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Music CD - Martina McBride: Martina McBride - Greatest Hits
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Music CD: Martina McBride - Greatest Hits
Artist: Martina McBride
List Price: $16.97
Our Price: $6.49
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Manufacturer: RCA
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Tracks:
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1. My Baby Loves Me
2. Life #9
3. Independence Day
4. Strangers
5. Safe In The Arms Of Love
6. Wild Angels
7. Valentine (with Jim Brickman)
8. A Broken Wing
9. Happy Girl
10. Wrong Again
11. Whatever You Say
12. I Love You
13. Love's The Only House
14. There You Are
15. When God-Fearin' Women Get The Blues (intro)
16. When God-Fearin' Women Get The Blues
17. Where Would You Be
18. Concrete Angel
19. Blessed
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0078636701226
Label: RCA
Manufacturer: RCA
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: RCA
Release Date: 2001-09-18
Studio: RCA
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Martina McBride
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Independence day is by far my favorite song on this album...this is a girl album all the way...
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Summary: Great CD.
Comment: If you like Martina's major radio hits then you will enjoy this CD. Highly recommend.
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Summary: She knows how to push my buttons (and I don't mind.)
Comment: There's something about the material Martina chooses. I have owned this album since shortly after its release. To this day, I can't listen to "Blessed" without feeling the hair go up on the back of my neck. You go, girl!
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Summary: Shows why Martina is a Star
Comment: This is a great collection of Martina's stuff through 2001. Martina has a powerhouse of a voice. This album was a big part in my coming to accept country singers, instead of just rock or pop. Here are just the best tunes:
My Baby Loves Me - great intro tune, a salute to unconditional love
Life #9 - another high energy hit. Martina tells roaming man he is down to his last chance
Independence Day - stirring song about tragic effects of domestic violence
Safe in the Arms of Love
Wild Angels
Happy Girl - very fun and energetic song
Whatever You Say
Love's the Only House - social commentary by Martina
When God Fearing Women Get the Blues - a funny and energetic song about a straight-laced woman who just cuts loose one day
With 19 songs, most of them winners, this CD is a great buy for the fan and an excellent intro to Martina and modern female country for others.
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Summary: Martina's greatest hits
Comment: Country music is a genre I usually tend to avoid like the bubonic plague. I find the majority of it annoying to the nth degree. I will though make the rare occasion with Johnny Cash, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kasey Chambers, Lucinda Williams, and Martina McBride. I will admit that at one point I even owned a couple of Martina's cds over the years before my musical tastes evolved into something edgier, darker, and more aggressive.
I recently got a hold of Martina's greatest hits from a several years ago. I almost forgot just how great of a singer she is compared to a lot of female artists nowadays (regardless of genre). I do though wish that "The Time has Come" from Martina's first album was on the album. Other than missing that particular song, I enjoyed listening to Martina's greatest hits especially "Independence Day" which for some ODD reason has kept Martina off some country radio's playlists to this very day. I guess the truth hurts. I am still emotionally moved by the lyrics. I don't know why since I have never been the victim of domestic abuse but the song resonates with me. I also still love "My Baby Loves Me" and "Safe in the Arms of Love" and "Wild Angels". As sappy as "Valentine" is, I actually like the song. Big guilty pleasure with me. A lot of the songs on the cd are new to me. I particularly like "Wrong Again". Great melodies.
What I like about Martina's music is that it is never obnoxiously twangy which is why I hate most country music. Martina really has great taste in picking which songs she will put on her albums. The heartfelt lyrics, catchy melodies, and her powerhouse vocals are an excellent combination.
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Editorial Reviews:
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In the abstract, there are two Martina McBrides heard in this ample collection, which features 14 hits from the Kansas-born singer's studio albums, along with four inspired new cuts. At one extreme there's the demure cover-girl-pretty warbler who serves up fervent and endearing love pledges like "Wild Angels," "Safe in the Arms of Love," and "I Love You." Then there's the mature, poised, socially conscious mother of two who grapples with darker topics like poverty and inequality ("Love's the Only House") and child and spousal abuse (the wrathful "Independence Day" and the ineffably sad "Concrete Angel"). There are certainly impressive samples of both Martinas on this anthology. On other cuts--like the bluesy, naughty new track "When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues" and the angry "Life #9"--the forces of light and darkness, anger and felicity, commingle in a manner that's no less intriguing and provocative. --Bob Allen
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