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On Lee Ann Womack's self-titled debut album, she moved effortlessly from traditional country balladry to honky tonk to country-pop, but on this second effort, her varied styles have melded into a prosaic Nashville sound for the '90s. To be sure, Womack's voice, an achingly sweet instrument not unlike Dolly Parton's, is still one of the best in country music, but stylistically, there's little here to hold the listener's interest. "A Little Past Little Rock" is a prime example. Lyrically, the song is predictable: "I'm a little past Little Rock and a long way from over you." The strings from the Nashville String Machine and the "ooh"s and "ah"s in the background contribute to the blandness of the track, and even such studio stars as Brent Mason on electric guitar and Jelly Roll Johnson on harmonica only play tastefully and without inspiration. The album's hilarious highlight, "I'll Think of a Reason Later," sounds like anything else on the radio in the late '90s, but on this album it stands out from the too laid-back sound of the rest of the songs. It seems that producer Mark Wright has made an effort to soften Womack's sound to make it more palatable to country radio, but in the process he has removed the soul of her music. Hopefully, next time out they'll return to the style that brought her a CMA Female Vocalist of the Year nomination in 1998.
© Brian Wahlert /TiVo
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Burton Collins, ComposerLyricist - Sally Barris, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wright, Producer - Burton B. Collins, ComposerLyricist - Vince Gill, MainArtist - LEE ANN WOMACK, MainArtist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tony Lane, ComposerLyricist - Jess Brown, ComposerLyricist - Jason Sellers, FeaturedArtist - Mark Wright, Producer - Brett Jones, ComposerLyricist - LEE ANN WOMACK, MainArtist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
David Lee, ComposerLyricist - Tony Lane, ComposerLyricist - Jess Brown, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wright, Producer - LEE ANN WOMACK, MainArtist
℗ 1998 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bobby Braddock, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wright, Producer - LEE ANN WOMACK, MainArtist - Joe Diffie, MainArtist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Lawson, ComposerLyricist - Dale Dodson, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wright, Producer - LEE ANN WOMACK, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Nichols, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wright, Producer - Tony Martin, ComposerLyricist - LEE ANN WOMACK, MainArtist
℗ 1998 MCA Nashville
Mark Wright, Producer - Julie Miller, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Buddy Miller, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - LEE ANN WOMACK, MainArtist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jamie O'Hara, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wright, Producer - Vince Gill, MainArtist - LEE ANN WOMACK, MainArtist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jason Sellers, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wright, Producer - LEE ANN WOMACK, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Leslie Satcher, ComposerLyricist - Wynn Varble, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wright, Producer - Sharon White, FeaturedArtist - Ricky Skaggs, FeaturedArtist - LEE ANN WOMACK, MainArtist - Randy Hardison, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Billy Montana, ComposerLyricist - Steve Dean, ComposerLyricist - Mark Wright, Producer - LEE ANN WOMACK, MainArtist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
On Lee Ann Womack's self-titled debut album, she moved effortlessly from traditional country balladry to honky tonk to country-pop, but on this second effort, her varied styles have melded into a prosaic Nashville sound for the '90s. To be sure, Womack's voice, an achingly sweet instrument not unlike Dolly Parton's, is still one of the best in country music, but stylistically, there's little here to hold the listener's interest. "A Little Past Little Rock" is a prime example. Lyrically, the song is predictable: "I'm a little past Little Rock and a long way from over you." The strings from the Nashville String Machine and the "ooh"s and "ah"s in the background contribute to the blandness of the track, and even such studio stars as Brent Mason on electric guitar and Jelly Roll Johnson on harmonica only play tastefully and without inspiration. The album's hilarious highlight, "I'll Think of a Reason Later," sounds like anything else on the radio in the late '90s, but on this album it stands out from the too laid-back sound of the rest of the songs. It seems that producer Mark Wright has made an effort to soften Womack's sound to make it more palatable to country radio, but in the process he has removed the soul of her music. Hopefully, next time out they'll return to the style that brought her a CMA Female Vocalist of the Year nomination in 1998.
© Brian Wahlert /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:12
- Main artists: Lee Ann Womack
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: MCA Nashville
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 1998 MCA Nashville ℗ 1998 MCA Nashville
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