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It would have been a snap for Luke Lewis and the Mercury braintrust to craft Julie Roberts into a contemporary country songbird and smother her in gooey, soulless gloss. Instead, Roberts' eponymous debut never overdoes anything, relying on an easygoing ramble instead of running the Music City hat race. Roberts is beautiful, to be clear about it. But in her choice of song and style of singing, the South Carolina native keeps things gorgeously simple. "Aw, this old thing?" her bluesy phrasing says. But there's also a wink, like she knows just how good she is. Opener "You Ain't Down Home" takes a flashy city boy to task, and showcases Roberts' Bonnie Raitt sass. It also establishes guitarist Brent Rowan's evenhanded production, which allows for a marketable studio sheen, but lets the grit get through, too. The snare is crisp, the guitars ride shotgun, and the background vocals of Wes Hightower (and Vince Gill on a couple of tracks) are full of warmth. Delbert McClinton stops by as a supporting vocalist, too, riffing on the nothin' but each other story line in the fun country rocker "No Way Out." Roberts is great on the single "Break Down Here" -- she moves the track along with a mixture of anger and hope, and sells its desperation better than Trace Adkins did on his Comin' on Strong record. Her twangy vocals set the songs' scenes throughout the album, with support from whatever instruments are needed to make the mood work. In "Pot of Gold," an accordion lends a cheery storybook lilt to Roberts' romantic contentment. However, a few songs later she's sleeping in her makeup and talking to the bottle, hooking up with a stranger and waking up older, missing the one she really loves. There's a little of Shelby Lynne's achy resignation layered into Julie Roberts' music, even if the surface is accessible as Faith Hill. The melancholy ballad "Rain on a Tin Roof" could've exploded with keening strings and enormous, fluttering-hand singing. It never does. Rowan's quiet soloing supports Roberts and Hightower's harmony as an introspective piano mirrors the song's downpour patter -- the song's self-control is admirable, and emblematic of the offhanded determination of Julie Roberts' wonderful debut.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
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Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie O'Hara, ComposerLyricist - David Hungate, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Mote, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Rowan, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Crowder, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Johnson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Paczosa, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julie Roberts, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jess Brown, ComposerLyricist - Patrick Jason Matthews, ComposerLyricist - Tim Lauer, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Pat McLaughlin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Hungate, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Mote, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Rowan, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Crowder, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Johnson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Paczosa, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julie Roberts, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Mercury Records
Frank Rogers, ComposerLyricist - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Stapleton, ComposerLyricist - Tim Lauer, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - David Hungate, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Mote, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Rowan, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Crowder, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Johnson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Paczosa, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julie Roberts, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Patrick Jason Matthews, ComposerLyricist - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Hungate, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Al Perkins, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vince Gill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Mote, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Rowan, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - PAUL OVERSTREET, ComposerLyricist - Steve Crowder, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Johnson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Paczosa, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julie Roberts, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Rogers, ComposerLyricist - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Stapleton, ComposerLyricist - David Hungate, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Darken, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Mote, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Rowan, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Crowder, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Johnson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Paczosa, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julie Roberts, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Carver, ComposerLyricist - David Hungate, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Mote, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Rowan, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Crowder, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Johnson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Paczosa, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julie Roberts, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kent Blazy, ComposerLyricist - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Wendell Mobley, ComposerLyricist - Tim Lauer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - David Hungate, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cory Batten, ComposerLyricist - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Mote, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Rowan, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Crowder, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Johnson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Paczosa, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julie Roberts, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marcus Hummon, ComposerLyricist - Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - David Hungate, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Darken, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Mote, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Darrell Scott, ComposerLyricist - Brent Rowan, Producer, Electric Guitar, Clapping, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Delbert McClinton, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Crowder, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Johnson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Paczosa, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julie Roberts, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Lauer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - David Hungate, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Al Perkins, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Mote, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Rowan, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Julie Miller, ComposerLyricist - Steve Crowder, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Johnson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Paczosa, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julie Roberts, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Wes Hightower, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Stapleton, ComposerLyricist - Trent Willmon, ComposerLyricist - David Hungate, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Mote, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Rowan, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Crowder, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Johnson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Paczosa, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julie Roberts, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
David Hungate, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Bryant, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vince Gill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Sutton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Forrest, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Liz Hengber, ComposerLyricist - Gordon Mote, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Rowan, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Crowder, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Johnson, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Deanna Bryant, ComposerLyricist - Gary Paczosa, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julie Roberts, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
It would have been a snap for Luke Lewis and the Mercury braintrust to craft Julie Roberts into a contemporary country songbird and smother her in gooey, soulless gloss. Instead, Roberts' eponymous debut never overdoes anything, relying on an easygoing ramble instead of running the Music City hat race. Roberts is beautiful, to be clear about it. But in her choice of song and style of singing, the South Carolina native keeps things gorgeously simple. "Aw, this old thing?" her bluesy phrasing says. But there's also a wink, like she knows just how good she is. Opener "You Ain't Down Home" takes a flashy city boy to task, and showcases Roberts' Bonnie Raitt sass. It also establishes guitarist Brent Rowan's evenhanded production, which allows for a marketable studio sheen, but lets the grit get through, too. The snare is crisp, the guitars ride shotgun, and the background vocals of Wes Hightower (and Vince Gill on a couple of tracks) are full of warmth. Delbert McClinton stops by as a supporting vocalist, too, riffing on the nothin' but each other story line in the fun country rocker "No Way Out." Roberts is great on the single "Break Down Here" -- she moves the track along with a mixture of anger and hope, and sells its desperation better than Trace Adkins did on his Comin' on Strong record. Her twangy vocals set the songs' scenes throughout the album, with support from whatever instruments are needed to make the mood work. In "Pot of Gold," an accordion lends a cheery storybook lilt to Roberts' romantic contentment. However, a few songs later she's sleeping in her makeup and talking to the bottle, hooking up with a stranger and waking up older, missing the one she really loves. There's a little of Shelby Lynne's achy resignation layered into Julie Roberts' music, even if the surface is accessible as Faith Hill. The melancholy ballad "Rain on a Tin Roof" could've exploded with keening strings and enormous, fluttering-hand singing. It never does. Rowan's quiet soloing supports Roberts and Hightower's harmony as an introspective piano mirrors the song's downpour patter -- the song's self-control is admirable, and emblematic of the offhanded determination of Julie Roberts' wonderful debut.
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:08
- Main artists: Julie Roberts
- 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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