I bought this album on a whim, persuaded by the many e-mails of one of my best friends. It turned out to be an awesome CD.

Up to that time, I had only heard the sing-a-long classic XXXs and OOOs. As you play this CD, you'll sing along with many of the tunes from the dreamy "Thinkin' About You" to the serene "Bus to St. Cloud". The one song that strikes me the most is "You Can Sleep While I Drive". It's well written and Trisha sings it better than any other song, I think.

If you're planning to add this to your collection, be prepared to replace this CD a few times as you'll burn it out from replaying some of the songs.

If you close your eyes and listen to Trisha Yearwood's "Thinkin" About You", you would swear you were listening to a Linda Ronstadt album. It sounds so much like Linda in her 70's heyday, it's uncanny. And it's a better album then anything Linda has done since the 70's. There are some really good country/rock songs here, inclduing the title track, but three ballads are the real highlights. "On a Bus to St. Cloud" is very sad and touching, and "You Can Sleep While I Drive" is too pretty to believe it was written by the usually overwrought Melissa Etheridge. And "Til I Get It Right", an old Tammy Wynette song that closes the cd, is the most beautifully sung performance Trisha has ever done. This is much better then the follow up cd, "Everybody Knows", and the one Trisha Yearwood cd to get if you're only getting one.

Trisha is one of the most intelligent singers in the business - she could have had a very successful career outside music, if she had never made it as a singer. Trisha realized very early that, providing she included a couple of radio-friendly songs to keep the hits coming, she could fill the rest of each album with songs that she really wanted to record. The results are clear for all to hear on this set, which opens with two catchy songs (the title track and XXX's and OOO's) that both reached number one on the country charts, but then continues with a series of reflective ballads that demonstrate Trisha's true artistry, interrupted by just two more up-tempo songs, Restless kind and I wanna go too far. Highway 101 had previously recorded Restless kind when Nikki Nelson was their lead singer, for their Bing bang boom album. Later, Travis Tritt also covered the song.

Perhaps the best of the ballads are You can sleep while I drive (a cover of a Melissa Etheridge song) and On a bus to St Cloud (written by the brilliant songwriter and under-rated singer, Gretchen Peters). Trisha also does excellent covers of Those words we said (Kim Richey) and Till I get it right (Tammy Wynette). Fairytale (another wonderful song) is an original although I've heard other songs with the same title. O Mexico is yet another brilliant song.

This album was originally issued in Europe with three extra tracks - Two days from knowing, Jackie's house and Bartender blues (a duet with George Jones that appeared on his album, Bradley barn sessions). That edition, which I have, is no longer available. The Australian edition includes all those tracks plus Save the land. If you are fortunate enough to be able to track down one of those editions, you are in for a real treat. If not, there is still plenty worth hearing in the standard American edition.

This album provides a great introduction to Trisha's music and is definitely one of her finest original albums.

Six years later and I still love every song on this CD! One of my favorites is "St. Cloud". The whole collection of music on this CD goes from being a strong woman, the soft touch of a woman, heart break, and love.

Trisha Yearwood, thank you for a great collection of songs on one CD!! This has been well worth [the price].

This is a great album. All of the 10 songs are excellent, definately worth the wait for this album. Thinkin About You and XXX's And OOO's (An American Girl) became instant hits for Trisha. The album also contains other great songs like the cover of Melissa Etheridge's You Can Sleep While I Drive, Gretchen Peters On A Bus To St Cloud, and songs like Fairytale, The Restless Kind, and so much more. Definately check this one out!