You Gotta Love That
Artist: Neal McCoy
Community Score: 3.50
Measure of a Man
Artist: Kevin Sharp
Community Score: 7.00
Blue
Artist: LeAnn Rimes
Community Score: 6.84

With this fabulous record that brought joy and fun to all avid listeners of country music, LeAnn Rimes arrived just in the nick of time, when country needed it most, amidst all the regulars of the scene such as Garth Brooks, Holly Dunn, etc. The record is a delightful free-for-all of sassy pick-me-up country that spells GOLD in many sorts of... Read More

Somebody New
Artist: Rhett Akins
Community Score: 5.75
Ten Thousand Angels
Artist: Mindy McCready
Community Score: 8.00

Mindy McCready's debut Ten Thousand Angels is an appealing debut album, despite a handful of flaws. The songwriting on the album is occasionally a little weak, but throughout the record McCready turns in a powerhouse performance that elevates her to the front ranks of young female contemporary country singers. ~ Thom Owens, All Music Guide Read More

Revelations
Artist: Wynonna Judd
Community Score: 8.00

Wynonna had no problem with the spotlight; or, as the tabloids regularly revealed, with opening up her private life for all to poke through and ponder. For all of her cultivating of celebrity, her albums continued to turn down the lights and focus on the softer glow of emotional verities her albums. Revelations is another worthy solo effort by... Read More

Right in the Middle of It
Artist: Chely Wright
Community Score: 8.70

This 1996 album, Right in the Middle of It, is the sophomore offering from award-winning country singer Chely Wright. The recording is filled with both ballads and fast-paced numbers, and features plenty of natural country twang. Wright has enough vocal talents to handle the ballads and enough energy to carry the toe-tappers. This might only be... Read More

Some Things Are Meant to Be
Artist: Linda Davis

Linda Davis is another singer who suffered through struggles to get heard. In her case, however, she tended to release formula-heavy albums empty of much character or individuality. Always an obvious talent, she bounced between record companies, all of which tried to force her into one ill-fitting trend or another. Davis finally enjoyed some... Read More

All I Need to Know
Artist: Kenny Chesney
Community Score: 9.80

Kenny Chesney was working parking cars when he got his first songwriting contract. In less than two years he had another contract, this one as a singer. His debut album hit the shelves in 1993. After a couple more years he was signed under a new label and had completed a noteworthy sophomore offering. This is that album, All I Need to Know. The... Read More

I Think About You
Artist: Collin Raye

After attempting a somewhat rougher approach with Extremes, Collin Raye returned to his smooth ballad stylings on I Think About You. Though he still sings the occasional honky tonk raver, the high points on his fourth album come when he slows the pace down. I Think About You does suffer from a few bland tracks, but the album does demonstrate why... Read More

Terri Clark
Artist: Terri Clark
Community Score: 8.50

Terri Clark's self-titled debut established the vocalist as a promising singer and songwriter. Working from a basic, traditional country foundation, Clark adds in slight elements of pop and rock, making her music more immediately accessible. Though there are some flaws in the songs -- occasionally, the melodies fail to stick -- her impassioned,... Read More

Greatest Hits
Artist: Lorrie Morgan
Community Score: 6.00

Lorrie Morgan's Greatest Hits highlights 11 tracks from the contemporary country vocalist's late-'80s and early-'90s recordings for RCA. Among the number one singles are "What Part of No," "Five Minutes," "Something in Red," and "Dear Me." Also featured is the posthumous duet recorded with Morgan's late husband, Keith Whitley, "Til a Tear... Read More

Old Enough to Know Better
Artist: Wade Hayes
Community Score: 10.00

Brought up on music recorded by legendary artists like Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and George Jones, it's little wonder Wade Hayes has such a feel for their style of country music. On this 1995 debut album, Old Enough to Know Better, Hayes offers up some impressive honky tonk numbers, three of which he helped pen: "I'm Still... Read More

All Because of You
Artist: Daryle Singletary
Community Score: 10.00

Daryle Singletary's debut album was a fine slice of neo-traditional country, but his followup, All Because of You is even better, boasting a stronger set of songs -- such as the single "Amen Kinda Love" -- and a more confident performance by Singletary. There are still a couple of weak tracks, which suffer from underdeveloped songs or slick... Read More