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Way That I Am |  | Artist: Martina Mcbride
Label: Collectables
Category: Music
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 202225
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 8400
UPC: 090431840023
EAN: 0090431840023
ASIN: B0007QCLR2
Release Date: March 29, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Heart Trouble | | • | My Baby Loves Me | | • | That Wasnt Me | | • | Independence Day | | • | Where I Used To Have A Heart | | • | Goin To Work | | • | She Aint Seen Nothing Yet | | • | Life #9 | | • | Strangers | | • | Ashes |
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Amazon.com
A relatively new, nonwriting artist is at the mercy of outside material, selected not just by the performer but by the producer and record label, each with not-always-overlapping priorities. It's long odds that a truly satisfying, no-weak-cuts album can come of this song-selection-by-committee approach , but Martina McBride pulled it off on her second album, 1993's The Way That I Am. McBride's vocal versatility is a big plus; she sings the four ballads here exceptionally well, with "That Wasn't Me" and "She Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" especially affecting. Better yet are the uptempo songs, to which she adds just the right pinch of polite raunch. The breakthrough hit "My Baby Loves Me" is structured too close to "I Fought the Law" for comfort, but kicks satisfyingly; "Life #9" is delightfully spunky; "Heart Trouble" is well-executed modern rockabilly; and the Pam Tillis/Bill Lloyd collaboration "Goin' to Work" effectively extols the virtues of a job as a salve for heartache. The album's key track is the powerful "Independence Day," Gretchen Peters' groundbreaking table turner about a battered wife who burns house and hubby to ashes one symbolic July 4. McBride's impassioned performance is a fitting cap to a first-rate collection. --Ken Barnes
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Exceptional mix of tunes in different moods June 3, 1998
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This album is really one of the great ones! It doesn't matter which mood you're in - it'll always leave you happy, with the knowledge that life always has something more to give you. Martina makes it sound as if she means EVERY word that she sings - total joy or total misery. If she can come even close to the quality of this album on her future releases - don't hesitate, get them!!
No Sophomore Slump Here September 21, 2001
Chris S. (atlanta, ga United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Though Martina McBride's debut was a solid enough collection of country pop, it failed to get her noticed on country radio, with the exception being the limited success of the album's title track. That wasn't a problem with this album, which just happened to better her debut and establish her as one of the best female vocalists of any genre to come down the pike in the last decade. First single 'My Baby Loves Me', though somewhat lightweight, was just one of many styles McBride gravitated towards, though she did and continues to do so masterfully. There were several other uptempo gems here, specifically 'Goin To Work' and 'Life #9', and her anthem 'Independence Day' remains a watershed for her, and marked her as one of the few country artists(the only other female that springs to mind is Reba) not afraid to tackle weighty social matters, a platform she continues to uphold to this day. Though that song established her, it's her command of the album's ballads that really show what McBride was capable of both artistically and vocally--
'Where I Used To Have A Heart', 'That Wasn't Me',and 'She Ain't Seen Nothing Yet' are as good as anything she's ever done and were the true overlooked highlights of the album. A sterling example of how well an artist can marriage radio expectations with artistic credibility.
One Fantastic Album July 19, 1999
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"Independence Day" made Martina a Super-Star, but after listening to this album many times, my favorite is "That Wasn't Me", a true masterpiece.
Great March 4, 1999
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is great great I listen to this song but my favorit is Valentine. I like R&B most thought because I am only an 8th grader but get this it us great great.
The Way That I Am June 21, 2001
Dennis (La Mirada, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an album that I can actually play on the fourth of July. The reason why is because of the song 'Independence Day' by Martina McBride. The song 'Life #9' is very upbeat as far as how the rhythm of that song is concerned. The above songs should be on her 'Greatest hits' cd sometime soon.
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