Sara Evans - Born to Fly

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Free Music Review: This Is One Joyful Vocalist
Hit: 5 Stars

Sara Evans is an example of everything that is going right in modern pop country-music. She is very happily married and just gave birth to her second child. The joy that is apparently in her life and heart simply overflow like cataracts in this album. Mind you, the content is not all joy in the songs. The classic country gem "I Learned That From You" is biting, but brilliantly on target in showing the effects of poor male example. "Why Should I Care" and "Four-Thirty" lament over memories of love gone wrong. However, these three songs serve to anchor this CD to the ground as the rest of it just soars to the stratosphere with ebullience and hope. The opening title track deserves all the attention it has gotten both in country- music and mainstream press. This album version is over five and one half minutes long and segues perfectly into "Saints and Angels" singing of the power of grace and forgiveness to heal in a loving, but imperfect marriage. Then comes the centerpiece of the album in "I Could Not Ask for More". This is an unabashed love song to be sung right into the eyes of your spouse telling them how wonderful they are and how much you love them. If you hadn't fully noticed Sara's somewhat nasally vocals, you certainly will on "I Keep Looking" singing about wanderlust and growing older with a coy twist. "Let's Dance" is another uplifting love song about the romantic joys of true, committed love. Fluff? Not if you are in love and Sara clearly is. "Show Me the Way to Your Heart" sings of winning over the heart of a love interest who had been burned before in love. Then comes my personal favorite cut. I can only best describe "You Don't" by recalling a time when I watched a springtime Texas thunderstorm roll in from the west. It appeared on the horizon, rolled into my immediate area building in intensity and power. First the sight, then the smell, the wind, the rain, finally, the rolling thunder and pink-hued lightning bolts. It is a perfect metaphor here. This song is an emotional thunderstorm of astounding intensity telling the female side of how much her lover affects her. It is GOOD STUFF. "Every Little Kiss" is a brilliant upbeat cover of the Bruce Hornsby original to finish this 52 minute tour de force album.

To give you a little more perspective on the mindset that went into creating this album, consider the liner notes. "My son Avery. My sweet little punkin! You will never fully understand the depth of my love for you. Even when you were in my womb, I knew you and loved you! You have changed my life forever. I love you so much more than any song, or album, or concert. Always know that! Since I wrote these songs in the first few months of your life, I dedicate them all to you. Love Forever, Mommy. Craig, I didn't know it was possible to grow closer and more in love with someone every day, but it is. You are my rock and my shield. You take such excellent care of Avery and me. Thank you. I am so proud of you sweetie. You are a godly man and I will love you always. And finally, Lord Jesus, let everything I do be pleasing to You and be Your will. I love You above everything. Thank You for the blessings in my life and thank You for giving me music. Please help me to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which I have been called." Can you have you priorities any better in order?! Wow! Talk about really having your head on straight! You will find, if you listen to this CD with your heart open, that it will bring some of Sara's joy to your heart as well. This is truly a work of art. Great work, Sara! I look forward to your next offering and wish you and your growing family the continued best. Thank you for warming my own heart.

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