Tag Archives: album review

Greatest Radio Hits, by Bruce Hornsby It is often the case that when an artist is leaving their record label in the aftermath of a flop era that the label seeks to gain at least a little bit more income … Continue reading →

Heartland, by the Judds One of the things that one finds when one listens to the country music of the 1980s as opposed to more recent periods is that country albums were far shorter then than they are now. This … Continue reading →

The Last One To Know, by Reba McEntire Having listened now to a few Reba McEntire albums (this is the fourth album of hers in the 1980s I have listened to at this point), there are at least a few … Continue reading →

Unlimited, by Reba McEntire One thing that one can appreciate about the albums of the 1980s in country is that they did not waste your time. As I somewhat dread listening to a certain hour and a half long album … Continue reading →

Blue Rev, by Alvvays Recently I had the misfortune of ranking down the top 100 songs from Rank Your Media from 2022. It is not as if the 100 songs were exactly bad, but most of them were inessential and … Continue reading →

Subject To Change, by Kelsea Ballerini Kelsea Ballerini is an artist who has found some success in country music and has a crowd of people who wish that she was able to obtain more success, and more crossover success, than … Continue reading →

Raising The Bar, by Terri Clark We have previously seen Terri Clark’s attitude to classics, a reverential attitude for the great songs that inspired her and encouraged her as an artist. When we look at late-career Terri Clark, though, such … Continue reading →

Classic, by Terri Clark One of the aspects of musicians, and artists in general, is that they enjoy giving credit to those who have inspired them. When it comes to musicians, at a certain point in their career there is … Continue reading →

Rockin’ With The Rhythm, by the Judds As the second full album I have listened to by the Judds, I have to say that the 1980s are a strange era of country music. Despite growing up in the country, this … Continue reading →