专辑简介

Connie Smith is among country music's greatest singers, so the good news about this comeback is that, two decades since her last hit, she can still belt it out with the best of them. On the opening "How Long," a real boot-scooter that's faintly reminiscent of her 1964 signature "Once a Day," her voice soars and throbs as gorgeously as ever--and maybe even better, since she's added a newfound huskiness that only compounds her expressive twang. The bad news, though, is that this batch of unmemorable songs, written by Smith and new husband Marty Stuart, can hardly measure up to the Bill Anderson classics that made her famous. Still, as on "You Can't Take Back a Teardrop," Smith's love songs are usually just good enough, thanks to steel-drenched arrangements and Smith's own remarkable voice.