What a Woman Wants to Hear

What a Woman Wants to Hear
What a Woman Wants to Hear
Studio album by Dawn Sears
Released	October 15, 1991
Genre	Country
Length	33:05
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Barry Beckett
Dawn Sears chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[1]
AllMusic	^[2]
My Kind of Country	A-^[3]

What a Woman Wants to Hear is the debut album of American country music singer Dawn Sears. It was released in 1991 via Warner Bros. Records. The tracks "Till You Come Back to Me" and "Good Goodbye" were released as singles.

Critical reception[]

Giving it a "B+", Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly praised Sears' "emotive" voice, comparing her favorably to Reba McEntire and Shelby Lynne. She also wrote that the album contained a "solid repertoire".^[1]

Michael McCall of AllMusic writes, "Her powerful debut, produced by Barry Beckett, it reveals her ability with a forceful country rocker ("Good Goodbye") as well as a touching ballad ("Till You Come Back to Me.")"^[2]

Occasional Hope of My Kind of Country reviews the album with the conclusion, "This was a very good album which slipped beneath the radar."^[3]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"What a Woman Wants to Hear"	Lisa Silver Mark D. Sanders Linda Davis	3:56
2.	"Half as Much"	Curley Williams	2:53
3.	"Tell Me I'm Crazy"	Mike Reid Rory Bourke	3:35
4.	"Old-Fashioned Broken Heart"	Donny Kees Terri Sharp	3:43
5.	"Good Goodbye"	Paulette Carlson Bob DiPiero Pat McManus	2:50
6.	"He's in Dallas"	Kees Richard Ross Johnny MacRae	3:07
7.	"No More Tears"	Vip Vipperman Ted Hewitt Buddy Blackmon	2:41
8.	"Till You Come Back to Me"	Reid Troy Seals	2:35
9.	"Could Be the Mississippi"	Susan Longacre Russell Smith	4:14
10.	"Odds and Ends (Bits and Pieces)"	Harlan Howard	3:31
Total length:			33:05

Personnel[]

Compiled from liner notes.^[4]

Musicians

Eddie Bayers — drums
Barry Beckett — keyboards
Paul Franklin — steel guitar
Sonny Garrish — steel guitar
Steve Gibson — electric guitar
Dann Huff — electric guitar
Mitch Humphries — keyboards
Mike Lawler — keyboards
Danny Parks — electric guitar
Dave Pomeroy — bass guitar
Don Potter — acoustic guitar
Matt Rollings — keyboards
Brent Rowan — electric guitar
Dawn Sears — lead vocals, background vocals
Kenny Sears — fiddle
Jack Williams — bass guitar
Dennis Wilson — background vocals
Curtis Young — background vocals
Reggie Young — electric guitar

Technical

Barry Beckett — production
Pete Greene — recording, mixing
Justin Niebank — recording, mixing
Denny Purcell — mastering
Ragena Warren — production coordination

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Nash, Alanna (22 November 1991). "What a Woman Wants to Hear". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b McCall, Michael. Dawn Sears – What a Woman Wants to Hear at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Hope, Occasional (20 April 2018). "Album Review: Dawn Sears – 'What A Woman Wants To Hear'". mykindofcountry.wordpress.com. My Kind of Country. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
^ What a Woman Wants to Hear (CD booklet). Dawn Sears. Warner Bros. Records. 1990. 9 26442-2.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[EW-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Nash, Alanna (22 November 1991). "What a Woman Wants to Hear". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[AM-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b McCall, Michael. Dawn Sears – What a Woman Wants to Hear at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[MKoC-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Hope, Occasional (20 April 2018). "Album Review: Dawn Sears – 'What A Woman Wants To Hear'". mykindofcountry.wordpress.com. My Kind of Country. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

[4] What a Woman Wants to Hear (CD booklet). Dawn Sears. Warner Bros. Records. 1990. 9 26442-2.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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