When Fallen Angels Fly

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For most of my life, I haven't really been into country. My parents both listened to it a little bit, but I never gave it much interest. That is, until last summer when my best friend lent me this CD (and a few others) for a family vacation. I was pretty jaded and didn't think I would even listen to it... but somewhere during the 7-hour drive, I popped in this CD and gave it a listen. I couldn't have been more surprised about how much I fell in love with it. Patty has an AMAZING voice packed with strong emotion, maturity, and pure class. She has no problem delivering anything she sings and always puts her distinct stamp on a song. She's like no other. Every song on this album is wonderful and believable. My favorite tracks are "A Handful of Dust", "When the Fallen Angels Fly", "You Don't Even Know Who I Am", and "Here I Am"This lady truly is a one of a kind and deserves all the sucess she has gotten over the span of her career. She has finally opened my eyes to real, authentic...Read more

This was the CMA's album of the year!! With good reason; no filler here at all! One thing about Loveless is that she's consistent but she continues to top herself without selling or compromising who she is to "do what sells". Patty is also aware of the need for maintaining her roots and not pretending to be someone she is not. And she doesn't oversell the songs. She's just pure and clean without resorting to vocal gimmickry like (Reba, Hill, McBride, Twain). Patty is vastly underrated as a singer and performer because she is no phony. She's the real thing......and unfortunately, the real thing gets overlooked amid all the glitz, glamour and artificiality of the ones I just mentioned above. "When Fallen Angels Fly" is a true masterpiece...but then Patty Loveless is a true artist!!

One of the advantages of being a singer instead of a songwriter is that you get to choose your material. When Fallen Angels Fly clearly shows that Patty Loveless has a knack for picking first rate country songs, and the ability to deliver them with fondness and enthusiasm.Patty covers honky tonk dance numbers (A Handful Of Dust, Halfway Down) and straight-up Rolling Stones boogie (Old Weakness). Yes, there are also those infatuating love songs (When Fallen Angels Fly, Ships).Patty's signature is the heartbreaker: `You Don't Even Know Who I Am' is about a long relationship between virtual strangers, and love mixes with alcohol in `Here I Am.' The 5-star heartbreaker is "Over My Shoulder.' Heartbreaking is an understatement: Patty pours out enough tears to fill buckets. Instead of importing my country from Canada (yes, I'm speaking of the lady with the bare middrift), I'd rather stick with the good ole U. S. of A. Patty Loveless is homegrown country.