Sara Evans – Slow Me Down (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Sara Evans – Slow Me Down (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:35 minutes | 472 MB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA Records Label Nashville

2014 album from the multi-platinum selling Country singer/songwriter, Slow Me Down was co-produced by Evans and Mark Bright (Reba McEntire, Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood), who Evans last worked with on her Platinum selling album Real Fine Place (2005). Slow Me Down sees Evans collaborating on three tracks: ‘Better Off’ with Country legend Vince Gill; ‘Can’t Stop Loving You,’ a duet with Isaac Slade of The Fray; and a cover of Gavin DeGraw’s ‘Not Over You’ which features the Pop/Rock star singing harmonies. This album is what fans have waited for and newcomers are bound to fall in love with.

A reunion with producer Mark Bright, who produced her 2005 album Real Fine Place, may suggest Sara Evans is returning to the country on her 2014 record Slow Me Down, but a better indication of the sound of this album is in its artwork. The glamour shot showcasing Evans’ long legs in all their glory is hardly down-home and neither is Slow Me Down. The singer may collaborate with songwriter of the hour Shane McNally on the exceptional “You Never Know,” but a better indication of her frame of mind is how Isaac Slade from the Fray is brought in for a duet on “Can’t Stop Loving You” and Gavin DeGraw pops up for “Not Over You,” a song the AAA crooner co-wrote with pop hitmaker Ryan Tedder. All this suggests how thoroughly pop Slow Me Down is. Forget country-pop — this is an adult contemporary pop album through and through, all slick surfaces and insistent melodrama, the kind of music made for the crossover diva Evans now is. Evans elegantly matches the oversized arrangements, matching each crescendo and hushed moment, while the songs are cannily constructed pieces of pop, sounding stronger with each play. Certainly, fans hoping that Evans will return to country music will be disappointed, but Slow Me Down is something that is rare in 2014: an unapologetic, big-scale adult pop album, constructed with grace and care. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Tracklist:
1-01. Sara Evans – Slow Me Down (03:15)
1-02. Sara Evans – Not Over You (feat. Gavin DeGraw) (03:52)
1-03. Sara Evans – Put My Heart Down (03:16)
1-04. Sara Evans – Can’t Stop Loving You (Duet with Isaac Slade) (03:35)
1-05. Sara Evans – You Never Know (03:59)
1-06. Sara Evans – If I Run (03:33)
1-07. Sara Evans – Sweet Spot (03:02)
1-08. Sara Evans – Good Love Is Hard to Find (03:33)
1-09. Sara Evans – Better Off (feat. Vince Gill) (04:01)
1-10. Sara Evans – Gotta Have You (03:25)
1-11. Sara Evans – Revival (04:01)

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