Retro Single Reviews
Retro Single Review: Tim McGraw, “Just to See You Smile”
1997 | Peak: #1
Smarter and more incisive than nearly everything else in heavy rotation back in the day.
McGraw plays his cards to close to his chest that upon first listen, you may only pick up on his unconditional love and selflessness toward the girl who’s been stringing him along for all these years.
Retro Single Review: Tim McGraw, “It’s Your Love” (with Faith Hill)
1997 | #1
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s first studio collaboration is still one of their best (“one of” – “I Need You” is even better). I’ve never been a huge fan of power ballads, but I probably would be if they all sounded as great as this.
Retro Single Review: Shania Twain, “You’re Still the One”
1998 | #1
As the story goes, “You’re Still the One” was inspired by media speculation that Shania Twain’s marriage to Robert John “Mutt” Lange would not last. Twain and Lange decided to respond to the criticism in song. The result was a song that become a monster crossover hit, a staple for weddings and anniversaries for years to come, an instant standard of nineties country and pop music, and one of the songs that would go on to define Twain’s unique and outstanding career.
Retro Single Review: Tim McGraw, “Maybe We Should Just Sleep On It”
1996 | Peak: #4
A sound sentiment stuffed in a sound-impaired package.
The generic “moody” 90’s production does some of the damage, as does a patchwork melody that can’t seem to connect its phrases. But you can also hear McGraw still ironing out his vocal technique, as his likably nervous tremor in the verses meets a series of clumsy trills and some pitchy “baby”s and “maybe”s.
