25-03-2014, 18:12
enters the Billboard chart this week at #9
Spotify online listen
4.0 of 5.0 from allmusic
not sure if I've heard a Sara album before this
puked when I read the first line of the bio
far cry from that on this album
pop central here
1 song could be considered country
artist website - http://saraevans.com/
Bio - from allmusic
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A female country traditionalist during a time when they were quite rare around Nashville, Sara Evans gained her RCA contract in 1996 after her
rendition of Buck Owens' perennial chestnut "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail" impressed its songwriter, Harlan Howard, so much that he considered
himself duty-bound to help her. While growing up poor in rural Missouri, Evans performed with her family's band -- at the age of four -- and
even recorded in Nashville several years later.
She eventually married and moved to Oregon in 1992, but continued to perform as Sara Evans & North Santiam. The group opened for Willie Nelson
and Tim McGraw, among others, but Evans eventually returned to Nashville to try to remake her career. There she impressed Howard enough that he
recommended her to RCA executives, who connected her with producer Pete Anderson (a veteran of many albums by Dwight Yoakam). After her debut
album, Three Chords & the Truth, was released in July 1997, Evans earned a special honor by being handpicked by George Jones to open a special
show in Nashville. No Place That Far followed a year later, and in 2000 she resurfaced with Born to Fly. The title track was a big hit for
Evans, and the album eventually peaked in the Top Ten of Billboard's country charts.
She followed that up with 2003's Restless, and returned in 2005 with the Top Ten hit Real Fine Place. Following some tumultuous developments in
her personal life, Evans stayed out of recording studios for the latter half of the 2000s. Her label issued Greatest Hits in 2007. She returned
to the popular arena with Stronger in early 2011. Reentering the studio in November 2012 with producer Mark Bright, Evans set about recording
her seventh studio album, Slow Me Down. Preceded by the release of the title track in September 2013, the album appeared early in March 2014.
Album Review - from allmusic
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A reunion with producer Mark Bright, who produced her 2005 album Real Fine Place, may suggest Sara Evans is returning to the country on her 2014
record Slow Me Down, but a better indication of the sound of this album is in its artwork. The glamour shot showcasing Evans' long legs in all
their glory is hardly down-home and neither is Slow Me Down. The singer may collaborate with songwriter of the hour Shane McNally on the
exceptional "You Never Know," but a better indication of her frame of mind is how Isaac Slade from the Fray is brought in for a duet on "Can't
Stop Loving You" and Gavin DeGraw pops up for "Not Over You," a song the AAA crooner co-wrote with pop hitmaker Ryan Tedder. All this suggests
how thoroughly pop Slow Me Down is. Forget country-pop -- this is an adult contemporary pop album through and through, all slick surfaces and
insistent melodrama, the kind of music made for the crossover diva Evans now is. Evans elegantly matches the oversized arrangements, matching
each crescendo and hushed moment, while the songs are cannily constructed pieces of pop, sounding stronger with each play. Certainly, fans
hoping that Evans will return to country music will be disappointed, but Slow Me Down is something that is rare in 2014: an unapologetic, big-
scale adult pop album, constructed with grace and care.
previously posted the single Slow Me Down
so here's another sample:
[video=youtube;k64Q-nVolOA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k64Q-nVolOA[/video]
Track Listing
1. Slow Me Down
2. Not Over You
3. Put My Heart Down
4. Can't Stop Loving You
5. You Never Know
6. If I Run
7. Sweet Spot
8. Good Love is Hard To Find
9. Better Off
10. Gotta Have You
11. Revival
Spotify online listen
4.0 of 5.0 from allmusic
not sure if I've heard a Sara album before this
puked when I read the first line of the bio
far cry from that on this album
pop central here
1 song could be considered country
artist website - http://saraevans.com/
Bio - from allmusic
A female country traditionalist during a time when they were quite rare around Nashville, Sara Evans gained her RCA contract in 1996 after her
rendition of Buck Owens' perennial chestnut "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail" impressed its songwriter, Harlan Howard, so much that he considered
himself duty-bound to help her. While growing up poor in rural Missouri, Evans performed with her family's band -- at the age of four -- and
even recorded in Nashville several years later.
She eventually married and moved to Oregon in 1992, but continued to perform as Sara Evans & North Santiam. The group opened for Willie Nelson
and Tim McGraw, among others, but Evans eventually returned to Nashville to try to remake her career. There she impressed Howard enough that he
recommended her to RCA executives, who connected her with producer Pete Anderson (a veteran of many albums by Dwight Yoakam). After her debut
album, Three Chords & the Truth, was released in July 1997, Evans earned a special honor by being handpicked by George Jones to open a special
show in Nashville. No Place That Far followed a year later, and in 2000 she resurfaced with Born to Fly. The title track was a big hit for
Evans, and the album eventually peaked in the Top Ten of Billboard's country charts.
She followed that up with 2003's Restless, and returned in 2005 with the Top Ten hit Real Fine Place. Following some tumultuous developments in
her personal life, Evans stayed out of recording studios for the latter half of the 2000s. Her label issued Greatest Hits in 2007. She returned
to the popular arena with Stronger in early 2011. Reentering the studio in November 2012 with producer Mark Bright, Evans set about recording
her seventh studio album, Slow Me Down. Preceded by the release of the title track in September 2013, the album appeared early in March 2014.
Album Review - from allmusic
A reunion with producer Mark Bright, who produced her 2005 album Real Fine Place, may suggest Sara Evans is returning to the country on her 2014
record Slow Me Down, but a better indication of the sound of this album is in its artwork. The glamour shot showcasing Evans' long legs in all
their glory is hardly down-home and neither is Slow Me Down. The singer may collaborate with songwriter of the hour Shane McNally on the
exceptional "You Never Know," but a better indication of her frame of mind is how Isaac Slade from the Fray is brought in for a duet on "Can't
Stop Loving You" and Gavin DeGraw pops up for "Not Over You," a song the AAA crooner co-wrote with pop hitmaker Ryan Tedder. All this suggests
how thoroughly pop Slow Me Down is. Forget country-pop -- this is an adult contemporary pop album through and through, all slick surfaces and
insistent melodrama, the kind of music made for the crossover diva Evans now is. Evans elegantly matches the oversized arrangements, matching
each crescendo and hushed moment, while the songs are cannily constructed pieces of pop, sounding stronger with each play. Certainly, fans
hoping that Evans will return to country music will be disappointed, but Slow Me Down is something that is rare in 2014: an unapologetic, big-
scale adult pop album, constructed with grace and care.
previously posted the single Slow Me Down
so here's another sample:
[video=youtube;k64Q-nVolOA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k64Q-nVolOA[/video]
Track Listing
1. Slow Me Down
2. Not Over You
3. Put My Heart Down
4. Can't Stop Loving You
5. You Never Know
6. If I Run
7. Sweet Spot
8. Good Love is Hard To Find
9. Better Off
10. Gotta Have You
11. Revival
