Patty Loveless - Sleepless Nights
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Free Music Review: delightful beginning to end
Hit: 5 Stars
I highly recommend this cd for those who love classic country music and a beautiful voice like Patty's.Free Music Review: Great CD
Hit: 5 Stars
Love this CD. Patty Lovesless sings the songs that she was meant to sing.....pure country music.Free Music Review: DOING THE LEGENDS PROUD
Hit: 5 Stars
A classic from start to finish by one of the most purest voices in country music. Bravo, Patty!Free Music Review: SLEEPLESS NIGHTS - PATTY LOVELESS
Hit: 5 Stars
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS - PATTY LOVELESS. GREAT CD FOR ANYONE WHO LIKES REAL COUNTRY.
Free Music Review: No Risks Taken, But Solid
Hit: 4 Stars
Patty Loveless has long been one of my favorite country singers. This new addition to her impressive catalog is full of tight, traditional country music arrangements, using the usual instruments of the trade: acoustic, steel and electric guitars, fiddles, mandolins, etc. The drums keep a steady beat throughout these mostly mid-tempo and slow tunes. These are almost all what one would call Standards, and Loveless and company have done very little fussing over them. They are straight forward and simply presented. The sound is clean and pure (one reviewer thought the sound quality was "abysmal"; he must have gotten hold of a bad copy somehow. I've been listening to this in my headphones, and it sounds wonderful, with, crisp stereo separation and just the right touch of ambience).
My one small complaint is that this production did not venture into anything resembling risky territory. This is all such solid, reliable stuff that one would be hard pressed to find fault with it, and the songs are almost impossible to ruin, so why not have a little more fun with the arrangements and instrumentation? Martina McBride did a similar set of standards a short while back, and she too avoided taking any risks, turning out a lovely recording, but nothing truly special. Like the standards of The Great American Songbook, many artists are afraid to play with them, handling them with kid gloves, doing little more than blowing some dust off of them. The trouble with this approach is that there is one true risk: boredom.
Fortunately, Patty Loveless is doing some of her most impassioned singing these days, and her pitch is spot on. Her phrasing is just perfect, and these qualities are what bump this album up above what could have been boring in the hands of any number of other singers attacking this material using the exact same arrangements. My slight reservations aside, I love hearing Patty sing these old, familiar songs. Loveless is just great, and her voice holds me captive whenever I hear it. She has few equals in the business, and I will continue to look forward to future work from her. If you love classic country done the old fashioned way, you cannot go wrong with SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. The title song, done with Vince Gill, "There Stands The Glass," and "The Pain Of Loving You" are my favorites so far. Doubtless, you will find some of your own among these gems. If you love real country music, and/or are a Patty Loveless fan, I do recommend this CD.