★★★★★
Being the kid sister of country star and proto-feminist icon Loretta Lynn was a double-edged sword for Crystal Gayle; it may have opened doors at the start of her career, but it was a formidable benchmark to be held up against. The elder sibling wrote Gayle's first hit, 1970's I Cried The Blues (Right Out Of My Eyes), but it would be another five years until she got to make a full album...
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-04-02
★★★★★
Gayle, after a hiatus from recording, has reunited withproducer Allen Reynolds in Ain't Gonna Worry, who guided her career from countrypolitanhits to cocktail-lounge dross. Best known for her cape of hair, forbeing Loretta Lynn's baby sister, and for her 1977 pop hit "Don't ItMake My Brown Eyes Blue," Gayle continues to mine the Blue HourSound ? mostly brushed drums and tinkling piano ? with a warmed-overcollection of romantic tunes that includes "Faithless Love" and "Oncein a Very Blue Moon...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
Despite a predictable but still disappointing drift toward commercially safe material, Crystal Gayle has weathered her first blast of Top-Forty success with her uniquely crossbred interpretive ability intact. On When I Dream, her sixth LP, Gayle continues to resist being decisively labeled pop, country or MOR, though traces of all three can be found in her voice, songs and arrangements. Indeed, it's this elusive blend of elements that made "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" so irresistible...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-03-21
★★★★★
When Gayle delivered the album to then-Elektra-division-head Jimmy Bowen, he complained that it rocked too much. Producer Allen Reynolds refused to make changes, so Bowen produced three new tracks that seem out of place. Yeah, the Reynolds tracks do rock. So what? Gayle gives some of her best performances ever on "Our Love Is on the Faultline" and "Deeper in the Fire."
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Hollywood, Tennessee features the Top Ten hits "You Never Gave Up on Me," "Livin' in These Troubled Times" and "The Woman in Me," as well as a cover of the Bill Withers classic "Ain't No Sunshine."
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Gayle's first LP for Columbia, Miss the Mississippi contains the hits "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye," "The Blue Side" and "Half the Way."
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Nobody's Angel, Gayle's final album for Warner Bros., features the title cut and the minor hit "Tennessee Nights."
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28