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Lady A's heart and soul belong to Nashville, the place where dreams are packaged, polished, and sold. The trio, led equally by vocalists Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley, and rounded out by by jack-of-all-trades instrumentalist Dave Haywood, are designed to appeal to the largest possible audience and, as such, they're smart enough to not mess with a winning formula, choosing only to sweeten it on their fourth album, Golden. Like the other three (along with their 2012 holiday stopgap On This Winter's Night), Golden was produced by Paul Worley, a longtime Music City fixture who truly made his reputation producing the Dixie Chicks, but there's no hint of the rowdiness that punctuated even the Chicks' glossiest work. Instead, this is all shimmering and slick, more of an adult contemporary pop album than a country record. Apart from the intro of "Get to Me," there's nary a hint of twang here, the tempos never escalate -- the sprightliest number is the bouncy, effervescent "Downtown"; the most insistent is the rocking "Better Off Now (That You're Gone)," whose loudness fades once the verse kicks in -- and the whole vibe is irrepressibly friendly, best heard on quietly insistent pieces of pop like "Can't Stand the Rain." So cheerful is Golden that it seems a little churlish to complain that the songs here aren't grabbers: they're slow burns, designed to sink into the subconscious through repeated plays on radio, in-store sound systems, waiting rooms, and bumper music. And that's fine: it's professional product at its finest, meticulously assembled, polished until it gleams, designed to be nothing more than thoroughly agreeable. It fulfills its aims so thoroughly that it's a wonder Golden concludes with "Generation Away," a song with muddled socio-political ambitions, where Scott and Kelley hope they're remembered as fondly as Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and Martin Luther King, Jr., so they're documenting today -– as they're "right here making history" -- for future generations to cherish. You could call this hubris but mostly it's just baffling, considering that Lady A go out of their way to not make waves; they may represent the safeness of their time but they're in no way paving the way toward the future, and the suggestion that they see themselves this way goes a long way toward explaining the tricks celebrity can play on a mind.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Hillary Lindsey, ComposerLyricist - Michael Rhodes, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - James Slater, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BIFF WATSON, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Blackmon, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Worley, Producer - Lady Antebellum, MainArtist - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Clarke Schleicher, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Hellerman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Martino, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob McNelley, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rojas, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Parker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Spezia, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason "Slim" Gambill, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Winters, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2013 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records, LLC
Josh Kear, ComposerLyricist - Michael Rhodes, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BIFF WATSON, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Blackmon, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Worley, Producer - Hillary Scott, ComposerLyricist - Lady Antebellum, MainArtist - Charles Kelley, ComposerLyricist - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Clarke Schleicher, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Hellerman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Martino, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob McNelley, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rojas, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Parker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Spezia, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason "Slim" Gambill, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Winters, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2013 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records, LLC
Hillary Lindsey, ComposerLyricist - Michael Rhodes, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BIFF WATSON, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Cromwell, Drums, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Blackmon, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Worley, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lady Antebellum, MainArtist - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Clarke Schleicher, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Hellerman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Martino, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob McNelley, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rojas, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Jedd Hughes, ComposerLyricist - Sarah Buxton, ComposerLyricist - Allen Parker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Spezia, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason "Slim" Gambill, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Winters, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2013 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records LLC
Luke Laird, ComposerLyricist - Natalie Hemby, ComposerLyricist - Michael Rhodes, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Worley, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lady Antebellum, Producer, MainArtist - Natthaphol Abhigantaphand, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clarke Schleicher, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Daniel Bacigalupi, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Hellerman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Martino, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob McNelley, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rojas, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Shane McAnally, ComposerLyricist - Jason "Slim" Gambill, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Grover, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Schipper, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2013 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records LLC
Michael Rhodes, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BIFF WATSON, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Cromwell, Drums, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Blackmon, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Worley, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lady Antebellum, MainArtist - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Clarke Schleicher, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Hellerman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Martino, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob McNelley, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rojas, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Will Hoge, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Allen Parker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Spezia, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Layson, ComposerLyricist - Jason "Slim" Gambill, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Winters, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2013 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records LLC
Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BIFF WATSON, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Blackmon, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glenn Worf, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Worley, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lady Antebellum, MainArtist - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Clarke Schleicher, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Hellerman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Martino, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob McNelley, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rojas, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Parker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Spezia, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Paslay, ComposerLyricist - Jason "Slim" Gambill, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nicolle Galyon, ComposerLyricist - Brad Winters, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2013 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records LLC
