youll get something satisfactory. Real Live Woman is one of
those records; it may not rock your world, but it will hardly disappoint. A
little more mature and straight-ahead than even her latter-day efforts, Real
Live Woman is a measured, deliberate record in the best possible sense. The
tempo never gets too heated, but the songs never drift into laziness, either.
The tunes are always melodic and always well-chosen. They dont just play to
Yearwoods strengths, but theyre solid songs in their own right, whether its a
new Matraca Berg and Al Anderson song (Im Still Alive), an overlooked
Springsteen tune (Sad Eyes) or a Linda Ronstadt chestnut (Try Me Again). Yes,
there are a couple of moments where the momentum drags ever so slightly, but as
soon as they occur, the album perks back up with the next song. Real Live Woman
isnt significantly better or worse than the average Trisha Yearwood album, but
thats not a bad thing, since few people do this mainstream country -- meaning,
by late-90s/early-00s standards, country music that still sounds country but is
also melodic enough for pop -- quite as well as this.

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