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What a Woman Wants to Hear is the debut album of American country music singer Dawn Sears. It was released in 1991 via Warner Bros. Records. The tracks "Till You Come Back to Me" and "Good Goodbye" were released as singles.
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| Released | October 15, 1991 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 33:05 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Barry Beckett | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[1] |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| My Kind of Country | A−[3] |
Critical reception
Giving it a "B+", Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly praised Sears' "emotive" voice, comparing her favorably to Reba McEntire and Shelby Lynne. She also wrote that the album contained a "solid repertoire".[1]
Michael McCall of AllMusic writes, "Her powerful debut, produced by Barry Beckett, it reveals her ability with a forceful country rocker ("Good Goodbye") as well as a touching ballad ("Till You Come Back to Me.")"[2]
Occasional Hope of My Kind of Country reviews the album with the conclusion, "This was a very good album which slipped beneath the radar."[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "What a Woman Wants to Hear" |
| 3:56 |
| 2. | "Half as Much" | Curley Williams | 2:53 |
| 3. | "Tell Me I'm Crazy" |
| 3:35 |
| 4. | "Old-Fashioned Broken Heart" |
| 3:43 |
| 5. | "Good Goodbye" |
| 2:50 |
| 6. | "He's in Dallas" |
| 3:07 |
| 7. | "No More Tears" |
| 2:41 |
| 8. | "Till You Come Back to Me" |
| 2:35 |
| 9. | "Could Be the Mississippi" |
| 4:14 |
| 10. | "Odds and Ends (Bits and Pieces)" | Harlan Howard | 3:31 |
| Total length: | 33:05 | ||
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.[4]
- Musicians
- Eddie Bayers — drums
- Barry Beckett — keyboards
- Paul Franklin — steel guitar
- Sonny Garrish — steel guitar
- Steve Gibson — electric guitar
- Dann Huff — electric guitar
- Mitch Humphries — keyboards
- Mike Lawler — keyboards
- Danny Parks — electric guitar
- Dave Pomeroy — bass guitar
- Don Potter — acoustic guitar
- Matt Rollings — keyboards
- Brent Rowan — electric guitar
- Dawn Sears — lead vocals, background vocals
- Kenny Sears — fiddle
- Jack Williams — bass guitar
- Dennis Wilson — background vocals
- Curtis Young — background vocals
- Reggie Young — electric guitar
- Technical
- Barry Beckett — production
- Pete Greene — recording, mixing
- Justin Niebank — recording, mixing
- Denny Purcell — mastering
- Ragena Warren — production coordination
References
- Nash, Alanna (22 November 1991). "What a Woman Wants to Hear". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- McCall, Michael. Dawn Sears – What a Woman Wants to Hear at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- Hope, Occasional (20 April 2018). "Album Review: Dawn Sears – 'What A Woman Wants To Hear'". mykindofcountry.wordpress.com. My Kind of Country. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- What a Woman Wants to Hear (CD booklet). Dawn Sears. Warner Bros. Records. 1990. 9 26442-2.
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