Tanya Tucker

Country music's original bad girl releases an album of personal childhood favorites. Tucker's gritty twang turns these old-school honky-tonk shuffles into sublime gems that drip with heartbreak and despair. On "Love's Gonna Live Here" (featuring Jim Lauderdale) her earthy vocals nearly will the line "Love's gonna live here again" into truth, while "Oh Lonesome Me" and "Ramblin' Fever" take on a whole new meaning when sung from an unapologetic, sassy woman's point of view. It sounds great to hear these songs with all the grit and wit they were originally recorded with.