Consumer Guide Album

Anne Murray: Country [Capitol, 1974]
Say what you like about countrypolitan, Murray has a lot more roots than Olivia Newton-John--is Hank Snow from Melbourne or Nova Scotia? And say what you like about strings, Brian Ahern's are a lot more thoughtful than Billy Sherrill's--is a cliché only authentic when it becomes a habit? But though the country audience deserves credit for giving Murray a hearing, this compilation proves that it doesn't bring out the very best in her. Wish somebody could figure out what does. B