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After the tasteful Southern-accented and acoustic-leaning sound of Mindy Smith's first two albums, Stupid Love finds her dipping her toes into something closer to contemporary pop. Smith is a long, long way from transforming herself into Taylor Swift, but the snappy rhythms and percolating basslines on "Highs and Lows" and "Love Chases After Me" are a good bit more radio-friendly than Smith's earlier work, and "What Love Can Do" recalls the muscular grace of classic era Fleetwood Mac, suggesting that she's eager to play to a broader audience than she has in the past. Ian Fitchuk and Justin Loucks produced Stupid Love with Smith, and while they've dressed up the arrangements and added just a touch of polish to the recording and mix, thankfully Smith herself seems little changed by the new surroundings; her voice is as supple and gracefully balanced as ever, and the 13 songs she wrote (or co-wrote) for the album are literate and emotionally honest stuff, even if broken hearts and alcoholic self-medication pop up fairly often in the lyrics (though her duet with Daniel Tashian on "True Love of Mine" finds her in more contented form). However, while Stupid Love's best moments show she can move her music in different directions and make it work, the arrangements and production too often cover the same ideas over and over, and the album sounds a bit bland and repetitive as a result. It doesn't have to, since the songs generally sound as tuneful and well-crafted as her earlier work, but Stupid Love sounds curiously chicken-hearted when it reaches for its pop gestures, a shame since the songs where she pushes hardest in that direction are the ones that succeed the most.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Jeremy Lister, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Fitchuk, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Drum, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mindy Smith, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Justin Loucks, Producer, Mixer, Piano, Recorder, Drum, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Neal Dahlgren, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2009 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Mindy Smith, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2009 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
DAVID DAVIDSON, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Fitchuk, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Drum, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mindy Smith, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Tashian, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Loucks, Producer, Mixer, Banjo, Keyboards, Percussion, Recorder, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Peter Groenwald, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Dahlgren, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Madi Diaz, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2009 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Ian Fitchuk, Producer, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Mindy Smith, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Justin Loucks, Producer, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Recorder, Drum, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, Bass (Vocal) - Court Clement, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Groenwald, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Dahlgren, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mikky Ekko, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Micol Davis, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2009 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Vince Gill, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - DAVID DAVIDSON, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Fitchuk, Producer - Mindy Smith, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Justin Loucks, Producer, Mixer, Recorder, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Slocum, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Dahlgren, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lex Price, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2009 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Leigh Nash, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Fitchuk, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mindy Smith, Producer, Recorder, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Tashian, Electric Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Loucks, Producer, Mixer, Percussion, Recorder, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Neal Dahlgren, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2009 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Amy Grant, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - DAVID DAVIDSON, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Fitchuk, Producer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Mindy Smith, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Tashian, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Loucks, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Recorder, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Matthew Slocum, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Neal Dahlgren, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2009 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Kate York, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ian Fitchuk, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mindy Smith, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Justin Loucks, Producer, Mixer, Electric Guitar, Recorder, Baritone Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Neal Dahlgren, Engineer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Betsy Roo, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2009 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Kate York, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Fitchuk, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mindy Smith, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Justin Loucks, Producer, Mixer, Electric Guitar, Recorder, Baritone Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Susan Ashton, ComposerLyricist - Neal Dahlgren, Engineer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Betsy Roo, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2009 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Kate York, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Fitchuk, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mindy Smith, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Justin Loucks, Producer, Mixer, Electric Guitar, Recorder, Baritone Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Neal Dahlgren, Engineer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Betsy Roo, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2009 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Kate York, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Fitchuk, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mindy Smith, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Tashian, ComposerLyricist - Justin Loucks, Producer, Mixer, Electric Guitar, Recorder, Baritone Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Neal Dahlgren, Engineer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Betsy Roo, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2009 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Thad Cockrell, ComposerLyricist - Kate York, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Fitchuk, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mindy Smith, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Justin Loucks, Producer, Mixer, Electric Guitar, Recorder, Baritone Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Neal Dahlgren, Engineer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Betsy Roo, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2009 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Angelo Petraglia, ComposerLyricist - Kate York, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Fitchuk, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mindy Smith, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Justin Loucks, Producer, Mixer, Electric Guitar, Recorder, Baritone Guitar, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Neal Dahlgren, Engineer, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Betsy Roo, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2009 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
Album review
After the tasteful Southern-accented and acoustic-leaning sound of Mindy Smith's first two albums, Stupid Love finds her dipping her toes into something closer to contemporary pop. Smith is a long, long way from transforming herself into Taylor Swift, but the snappy rhythms and percolating basslines on "Highs and Lows" and "Love Chases After Me" are a good bit more radio-friendly than Smith's earlier work, and "What Love Can Do" recalls the muscular grace of classic era Fleetwood Mac, suggesting that she's eager to play to a broader audience than she has in the past. Ian Fitchuk and Justin Loucks produced Stupid Love with Smith, and while they've dressed up the arrangements and added just a touch of polish to the recording and mix, thankfully Smith herself seems little changed by the new surroundings; her voice is as supple and gracefully balanced as ever, and the 13 songs she wrote (or co-wrote) for the album are literate and emotionally honest stuff, even if broken hearts and alcoholic self-medication pop up fairly often in the lyrics (though her duet with Daniel Tashian on "True Love of Mine" finds her in more contented form). However, while Stupid Love's best moments show she can move her music in different directions and make it work, the arrangements and production too often cover the same ideas over and over, and the album sounds a bit bland and repetitive as a result. It doesn't have to, since the songs generally sound as tuneful and well-crafted as her earlier work, but Stupid Love sounds curiously chicken-hearted when it reaches for its pop gestures, a shame since the songs where she pushes hardest in that direction are the ones that succeed the most.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:15
- Main artists: Mindy Smith
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Vanguard Records
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Folk
© 2009 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company ℗ 2009 Vanguard Records, a Welk Music Group Company
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