Up to that time, I had only heard the sing-a-long classic XXXs and OOOs. As you play this CD, you'll sing along with many of the tunes from the dreamy "Thinkin' About You" to the serene "Bus to St. Cloud". The one song that strikes me the most is "You Can Sleep While I Drive". It's well written and Trisha sings it better than any other song, I think.

If you're planning to add this to your collection, be prepared to replace this CD a few times as you'll burn it out from replaying some of the songs.

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Every Song Tells A Story  Nov 17, 2001 By Gennie Bailey
"Thinkin' About You" can honestly be labeled as Trisha's most emotional release to date. Trisha's vocals are immaculate and her choice in singles is downright brilliant. The songs on the album all tell a story and who better to tell them than such a talented artist. You can relate to every single, no matter who you are.

If you're in love and you want everyone to know, then you'll enjoy "Thinkin' About You".

If you're the adventurous type who doesn't want to be held down, "I Wanna Go Too Far" is right up your alley.

If you're like me and you want a moody-get-in-your-car-at-3am-to-drive-around-with-your-honey-and-not-know-where-you're-going-to-song, then the Melissa Etheridge penned "You Can Sleep While I Drive" is what you're begging to hear. It's one of her best recordings if you want my opinion.

Other highlights include "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl), the haunting "On A Bus To St. Cloud", the cover of Tammy Wynettes's "Till I Get It Right", and "O Mexico".

If I could suggest just one Trisha Yearwood album to you, "Think' About You" is it. This is Trisha at her most country and most emotional and absolute best!

Gennie Bailey-Rogers

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Isn't this Linda Ronstadt????  Jul 16, 1999
If you close your eyes and listen to Trisha Yearwood's "Thinkin" About You", you would swear you were listening to a Linda Ronstadt album. It sounds so much like Linda in her 70's heyday, it's uncanny. And it's a better album then anything Linda has done since the 70's. There are some really good country/rock songs here, inclduing the title track, but three ballads are the real highlights. "On a Bus to St. Cloud" is very sad and touching, and "You Can Sleep While I Drive" is too pretty to believe it was written by the usually overwrought Melissa Etheridge. And "Til I Get It Right", an old Tammy Wynette song that closes the cd, is the most beautifully sung performance Trisha has ever done. This is much better then the follow up cd, "Everybody Knows", and the one Trisha Yearwood cd to get if you're only getting one.

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Every cut a good one  May 06, 2004
This CD is one you can put in and leave. Every cut is incredible. "On a Bus to St. Cloud" touches the heart like very few songs can. If you have ever loved and lost and do not feel moved by this song, your soul is empty.

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A classy singer does it again  Mar 06, 2004 By Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan"
Trisha is one of the most intelligent singers in the business - she could have had a very successful career outside music, if she had never made it as a singer. Trisha realized very early that, providing she included a couple of radio-friendly songs to keep the hits coming, she could fill the rest of each album with songs that she really wanted to record. The results are clear for all to hear on this set, which opens with two catchy songs (the title track and XXX's and OOO's) that both reached number one on the country charts, but then continues with a series of reflective ballads that demonstrate Trisha's true artistry, interrupted by just two more up-tempo songs, Restless kind and I wanna go too far. Highway 101 had previously recorded Restless kind when Nikki Nelson was their lead singer, for their Bing bang boom album. Later, Travis Tritt also covered the song.

Perhaps the best of the ballads are You can sleep while I drive (a cover of a Melissa Etheridge song) and On a bus to St Cloud (written by the brilliant songwriter and under-rated singer, Gretchen Peters). Trisha also does excellent covers of Those words we said (Kim Richey) and Till I get it right (Tammy Wynette). Fairytale (another wonderful song) is an original although I've heard other songs with the same title. O Mexico is yet another brilliant song.

This album was originally issued in Europe with three extra tracks - Two days from knowing, Jackie's house and Bartender blues (a duet with George Jones that appeared on his album, Bradley barn sessions). That edition, which I have, is no longer available. The Australian edition includes all those tracks plus Save the land. If you are fortunate enough to be able to track down one of those editions, you are in for a real treat. If not, there is still plenty worth hearing in the standard American edition.

This album provides a great introduction to Trisha's music and is definitely one of her finest original albums.

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