If you like Reba McEntire or good country music, I recommend getting What If It's You, it's one of her best albums. She's one of the best country singers, and this album really shows it.


A classy album from the nineties   May 9, 2004
Peter Durward Harris (Leicester England)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

This album, from 1996, is full of quality. The first four tracks on this album were all hits in the American country charts, these being How was I to know (about recovering from a broken relationship and feeling better than ever), The fear of being alone (about a couple spending time together to avoid being alone), What if it's you (in which a woman discovers that a man is unavailable and wonders if she'll find somebody else) and I'd rather ride around with you (about somebody who is supposed to be at her cousin's wedding but prefers to be riding around with her man).

The other songs - all excellent - are It don't matter (about a relationship that appears to be in trouble despite - or because - the couple having everything they need), State of Grace (about a woman who packs in her regular job for a bit of adventure), Close to crazy, Just looking for him (two songs about women unable to get over losing a man), She's calling it love (about a woman who is infatuated with a man who takes advantage of her) and Never had a reason to (about a woman who didn't do what the others did - fall in love, get married and raise a family - but eventually finds love).

Reba has recorded so many great albums in her career and this is one of them. It has more of a country feel to it than some her nineties albums though it still has a pop sheen to it. If you enjoy Reba's nineties music, you should buy this album.


THE ELECTRIC GUITARS HURT MY EARS   September 22, 2005
JP (Phoenix, AZ)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

A lot of the songs on this CD aren't bad. Its the arrangements that make them bad. The electric guitars are so loud and the background singers nearly drown Reba out on a lot of them. THe fast songs all sound alike even though I really like "I'd Rather Ride Around With You". There is one song that is really good and that one is called "Close to Crazy". But I also like the title track and wonder why it wasn't released as a single because its really good too. But you can have the rest of the songs. LIke I said, they aren't bad songs but I wonder what this would have sounded like if they had made it a "real traditional country album" with "traditional" arrangements. It could have been done and if it had, Reba would have had another winner here. Get rid of the electric guitars and the loud drums please!!!!


THE QUEEN OF COUNTRY ROCKS!   September 2, 2001
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I have been a fan of Reba's even before I liked country music. This cd was the first one that I bought of hers. I had to buy it a 2nd time because I wore out the first cd.
This is the cd that Reba seems to explore her "pop-esque" country side. "I'd Rather Ride Around With You", "How Was I to Know" and "State of Grace" are all typical Reba with a little pop added in for good measure. But she does not forget what brought her to the top of the country music scene: her sweet yet powerful voice. "Just Looking for Him" and "What If It's You" are prime examples as to why she is the QUEEN OF COUNTRY. If I had a list of my favorite cds of all time: this one would defintely be in the top 10!!!