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Track Listing
1. Rockin' Horse
2. Backseat of a Greyhound Bus
3. Restless
4. Niagra
5. Perfect
6. Need to Be Next to You
7. To Be Happy
8. Tonight
9. Otis Redding
10. Feel It Comin' On
11. I Give In
12. Big Cry
13. Suds in the Bucket
Album Notes
Personnel: Sara Evans (vocals); Marcus Hummon, Biff Watson (acoustic guitar); J.T. Corenflos, Troy Lancaster (electric guitar); Gary Morse (steel guitar, dobro); Bryan Sutton (banjo); John Mock (penny whistle); Peter Kevin Fisher (harmonica); Timothy Lauer (accordion); Barry Green, Mike Haynes (horns); Steve Nathan (piano); John Hobbs (Hammond B-3 organ); Michael Rhodes, Glenn Worf (bass); Matt Chamberlain (drums); David Huff (shakers, percussion, programming); Eric Darken (percussion, programming); Vince Gill, Wes Hightower (background vocals).
Principally recorded at The Money Pit, Nashville, Tennessee.
While Sara Evans hasn't assimilated the rock-pop influence into her contemporary country sound to the same bold degree as someone like Shania Twain, she's certainly informed by those sensibilities. There are plenty of rootsy touches to the arrangements here to remind us that this is Nashville, not Hollywood, but the predominance of power ballads and the quality of Evans's big, belting voice suggest what might have happened if Pat Benatar had been a country girl. One can't help wondering, for instance, how conscious the lyrical nod to the Allman Brothers' "Ramblin' Man" might be in Evans's "Backseat of a Greyhound Bus." And once you've sunk your teeth into a big, juicy Diane Warren torch song like the epic production "Need to Be Next to You," you're on your way to pop divahood whether you like it or not.
Industry Reviews
...Evans has solid taste in balladry and a warm, welcoming voice you could just about fall into... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (09/26/2003)
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