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Sugarland is a shot at the big-time for a trio of singer/songwriters who have languished on the outskirts of country and folk for the better part of a decade. Kristen Hall had a career of her own as a recording artist, Kristian Bush was in Billy Pilgrim, and Jennifer Nettles is the new discovery, previously fronting Soul Miner's Daughter, who never had recorded. With her powerful, soulful voice sounding a bit like a mainstream, country-oriented Shelby Lynne, Nettles is the frontwoman in Sugarland, and she gives the trio sex and commercial appeal, turning the professionally crafted songs on the group's debut, Twice the Speed of Life, into something that's charmingly mainstream. Hall may have been stuck playing in the folk circuit and Bush may have had little more than a cult following, but both have considerable skills as writers, crafting sturdy, melodic songs reminiscent of a streamlined, pop-ready, less quirky Dixie Chicks. If there's any flaw with Twice the Speed of Life, it's that it plays it a little too safe, fitting too comfortably into the confines of contemporary country radio, but it does its job so well, it's hard to complain. Besides, once Sugarland finds an audience with this debut, the group will be able to stretch out on the second record. Based on how solid Twice the Speed of Life is, they'll likely find fans who will be eager to hear how they grow.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Kristen Hall, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Bush, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Jennifer Nettles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kristian Bush, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Bukovac, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Fundis, Producer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Andrews, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Carlson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sugarland, MainArtist - Jay Fenstermaker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kristen Hall, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Bush, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Jennifer Nettles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kristian Bush, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Bukovac, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Fundis, Producer - Greg Morrow, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Andrews, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Carlson, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sugarland, MainArtist - Troy Bieser, ComposerLyricist - Lisa Kay Simonton, ComposerLyricist - Jay Fenstermaker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Bret Hartley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kristen Hall, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Bush, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jennifer Nettles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kristian Bush, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Dugmore, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Bukovac, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Fundis, Producer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Andrews, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Carlson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sugarland, MainArtist - Jay Fenstermaker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kristen Hall, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dave Pomeroy, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David LaBruyere, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Nettles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Kristian Bush, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Bukovac, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Fundis, Producer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Hajacos, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Andrews, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Carlson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sugarland, MainArtist - Jay Fenstermaker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kristen Hall, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Bush, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Jennifer Nettles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Kristian Bush, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Bukovac, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Fundis, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Andrews, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Carlson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sugarland, MainArtist - Jay Fenstermaker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kristen Hall, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Bush, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jennifer Nettles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kristian Bush, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Bukovac, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Fundis, Producer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Hajacos, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Andrews, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Carlson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sugarland, MainArtist - Jay Fenstermaker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kristen Hall, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dave Pomeroy, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Bush, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Jennifer Nettles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Kristian Bush, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Bukovac, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Fundis, Producer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Hajacos, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Andrews, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Carlson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sugarland, MainArtist - Billy Gewin, ComposerLyricist - Jay Fenstermaker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Corri English, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kristen Hall, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Bush, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Jennifer Nettles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kristian Bush, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Bukovac, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Fundis, Producer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Andrews, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Carlson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sugarland, MainArtist - Jay Fenstermaker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kristen Hall, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Bush, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Jennifer Nettles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kristian Bush, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Brewster, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Fundis, Producer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Andrews, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Carlson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sugarland, MainArtist - Garrison Starr, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Fenstermaker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kristen Hall, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Nettles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kristian Bush, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Glenn Worf, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Fundis, Producer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Andrews, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Vaughn, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Carlson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sugarland, MainArtist - Jay Fenstermaker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kristen Hall, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jennifer Nettles, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kristian Bush, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dan Dugmore, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Fundis, Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Rob Hajacos, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Andrews, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Carlson, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sugarland, MainArtist - Jay Fenstermaker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Sugarland is a shot at the big-time for a trio of singer/songwriters who have languished on the outskirts of country and folk for the better part of a decade. Kristen Hall had a career of her own as a recording artist, Kristian Bush was in Billy Pilgrim, and Jennifer Nettles is the new discovery, previously fronting Soul Miner's Daughter, who never had recorded. With her powerful, soulful voice sounding a bit like a mainstream, country-oriented Shelby Lynne, Nettles is the frontwoman in Sugarland, and she gives the trio sex and commercial appeal, turning the professionally crafted songs on the group's debut, Twice the Speed of Life, into something that's charmingly mainstream. Hall may have been stuck playing in the folk circuit and Bush may have had little more than a cult following, but both have considerable skills as writers, crafting sturdy, melodic songs reminiscent of a streamlined, pop-ready, less quirky Dixie Chicks. If there's any flaw with Twice the Speed of Life, it's that it plays it a little too safe, fitting too comfortably into the confines of contemporary country radio, but it does its job so well, it's hard to complain. Besides, once Sugarland finds an audience with this debut, the group will be able to stretch out on the second record. Based on how solid Twice the Speed of Life is, they'll likely find fans who will be eager to hear how they grow.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:35
- Main artists: Sugarland
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mercury Nashville
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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