Track Listing

1. Born To Fly
2. Saints & Angels
3. I Could Not Ask For More
4. I Keep Looking
5. I Learned That From You
6. Let's Dance
7. Why Should I Care
8. Four-Thirty
9. Show Me The Way To Your Heart
10. You Don't
11. Every Little Kiss

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3210 in Music
• Released on: 2000-10-10
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
With Three Chords and the Truth, her 1997 debut album, Missouri-born Sara Evans not only wowed listeners with her superb vocal chops, but also boldly and unpretentiously staked claim to a neo-traditionalist style that suggested she'd done a lot of listening to Loretta Lynn and the late Tammy Wynette in her younger days. With Born to Fly, her third album, Evans continues her descent from the neo-traditional high ground and her move uptown. She makes it clear she's also listened quite a bit to the likes of Trisha Yearwood and Bruce Hornsby, whose "Every Little Kiss" she ably covers here. On the exuberant title tune and on fine country-pop ballads like "I Could Not Ask for More" and the lovely "Saints and Angels," Evans proves she can just as sweetly and deftly patrol the uptown territory as she can the down-home highlands, which she revisits on the steel guitar-adorned weeper "I Learned That from You." Though not every song on Born to Fly insinuates its way into listeners' imaginations like the above-mentioned gems do, this solid, ambitious 11-song collection stands as another feather in this gifted young singer's colorful musical cap. --Bob Allen

Customer Reviews

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS CD AND YOU WILL TOO!!!!
After listening to Sara Evans perform at the 2007 White House Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony I went home and ordered every one of her CDs (I'm listening to "Born To Fly" as I write this) and I am playing them constantly. I can't explain what it is about her music that is so different, but you'll understand when you hear it yourself. I just love her voice and the "feeling" that transcends her words. I'm not a huge country fan and am selective about the country CDs I buy, so if that tells you anything I think you'll really love her music... I just feel so good listening to it. I hope this helps you decide to give her a try!

Perfect
"Born To Fly" is a stellar album. This is the album that put Sara on the charts. The title track serves as the opening to this album and it's an energy boost. It's upbeat and fun. "BTF" also includes the beautiful Edwin Mccain ballad "I Could Not Ask For More" which Sara nails; she puts so much emotion into it. More mid-tempo tunes includes "Saints and Angels", "I Keep Looking", "Four-Thirty", "Lets Dance" and "Every Little Kiss". "You Don't", "Why Should I Care" and "I Learned That From You" are great soulful songs. I truly love every song on this album. Every country fan will appreciate this fine cd.

Just too slow
This is Sara's weakest album, at least for me. Nothing wrong with her voice or the content of the songs. It's just that the album contains way too many songs that are too slow and too long [which aggravates the slowness]. This may not be a problem if you are a patient listener who is OK with listening to music just for the sound of the singer's voice. If you're more impatient and like a beat and tempo [like I do] then this album comes off as lugubrious and you will find yourself reaching for the Skip button. Some songs:

Born to Fly - good tune, got big video play
Saints and Angels - slow ballad
Could Not Ask for More - ditto
I Keep Looking - has funny lyrics about a girl with a "grass is always greener" issue.

Learned that from You - slow, the singer learned disappointment from her man

Let's Dance - one of the few livlier tunes on here, good

Four Thirty - has a good beat

Every Little Kiss - Sara does a very good cover of this tune

Looking at What I've Written, the 3 stars might be kind of harsh. The tunes that are "normal" speed are quite good. It's just that the slowness of the rest of the numbers weighs the whole down. 3.5 stars is most accurate.