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Ocean represents something of a re-centering for Lady A. Arriving in November 2019, a few months after the conclusion of their brief Our Kind of Vegas residency, Ocean finds the trio recording with a new label, and a new producer, Dann Huff, who has been on a hot country streak since helming some of Taylor Swift's Red in 2012. The group may have departed Capitol Nashville for Big Machine, but Ocean sounds like the group returning to the kind of warm, soft-focus country-pop that established them as hitmakers ten years earlier. Lady A don't deny they're a decade older anywhere on Ocean. The album is filled with songs about enduring love, both romantic and familial. It's telling that "What I'm Leaving For" -- a ballad about the heartache of leaving a loving home -- was among the songs that teased the album: its unabashed sentiment is the keystone of Ocean, plus the trio's revival of their close-knit soft-rock harmonies. Compared to the subdued glitz of Heart Break, their modern-minded 2017 collaboration with busbee, Ocean feels reserved and cautious, but it also feels soothing and welcoming. The whole thing rolls so smoothly, it's easy not to realize that the lightly grooving "Pictures" is a song of heartbreak, but that's the intent of Lady A with their seventh album: They mean to offer comfort, and that's precisely what Ocean delivers.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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David Huff, Editor, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DANN HUFF, Producer, Bouzouki, Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JUstin Niebank, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Sterling, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Griffith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Judge, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Green, ComposerLyricist - Seth Morton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - SHAWN DAUGHERTY, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Ellis, ComposerLyricist - Laura Veltz, ComposerLyricist - Ryan Hurd, ComposerLyricist - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Small, Editor, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brianna Steinitz, Unknown, Other - Janice Soled, Unknown, Other - Lady A, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
David Huff, Editor, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DANN HUFF, Producer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JUstin Niebank, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hillary Scott, ComposerLyricist - Charles Kelley, ComposerLyricist - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Sterling, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sarah Buxton, ComposerLyricist - Mike Griffith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Judge, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - SHAWN DAUGHERTY, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Corey Crowder, ComposerLyricist - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Small, Editor, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brianna Steinitz, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Lady A, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Chapman, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Huff, Editor, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DANN HUFF, Producer, Banjo, Electric Guitar, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JUstin Niebank, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Kelley, ComposerLyricist - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Sterling, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Griffith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Judge, Keyboards, Piano, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - SHAWN DAUGHERTY, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Small, Editor, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Lady A, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
David Huff, Editor, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DANN HUFF, Producer, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JUstin Niebank, Mix Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Kelley, ComposerLyricist - Dave Haywood, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Steel Guitar, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Sterling, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Griffith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Judge, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - SHAWN DAUGHERTY, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Corey Crowder, ComposerLyricist - Alex Wright, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Jordan Schmidt, ComposerLyricist - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Small, Editor, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Lady A, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
David Huff, Editor, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DANN HUFF, Producer, Electric Guitar, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JUstin Niebank, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Sterling, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Griffith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Judge, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - SHAWN DAUGHERTY, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Ellis, ComposerLyricist - Laura Veltz, ComposerLyricist - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Small, Editor, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Lady A, MainArtist - Micah Premnath, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Dave Barnes, ComposerLyricist - David Huff, Editor, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DANN HUFF, Producer, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Strings, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JUstin Niebank, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Kelley, ComposerLyricist - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Sterling, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Griffith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Judge, Keyboards, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - SHAWN DAUGHERTY, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben West, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Small, Editor, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Lady A, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Busbee, ComposerLyricist - David Huff, Editor, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DANN HUFF, Producer, Bouzouki, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Dobro, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JUstin Niebank, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hillary Scott, ComposerLyricist - Charles Kelley, ComposerLyricist - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Sterling, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Griffith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Judge, Keyboards, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - SHAWN DAUGHERTY, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Ebach, ComposerLyricist - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Small, Editor, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Banjo, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Lady A, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
David Huff, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DANN HUFF, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JUstin Niebank, Mix Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hillary Scott, ComposerLyricist - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Sterling, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Griffith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Judge, Keyboards, Piano, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - SHAWN DAUGHERTY, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jordan Reynolds, ComposerLyricist - Amy Wadge, ComposerLyricist - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Small, Editor, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Lady A, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Kristin Wilkinson, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Barnes, Composer - David Huff, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DANN HUFF, Producer, Electric Guitar, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE MARCANTONIO, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVID DAVIDSON, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Angell, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - JUstin Niebank, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony LaMarchina, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Monisa Angell, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Sterling, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Kris Wilkinson, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Karen Winkelmann, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Carole Rabinowitz, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - CONNI ELLISOR, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Mote, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Griffith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Judge, Keyboards, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - SHAWN DAUGHERTY, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Elizabeth Lamb, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Ditty, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Small, Editor, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Lady A, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Ross Copperman, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Huff, Editor, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DANN HUFF, Producer, Accordion, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Piano, Synthesizer, Hammond B3, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JUstin Niebank, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Kelley, ComposerLyricist - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Sterling, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Griffith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Judge, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - SHAWN DAUGHERTY, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Small, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Lady A, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Kate York, ComposerLyricist - David Huff, Editor, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DANN HUFF, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Little Big Town, FeaturedArtist - Paul Franklin, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JUstin Niebank, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Sterling, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Griffith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Judge, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Tashian, ComposerLyricist - Seth Morton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - SHAWN DAUGHERTY, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Small, Editor, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Lady A, MainArtist - Tenille Townes, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Hillary Lindsey, ComposerLyricist - Chris DeStefano, ComposerLyricist - David Huff, Editor, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DANN HUFF, Producer, Banjo, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JUstin Niebank, Mix Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Bollman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Sterling, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Griffith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Judge, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Miller, ComposerLyricist - SHAWN DAUGHERTY, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Small, Editor, StudioPersonnel - IIya Toshinskiy, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Lady A, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
DANN HUFF, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JUstin Niebank, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Haywood, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Mote, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Sarah Buxton, ComposerLyricist - Mike Griffith, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Judge, Strings, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Seth Morton, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - SHAWN DAUGHERTY, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tofer Brown, ComposerLyricist - Doug Rich, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Abe Stoklasa, ComposerLyricist - Chris Small, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Janice Soled, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Lady A, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
Album review
Ocean represents something of a re-centering for Lady A. Arriving in November 2019, a few months after the conclusion of their brief Our Kind of Vegas residency, Ocean finds the trio recording with a new label, and a new producer, Dann Huff, who has been on a hot country streak since helming some of Taylor Swift's Red in 2012. The group may have departed Capitol Nashville for Big Machine, but Ocean sounds like the group returning to the kind of warm, soft-focus country-pop that established them as hitmakers ten years earlier. Lady A don't deny they're a decade older anywhere on Ocean. The album is filled with songs about enduring love, both romantic and familial. It's telling that "What I'm Leaving For" -- a ballad about the heartache of leaving a loving home -- was among the songs that teased the album: its unabashed sentiment is the keystone of Ocean, plus the trio's revival of their close-knit soft-rock harmonies. Compared to the subdued glitz of Heart Break, their modern-minded 2017 collaboration with busbee, Ocean feels reserved and cautious, but it also feels soothing and welcoming. The whole thing rolls so smoothly, it's easy not to realize that the lightly grooving "Pictures" is a song of heartbreak, but that's the intent of Lady A with their seventh album: They mean to offer comfort, and that's precisely what Ocean delivers.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:28
- Main artists: Lady Antebellum
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BMLG Records
- Genre: Country
© 2019 Big Machine Label Group, LLC ℗ 2019 Big Machine Label Group, LLC
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