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List Price: $47.49 | | Label: Universal
Salesrank: 652467
Released: November 21, 2000 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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So Good Together Track Listing:
1. We're So Good Together
2. 'Til I Said It To You
3. I Like It That Way
4. What Do You Say
5. Roses
6. I'm Not Your Girl
7. She Wasn't Good Enough For Him
8. Nobody Dies From A Broken Heart
9. Back Before The War
10. When You're Not Trying To
11. Where You End And I Begin
12. We're All Alone
13. I'll Be
14. If I Fell
Editorial Review:
Australian version of her 1999 album includes two bonus tracks, a cover of the Beatles' 'If I Fell' & 'I Like It That Way', both of which aren't available on the domestic. Additional tracks include the hit 'I'll Be'. 14 tracks in all. Standard jewel case.
So Good Together Reviews:
A great album to close the old millennium 
2005-08-01 - In the liner notes, Reba states that this was the first album on which she used three different producers. Reba points out they were all going through different emotions in their personal lives and this was reflected in the songs they wanted Reba to record, so let's see what differences there are. Note that this album has been released with slightly different track listings in different countries around the world and, to complicate things, has been re-issued in some of those to include Reba's Beatles cover (If I fell), a great original song (I'll be) and a bilingual duet (We're all alone - a cover of a Boz Scaggs song that Rita Coolidge had some success with). My original UK release does not include these songs (although I've got the Beatles cover and I'll be on a Reba compilation) but it does include an excellent song (I like it that way) produced by David Malloy, which is missing from most currently available editions of this album. This Australian version of this album contains If I fell, I'll be, We're all alone and I like it that way, so if you want all these songs, buy this version.
Keith Stegall produced three of the songs here, all of them very sad. Back before the war (co-written by Keith) is about signing divorce papers while remembering how good things used to be. Equally sad is She wasn't good enough for him, which describes a woman who stayed faithful to a man long after he'd lost interest in her. The remaining song produced by Keith, I'm not your girl, finds Reba telling her man that she is finished with him. Based on these songs, it seems that Keith was having a bad time in his personal life back then.
Tony Brown also produced three songs - Till I said it to you, Roses and Where you end and I begin. Roses is a sad song but the other two are very romantic. So it seems that Tony was happier in his personal life than Keith, but maybe not quite perfect.
David Malloy produced the other songs including the good-time songs We're so good together and When you're not trying to, the latter being a ballad with a similar theme to the classic country song, When you say nothing at all. David's other two songs, What do you say and Nobody dies of a broken heart, give more pause for thought but it seems clear from his choice of songs that his personal life was as good as it could possibly be when this album was being recorded.
So, as Reba says, this album is a real mix of moods although I don't necessarily think that this makes for a better album. In any case, the variety of moods within the lyrics is not reflected in the actual music, which is mellow apart from the opening track.
Reba used to be a prolific recording artist - she has released something like thirty original albums, all of them brilliant including this one.
So Good Together
2004-10-04 - I wasn't overly impressed with this album at first, but it's become one of my favorites. The production is lush, and more adult contemporary than country. The first single, "What Do You Say" is a touching ballad that is heartwrenching. It was a top 10 hit, as was the Diane Warren ballad "I'll Be", which is very inspirational. The title track is a fun uptempo, a top 20 hit. The other singles were the ballad "I'm Not Your Girl" and "Til I Said It To You", which only reached #70 and #75 respectively.
"Roses" is the most country song here, a torch ballad, definately one to listen to. Another favorite of mine is the ballad "She Wasn't Good Enough For Him". Other nice ballads include "When You're Not Trying To" and "Back Before The War", and "Where You End And I Begin" is another highlight. This version includes two bonus tracks, a cover of the Beatles "If I Fell" and the wonderful "I Like It That Way", which is a nice ballad. This album is mostly ballad heavy, but it's nice. Overall a nice CD, check it out!
