What a Woman Wants to Hear

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".

Track listing

1. "What a Woman Wants to Hear" (Lisa Silver, Mark D. Sanders, Linda Davis) — 3:56
2. "Half as Much" (Curley Williams) — 2:53
3. "Tell Me I'm Crazy" (Mike Reid, Rory Bourke) — 3:35
4. "Old-Fashioned Broken Heart" (Donny Kees, Terri Sharp) — 3:43
5. "Good Goodbye" (Paulette Carlson, Bob DiPiero, Pat McManus) — 2:50
6. "He's in Dallas" (Kees, Richard Ross, Johnny MacRae) — 3:07
7. "No More Tears" (Vip Vipperman, Ted Hewitt, Buddy Blackmon) — 2:41
8. "Till You Come Back to Me" (Reid, Troy Seals) — 2:35
9. "Could Be the Mississippi" (Susan Longacre, Russell Smith) — 4:14
10. "Odds and Ends (Bits and Pieces)" (Harlan Howard) — 3:31

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.