Untamed (Heather Myles album)

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Untamed
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Studio album by Heather Myles
Released 1995
Genre Country
Label Hightone Records
Producer Bruce Bromberg
Heather Myles chronology
Just Like Old Times
(1992) Just Like Old Times1992
Untamed
(1995)
Sweet Little Dangerous
(1996) Sweet Little Dangerous1996

Untamed is the second album by Heather Myles. Most of its songs were either written or co-written by Myles. It includes such tunes as "Cadillac Cowboy," "Indigo Moon," and a cover of the Marty Robbins tune, "Begging to You."

Heather Myles is a country music singer. Her honky tonk singing is in the Bakersfield sound-style and has been likened by many to that of Dwight Yoakam. She has had her songs featured in a major feature film.

Marty Robbins American singer, songwriter and racing driver

Martin David Robinson, known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, and racing driver. One of the most popular and successful country and western singers of all time for most of his near four-decade career, Robbins often topped the country music charts, and several of his songs also had crossover success as pop hits.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "And It Hurts" (Jack Rymes) – 3:32
  2. "Just Leave Me Alone" (Eddy Raven/Sanger D. Shafer) – 2:34
  3. "When You Walked Out on Me" (Heather Myles) – 3:04
  4. "Cadillac Cowboy" (Heather Myles) – 2:31
  5. "Until I Couldn't Have You" (Heather Myles) – 4:08
  6. "Indigo Moon" (Heather Myles) – 3:07
  7. "It Ain't Over" (Heather Myles) – 2:59
  8. "Begging to You" (Marty Robbins) – 2:48
  9. "How Could She?" (Randi Michaels) – 3:11
  10. "Coming Back to Me" (Heather Myles) – 4:12
  11. "Gone Too Long" (Heather Myles/Dickey Lee) – 3:20
  12. "Untamed" (Heather Myles) – 3:00

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Richie Unterberger of AllMusic believed that while Myles's music was moderate, Unterberger believed Myles did not stand out in Californian country music. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Unterberger, Richie. Untamed at AllMusic . Retrieved 15 June 2017.