A double-disc set containing all of
Sandy Posey's
MGM recordings -- which amounts to four LPs and various stray singles, including versions of "Born a Woman" and "Single Girl" sung in Italian --
Born a Woman: The Complete MGM Recordings captures how the singer walked the line separating country and pop in the late '60s, never quite committing to either style and being all the better for her ambivalence.
Posey would later move toward country music -- a transition that happened after she left
MGM -- but here, she sang songs that seemed to have the contours of a country tune yet sounded like uptown pop, filled with strings, sophisticated arrangements and vocal harmonies.
Posey harnessed some measure of feminism on her two big hits "Born a Woman" and "Single Girl," two
Martha Sharp numbers that explored the role of women in the mid-'60s. Producer
Chips Moman gave
Posey a lush, almost syrupy, bedding that made her vocal seem crisp and clear, a combination designed for AM radio. After a strong start in 1966,
Posey drifted further into the middle of the road, taking her out of contention of the Top 40 but leaving a body of work that's sumptuous in how it navigates the distance between the Nashville sound and easy listening, a journey that
Born a Woman: The Complete MGM Recordings captures exquisitely. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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