What a Woman Wants to Hear

What a Woman Wants to Hear is the debut album of American country music singer Dawn Sears. It was released in 1991 via Warner Bros. Records. The tracks "Till You Come Back to Me" and "Good Goodbye" were released as singles.

Critical reception

Giving it a "B+", Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly praised Sears' "emotive" voice, comparing her favorably to Reba McEntire and Shelby Lynne. She also wrote that the album contained a "solid repertoire".

Michael McCall of AllMusic writes, "Her powerful debut, produced by Barry Beckett, it reveals her ability with a forceful country rocker ("Good Goodbye") as well as a touching ballad ("Till You Come Back to Me.")"

Track listing

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.

• Eddie Bayers — drums
• Barry Beckett — keyboards
• Paul Franklin — steel guitar
• Sonny Garrish — steel guitar
• Steve Gibson — electric guitar
• Dann Huff — electric guitar
• Mitch Humphries — keyboards
• Mike Lawler — keyboards
• Danny Parks — electric guitar
• Dave Pomeroy — bass guitar
• Don Potter — acoustic guitar
• Matt Rollings — keyboards
• Brent Rowan — electric guitar
• Dawn Sears — lead vocals, background vocals
• Kenny Sears — fiddle
• Jack Williams — bass guitar
• Dennis Wilson — background vocals
• Curtis Young — background vocals
• Reggie Young — electric guitar

• Barry Beckett — production
• Pete Greene — recording, mixing
• Justin Niebank — recording, mixing
• Denny Purcell — mastering
• Ragena Warren — production coordination

References