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Music Review

Love Is Strong (1992)

Paul Overstreet
Reviewed by Alanna Nash | Oct 30, 1992
EW's GRADE
B-

Details Lead Performance: Paul Overstreet; Genre: Country/Bluegrass

Just when you think it's safe to like Paul Overstreet's music, the songwriter-turned-performer comes up with something so saccharine and simplistic that it nearly sends you into a diabetic coma. His strong, straight-ahead country songs on Love is Strong are offset by foot-patting bluegrass gospel and calls for universal love. And a little bit of Overstreet's syrupy earnestness goes a very long way. B-

Originally posted Oct 30, 1992 Published in issue #142 Oct 30, 1992 Order article reprints

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