Suzy Bogguss is by far and away my favorite female country music artist, so I suppose it is with a small degree of prejudice that I state that Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt is a fantastic album. Yet even without a predisposition to being attracted to Suzy's music, Nobody Love..., scores high marks as a testament to an artist whose career is based on quality and not quantity.
    In Music City the name 'Suzy Bogguss' is always recieved with equal parts of warmth, admiration and respect. To put it another way- 'you just ain't nobody till you're name appears in the liner notes and credits of a Suzy Bogguss album' and with Nobody Love..., you can add the name Garth to the small fraternity of Suzy Bogguss album alumni.
    "Take Me Back" is the vehicle that adds Garth's background vocals to compliment Suzy's distinctive styling. "In my mind I heard Garth singing the background vocals," Suzy relates, "but I really had no clue how it would be, we had never sung together before." Nevertheless Garth showed up with a cold and "I told him to go ahead and give it a shot anyway, ... He just wailed away... it was all done in a matter of minutes."
   Several other Bogguss compadres lent a hand with vocal duties including Patty Loveless on "I Surrender," Kathy Mattea on "When I Run," and Alison Krauss and Trisha Yearwood on "Train Of Thought."
   Suzy's husband Doug Crider again contributes his songwriting skills to this, Suzy's eighth album (not counting her Greatest Hits Album), but for the first time his name appears as a co-producer (along with Suzy).
   Bogguss fans will recognize a number of names in the songwriters credits. Beside Suzy herself and husband Doug, other songwriters whose songs have previously appeared on Suzy's albums include Tony Arata ("Part Of Me"), Cheryl Wheeler ("Aces"), and Matraca Berg ("Hey Cinderella").
   The Bobbie Cryner penned title cut stands out above the other cuts with its 'slice-of-life detailing of a convenience store robbery' that you've just got to hear for yourself.
   You know, whien I was a child it felt like forever between Christmas' and now that I'm older I get that same feeling waiting for the next Suzy Bogguss album to be released. Thankfully for Bogguss fans Christmas is here!

-Charlton Wiggins