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Pam Tillis - Every Time Audio CD

A fair review of the Pam Tillis "Every Time" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Pam Tillis reviews here, or go back to the Pam Tillis tabs.

Pam Tillis Band: Pam Tillis
Title: Every Time
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Release Date: 1998-06-30
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: I Said a Prayer 2: Every Time 3: You Put the Lonely on Me 4: Whisper and a Scream 5: Lay the Heartache Down 6: Hurt Myself 7: Not Me 8: Whiskey on the Wound 9: We Must Be Thinking Alike 10: After Hours 11: Great Disguise

Every Time = Pam at her BEST
Actually, every album Pam has put out has been amazing. This is quite possibly my favorite album that Pam Tillis has ever released. Anyone who says "All of This Love" was the beginning of the end is completely out of their mind. "All of This Love" and "Every Time" may not have produced many hits, but in my opinion, they are probably Pam's best. Every song on this album is a hit of its own. The uptempo songs on this album ("I Said A Prayer," "You Put the Lonely on Me," "Lay the Heartache Down," "Not Me") go above and beyond your average fast song. They totally rock. The title track should have been a huge hit on its own. It's a wonderfully produced ballad. The rest of the ballads are also brilliant. Pam is at her best here. She took a three year break between this album and the last, and the wait was truly worth it. The album ends with Pam's version of a song that Martina McBride had recorded three years earlier--"A Great Disguise. " Pam put her own twist on the song, and it worked out very well as a conclusion to this album, which I am proud to call a masterpiece.


Underrated album from Tillis
The lead single "I Said A Prayer" is an infectuous uptempo that was the only hit from the album. This album wasn't much of a commercial success, but there's some great songs throughout. The title track is a classic Tillis ballad that should have been a bigger hit. There's some nice uptempo songs like "You Put The Lonely On Me", "Not Me", "Lay The Heartache Down", and heartfelt ballads such as "A Great Disguise", "After Hours", "Hurt Myself" and "A Whisper and A Scream". Overall a fairly good album.


The Creative Downslide Continues
While the songs throughout range from great ('I Said A Prayer','A Great Disguise') to awful(the sappy title track, 'A Whisper And A Scream'), some of the blame can probably be put on her choice of producer( Billy Joe Walker, who also managed to dull Mindy McCready's edge on her DOA third effort). Like the previous ALL OF THIS LOVE, EVERY TIME finds Pam Tillis again relying on middling material that fails to live up to her obvious talent. At some point, Tillis needs to wise up and ditch her producer, the person who helps her pick her songs(she's highly capable of writing first-rate material all by herself), and anyone else willing to let her settle for second and third-rate cast-offs like this.


Every Time
Between those three years much had changed in country music. This was Pam's first studio album since 1995's ALL OF THIS LOVE. However Tillis returned with a collection of inspired songs that were a good match to her voice and showed the strength in her quality of choosing good songs for her albums. The first single "I Said A Prayer" is one of those irresistibly drawn songs where you have to sing along once you hear it a few times. The title track is one of the best ballads on this cd, both tender and passionate, heartbreaking too. Pam chose some great uptempo songs for the album such as "You Put The Lonely On Me", "Lay The Heartache Down", "Not Me", etc. As well some passionate ballads such as "A Whisper and a Scream", "Whiskey on the Wound", "Hurt Myself", "A Great Disguise" and more. Overall EVERY TIME is a cd that doesn't happen every time, its a overall strong effort and as usual ignored by country radio, what a shame.


WOW! If Pam could only do this every time!
The songs on this CD are no less than profound. I waited a very long time for this CD release, and I am in heaven with what I found. Tillis couldn't get any countrier than "Whiskey On The Wound"- destined to become a classic. "I Said A Prayer For You" has a beat that makes you put the petal to the metal. Check out the tender ballads "Every Time" and "Hurt Myself. " Also, "You Put The Lonely On Me," "A Whisper And A Scream," "Lay The Heartache Down," and "We Must Be Thinking Alike" are no less than a work of art. Tillis is no longer contracted with Arista, so order this CD before it goes out of print.


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