Music Review

The Secret of Life

Gretchen Peters
Reviewed by Alanna Nash | Jun 07, 1996
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Lead Performance: Gretchen Peters; Genre: Country

As the writer of hits for Patty Loveless, George Strait, and others, Gretchen Peters would seem as country as corn. Yet on this impressive debut she has more in common with the romantic sensibilities of Rickie Lee Jones than Loretta Lynn. The lush production of The Secret of Life sometimes creeps over the top, but Peters' songs about emotional thirsts that never get quenched have a quiet power all their own. B+

Originally posted Jun 07, 1996 Published in issue #330 Jun 07, 1996 Order article reprints

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