Josh Kear, ComposerLyricist - Michael Rhodes, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BIFF WATSON, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Blackmon, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Worley, Producer - Hillary Scott, ComposerLyricist - Lady Antebellum, MainArtist - Charles Kelley, ComposerLyricist - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Clarke Schleicher, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Hellerman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Martino, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob McNelley, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rojas, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Parker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Spezia, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason "Slim" Gambill, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Winters, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2013 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records LLC
Michael Rhodes, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BIFF WATSON, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Blackmon, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Worley, Producer - Hillary Scott, ComposerLyricist - Lady Antebellum, MainArtist - Charles Kelley, ComposerLyricist - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Clarke Schleicher, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Hellerman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Martino, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Rojas, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Parker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Spezia, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eric Paslay, ComposerLyricist - Jason "Slim" Gambill, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Winters, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2013 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records LLC
Hillary Lindsey, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BIFF WATSON, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Blackmon, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glenn Worf, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Worley, Producer - Hillary Scott, ComposerLyricist - Lady Antebellum, MainArtist - Charles Kelley, ComposerLyricist - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Clarke Schleicher, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Hellerman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Martino, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob McNelley, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rojas, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Parker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Spezia, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason "Slim" Gambill, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Winters, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2013 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records LLC
Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BIFF WATSON, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Blackmon, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glenn Worf, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Worley, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hillary Scott, ComposerLyricist - Lady Antebellum, MainArtist - Charles Kelley, ComposerLyricist - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Clarke Schleicher, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Hellerman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Martino, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob McNelley, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rojas, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Parker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Spezia, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason "Slim" Gambill, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Long, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Edwards, ComposerLyricist - Chris Tyrrell, ComposerLyricist - Brad Winters, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clint Chandler, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2013 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records LLC
Michael Rhodes, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BIFF WATSON, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Blackmon, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Worley, Producer - Lady Antebellum, MainArtist - Charles Kelley, ComposerLyricist - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Clarke Schleicher, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Hellerman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Martino, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob McNelley, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rojas, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Parker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Spezia, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason "Slim" Gambill, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Long, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Edwards, ComposerLyricist - Brad Winters, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clint Chandler, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2013 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records LLC
Brad Warren, ComposerLyricist - Brett Warren, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Mendelson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BIFF WATSON, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chad Cromwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Blackmon, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glenn Worf, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Worley, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hillary Scott, ComposerLyricist - Lady Antebellum, MainArtist - Charles Kelley, ComposerLyricist - Dave Haywood, Hammond B3, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Clarke Schleicher, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Hellerman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Martino, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rob McNelley, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rojas, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Allen Parker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Spezia, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Winters, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2013 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2013 Capitol Records LLC
Album review
Lady A's heart and soul belong to Nashville, the place where dreams are packaged, polished, and sold. The trio, led equally by vocalists Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley, and rounded out by by jack-of-all-trades instrumentalist Dave Haywood, are designed to appeal to the largest possible audience and, as such, they're smart enough to not mess with a winning formula, choosing only to sweeten it on their fourth album, Golden. Like the other three (along with their 2012 holiday stopgap On This Winter's Night), Golden was produced by Paul Worley, a longtime Music City fixture who truly made his reputation producing the Dixie Chicks, but there's no hint of the rowdiness that punctuated even the Chicks' glossiest work. Instead, this is all shimmering and slick, more of an adult contemporary pop album than a country record. Apart from the intro of "Get to Me," there's nary a hint of twang here, the tempos never escalate -- the sprightliest number is the bouncy, effervescent "Downtown"; the most insistent is the rocking "Better Off Now (That You're Gone)," whose loudness fades once the verse kicks in -- and the whole vibe is irrepressibly friendly, best heard on quietly insistent pieces of pop like "Can't Stand the Rain." So cheerful is Golden that it seems a little churlish to complain that the songs here aren't grabbers: they're slow burns, designed to sink into the subconscious through repeated plays on radio, in-store sound systems, waiting rooms, and bumper music. And that's fine: it's professional product at its finest, meticulously assembled, polished until it gleams, designed to be nothing more than thoroughly agreeable. It fulfills its aims so thoroughly that it's a wonder Golden concludes with "Generation Away," a song with muddled socio-political ambitions, where Scott and Kelley hope they're remembered as fondly as Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and Martin Luther King, Jr., so they're documenting today -– as they're "right here making history" -- for future generations to cherish. You could call this hubris but mostly it's just baffling, considering that Lady A go out of their way to not make waves; they may represent the safeness of their time but they're in no way paving the way toward the future, and the suggestion that they see themselves this way goes a long way toward explaining the tricks celebrity can play on a mind.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:52
- Main artists: Lady Antebellum
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records Nashville
- Genre: Country
© 2013 Capitol Records LLC ℗ 2013 Capitol Records LLC
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