Martina McBride

On Martina McBride's eighth long player, the hot country chanteuse turns up the volume on her polished, commercial sound. Every single song plays like a smash hit, especially "This One's For The Girls," a triumphant anthem to sisterhood. "She's A Butterfly" is another standout cut.

During the past ten years, McBride has used one of country's finest voices to become one
of its biggest risk-takers, speaking for the genre's dispossessed women. Her protagonists
aren't mawkish or meek: "This One's for the Girls" preaches girl power for women of all
ages. On "Wearing White," the album's best cut, McBride elegantly sings the praises of a
one-time "wayward child" who's ready to settle down. JON CARAMANICA (RS 940,... More >