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Brittney B. from HARRIMAN, TN
Reviewed on 6/1/2007...

No Bonus Track. 10 songs listed with No. 5 being "I Love Our Love".

Quality late eighties country

Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 05/04/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Baillie and the boys is somewhat of a misnomer - for most of their existence, they have been just Kathie Baillie and her husband, Michael Bonagura. A third member joined them for a few years (hence the name Boys) and was still with them when they recorded their first two albums but left before this album was recorded. Kathy, possessor of a pure, clear voice, is the lead singer and also plays acoustic guitar. Michael adds some backing vocals but mainly plays guitars - acoustic and electric.Most of the songs here are originals but there are two incredible covers - as good as any other versions of the songs that I've heard. These are Perfect (originally by Fairground Attraction who had a British number one hit with hit) and Fool such as I (originally a country song by Hank Snow but best known via Elvis Presley's cover).The remaining songs include Can't stand to be unhappy (later covered by Bobbie Cryner) and You better do better (later covered by Brenda Lee) but I've not heard any other versions of the remaining songs, all of which are excellent.If you enjoy country music of the late eighties and early nineties, you ought to like Baillie and the boys. I never got round to buying any of their other albums but I was assured that this was the best album they ever did. It is certainly difficult to image how they could have recorded a better one."