Simply Incredible
Thomas M. Roche | New York City | 12/20/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I purchased this single for the non-album tracks and was not disappointed! "Cry" is a great album, and it's a shame the bonus songs here didn't make the final cut. Okay, this single is the same price as the album in many stores, but it's worth the price for "Shadows" alone. This is Faith at her best in a heartfelt ballad, very similar to "Stronger." "Wicked" is a mid-tempo song in the vein of "Unsaveable" and "If You're Gonna Fly Away."These songs are a great addition to "Cry." I've recorded it all onto my hard drive and put "Wicked" after "Unsaveable" and "Shadows" after "Stronger." It only makes the album better!"
Enormously Under-rated
Kevin Funkhouser | Tulsa, OK USA | 04/30/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I got the single back in Oct. of 2002, before "Cry" was released, and I was shocked at the new sound that Mrs. Hill was sporting. You could tell that she was branching out, and redrawing-if you will-the bounderies of country music. I've read alot of articles that say Shania Twain was the original "cross-over" pioneer for country, but I think that Faith has really done the job well. While Twain is hugely successful with her "two disc" sound, Hill has put everything she has into one "take it or leave it" amazing cd. The "B" tracks on the CRY single (Wicked, Shadows) show how much this artist has grown. Wicked has beautiful, single lines of poetry intertwined together to tell a heartfelt story, that I still haven't quite figured out! The poetry alone makes the song worth the price of the CD! But then it's set to a catchy, upbeat, country-rock sound that stays in your head for days! The second song, (Shadows) has to be one of my favorite songs of all times. It's the "If I Should Fall Behind" (Off 1999's "Breathe") of Hills new album. It's a song that tells a story of a pleading heart to a best friend/lover, saying "tell me the truth, it won't scare me, and no matter what, I'm here. I want to carry the pain with you". The song has so much meaning it's hard to sum it up in one line! And of course, we should talk about CRY. It seems on this single, "Cry" is left out of the reviews because of how wonderful the "B" tracks are! Cry is a wonderful song, a lover to another begging to see some more emotion, as proof that they still care. Angie Aparro did wonderful with this song, and was hugely under-rated with it. Faith Hill carries this torch well, and I'm certain Apparo is proud. I noticed that this single has a 5 star rating, that means everyone who has voted for it has given it a perfect score - so will you."
Track Listings (3) - Disc #1