Chely Wright - Never Love You Enough

The title tune that kicks off Chely Wright's fourth album is a typically overwrought country-pop love pledge, but on other tunes Wright cuts masterfully to love's twisted chase with anguished musical vignettes of romantic ambiguity. Women who aren't loved enough ("Jezebel," "Deep Down Low"), women who are loved too much ("Not As in Love"), women who've lost their men ("Her"), and women who want their men to get lost ("While I Was Waiting") are all topics of the day. Yet Wright brings similar emotional authority to a pair of songs--"One Night in Las Vegas" and "For the Long Run"--that celebrate the quiet, hard-fought intimacy of long-term commitment. To describe Wright, who wrote or cowrote 5 of these 12 cuts, as a country diva with a graduate degree in marital counseling is a compliment. For the most part, she delivers these plaints of romantic anguish and (occasional) serenity with conviction and understated grace. --Bob Allen Amazon.com

Not Wrong, but not so Wright

I like Chely Wright, but this is her weakest album, not up to the par of her other work. It's not bad, but not good. Just merely O.K. The tunes are most all about love and are of a lite rock/mood music kind of feel. There's a sense of the elevator about this album. It doesn't really hold the listener's attention or get you enthused. Chely was kind of confused on this one. Sort of weak link betw. SWF and Metropolitan Hotel. Oh well, can't all be winners. August 6, 2007

Okay

Not great...not good...about fair (that's gotta be the right word). Her voice sounds too harsh...hell, has she been smoking (or hell, maybe she will be later when she gets there). I hope she realizes that most country fans are religious and that some of her songs are a little offensive. Well, Miranda Lambert holds the title for worst song writer. Ooookay, I guess I've said enough already (guess I should quit while I'm ahead). May 1, 2007

Never Love You Enough

This is a pleasant CD overall. "For the Long Run" is my favorite song. It Surprises me that she is not a bigger star, because she has a lovely voice with character and depth that some of the more pop country singers lack. February 14, 2007

Like It

I don't really know how to write this review, because all of Chely Wright album is very good. And as i wrote on other rewiews of Chely's albums she's an amazing songwriter especially her ballades which is very special, especially to me. I don't know why, but it sais something.
Anyway ths is another very good album by Chely Wright. June 19, 2006

Great follow-up to Single white female

Following the success of Single white female, it seemed that Chely had finally made the big time. This album could have confirmed her arrival but, for whatever reason, it didn't. The singles didn't do as well as expected so the record label lost interest in Chely. It's a pity because this is a fine album full of great songs, but at least it didn't mark the end of Chely's career - she eventually started recording again.

This is, essentially, an upbeat album, which includes a mix of happy songs with other songs that look on the bright side of various situations. The title track seems at first to be a happy song but closer study shows that it is about a woman who loves a man more than the man loves her - even so, the woman is sticking to her man The second song, Jezebel, has echoes of Loretta Lynn - it is about a woman trying to keep her man from a rival. Compared to Loretta's songs such as Fist city and You ain't woman enough, Chely's song may seem restrained but the determination is the same.

My favorite song here, One night in Las Vegas, is about a couple who have their difficulties but the good times make the struggles worthwhile. So the album continues with one great song after another, all of which Chely sings superbly. The music may be a little too contemporary for some but Chey's voice is always the most important element - the music never gets in the way of her wonderful voice.

This album may not be quite as good - or as successful - as Single white female, but that classic album was always going to be difficult to follow. This is a brilliant album in its own right. If you enjoy any of Chely's other albums, you will surely love this too. May 12, 2005

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