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Forget all the marketing bluster and sampled banjo loops: Jessie James is in no way a country singer, she's a Christina Aguilera wannabe in tight blue jeans and tall cowboy boots, belting out songs co-written by Kara DioGuardi and Katy Perry and constructed in ProTools. Like the girl-kissing Perry, James revels in creating the perception that she's a sexy bad girl, leaning hard on single-entendre flirtations and shopworn jokes, stooping so low to pull out the classic "is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me" on "Bullet," one of two cuts co-written by Perry. Jessie James manages to create some heat, but not enough to disguise how she, like her idols Xtina and Katy, is a complete show biz kid doing whatever she can to be a star. That eagerness to sell out can be grating, especially when her 2009 debut slides into glassy ballads, but fortunately she's also picked up (perhaps unwittingly) on the underlying oddness of Aguilera and Perry, turning out purportedly mainstream pop that puts together familiar ingredients in weird ways. Jessie struts in her "Blue Jeans," a tight rhythmic chat, turns out the best homage to early Christina Aguilera with the great first single "Wanted," delves deeply into the weird with the vaguely ominous "Psycho Girlfriend," and the shimmering, minor-key "Girl Next Door," another Katy Perry co-write that oddly recalls Kate Bush. These are inspired, original pop, and, of course, nowhere near country music -- but, hey, putting on a sassy country girl act is what it takes to get Jessie James into the game, that's fine, because the best moments of Jessie James suggest that she could wind up as enjoyably odd as her inspirations.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Mitch Allan, Producer, Guitar, Programmer, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - John Hanes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Serban Ghenea, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Roberts, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dorian Crozier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Kara Dioguardi, ComposerLyricist - David Hodges, Producer, Piano, Additional Producer, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jessie James, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Michael "Fish" Herring, Acoustic Guitar, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ted Bruner, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - John Hanes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Serban Ghenea, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Roberts, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Katy Perry, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trey Vittetoe, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jessie James, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Savan Kotecha, ComposerLyricist - Rodney Jerkins, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tony Mardini, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Hanes, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Serban Ghenea, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Roberts, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dorian Crozier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Paschke, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Norten, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jessie James, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mike "Handz" Donaldson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Julian Bunetta, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - DAVID PAICH, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jaco Caraco, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jessie James, MainArtist - Thomas Curry, ComposerLyricist - Tina Guo, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Watts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Julian Bunetta, Producer, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Other, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - PHIL TAN, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carlos Oyanedel, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Ray, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jessie James, Unknown, Other, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
John Rich, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julian Bunetta, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Additional Producer, Bass, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Glenn Worf, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mike Johnson, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Shoenfeld, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Houser, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Yudkin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Barnett, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Rojas, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jamey Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Jessie James, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Julian Bunetta, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Marcus Frampton, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Ray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jessie James, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Savan Kotecha, ComposerLyricist - Julian Bunetta, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Carlos Oyanedel, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Christine Wu, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Jaco Caraco, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jessie James, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Mark Smidt, Horn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Julian Bunetta, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Eric Peterson, Mixer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mick Schultz, Producer - Jessie James, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Toby GAD, ComposerLyricist - John Fields, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - Jessie James, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ken Chastain, Percussion, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Lu, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Ted Bruner, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Katy Perry, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trey Vittetoe, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jessie James, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Mark Irwin, ComposerLyricist - Josh Kear, ComposerLyricist - Mark Goldenberg, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Bunetta, Producer, String Arranger, Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Mokran, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Ray, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Christine Wu, String Arranger, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Jessie James, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
Forget all the marketing bluster and sampled banjo loops: Jessie James is in no way a country singer, she's a Christina Aguilera wannabe in tight blue jeans and tall cowboy boots, belting out songs co-written by Kara DioGuardi and Katy Perry and constructed in ProTools. Like the girl-kissing Perry, James revels in creating the perception that she's a sexy bad girl, leaning hard on single-entendre flirtations and shopworn jokes, stooping so low to pull out the classic "is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me" on "Bullet," one of two cuts co-written by Perry. Jessie James manages to create some heat, but not enough to disguise how she, like her idols Xtina and Katy, is a complete show biz kid doing whatever she can to be a star. That eagerness to sell out can be grating, especially when her 2009 debut slides into glassy ballads, but fortunately she's also picked up (perhaps unwittingly) on the underlying oddness of Aguilera and Perry, turning out purportedly mainstream pop that puts together familiar ingredients in weird ways. Jessie struts in her "Blue Jeans," a tight rhythmic chat, turns out the best homage to early Christina Aguilera with the great first single "Wanted," delves deeply into the weird with the vaguely ominous "Psycho Girlfriend," and the shimmering, minor-key "Girl Next Door," another Katy Perry co-write that oddly recalls Kate Bush. These are inspired, original pop, and, of course, nowhere near country music -- but, hey, putting on a sassy country girl act is what it takes to get Jessie James into the game, that's fine, because the best moments of Jessie James suggest that she could wind up as enjoyably odd as her inspirations.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:31
- Main artists: Jessie James Decker
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mercury Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group ℗ 2009 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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