Little Big Town "The Reason Why" Era: Out Now

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On sale today in the USA!!

Target: $11.98
Best Buy: $9.99

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Music Review: Little Big Town
By MICHAEL McCALL, For The Associated Press
Mon Nov 5

Little Big Town, "A Place to Land" (Equity)

Little Big Town may call its third album "A Place to Land," but country music's most exciting vocal group rush forward by soaring to even greater heights. Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Roads, Phillip Sweet and Jimi Westbrook have nearly a decade of experience singing together, and their stunning vocal blend makes good use of that familiarity.

They didn't start out that way, as their 2002 major-label debut was overproduced. But their move to independent Equity Records allowed them to create a more organic sound that connected with audiences — outselling many peers who receive much more airplay. Gaining confidence after 2005's million-selling "The Road to Here," the four group members take even more creative chances with "A Place to Land," and their refusal to play it safe pays off.

Their earthy yet rousing vocal blend aligns them more with Eagles and Fleetwood Mac than with country harmony predecessors like Alabama or Oak Ridge Boys. On the opening "Fine Line" and the frisky "Firefly Fly," their harmonies dazzle with roof-raising power. At other times, as on the outstanding "I'm with the Band" and the life-affirming "Vapor," they rely on nuance and subtlety.

With their constantly shifting dynamics, and with the head-turning way they layer their vocals, Little Big Town are rewriting the future of country harmony. More than that, they're forging a compelling new path for country music's future overall.

CHECK OUT THIS TRACK: On "Evangeline," Little Big Town slip into a haunting, minor-key arrangement for a story about the toll of emotional abuse, effectively putting forth their message with such lyrics as "You don't have to be kicked to be bruised."

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This is a good album, which I'll definitely be buying. I wonder if there are any bonuses at any retail outlets?

As we've been discussing in the country forum, very strong Fleetwood Mac and Eagles influences.

For me the best songs on the album are almost all in the second half of the album. The first half drags just a bit, but then it really picks up steam around song 5 or so.

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I think I love the first half more, lol. I like Fine Line and Evangeline a lot. That's Where I'll Be is really beautiful.

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Reviewed by Brian Mansfield
USA Today

Little Big Town, A Place to Land: * * * (out of four) SoCal country-rock, Nashville style

On 2005’s The Road to Here, the four-piece vocal group rescued its career from the wreckage of two major-label deals with a backwoods re-creation of Southern California country rock. This time, they get the sound so perfect you can practically tell which Eagles and Fleetwood Mac records they’re borrowing from. The harmonies are impeccable, but it’s Randy Kohrs’ dobro and Dan Dugmore’s lap steel that really propel this music, especially when they square off against each other.

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'41st Annual CMA Awards'

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Little Big Town's Phillip & Rebecca Sweet Have a Daughter
THURSDAY JANUARY 03, 2008 01:40 PM EST

By Kristin Boehm
People Magazine

Little Big Town's Phillip Sweet and his wife, Rebecca, welcomed a little girl over the holidays.

Penelopi Jane was born on Dec. 27 at 5:47 p.m. at the Baptist Hospital in Nashville and weighed 6 lbs., 4 oz. She was 19-inches long and was born with a head of curly brown hair, reads a statement from the band's rep.

"We never knew we could love someone so much," Phillip Sweet, 33, said. "We are truly blessed!"

Little Big Town (consisting of Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Roads Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook and Sweet) is currently on tour with George Strait, which means Schlapman's 5-month-old daughter, Daisy Pearl, has a new playmate on the road.

Sweet says on their site that watching Daisy Pearl grow up on tour has "given me lots of examples to pull from" in respect to his new daughter.

"We're trying to plan as best we can, and also realize that all those plans might go out the window. ...It's going to be something dealing with Penelopi and Daisy out here on the road, I'll tell you what," Sweet says on his bio page. "Look out, world!""

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1/12/08 chart:

140 159 LITTLE BIG TOWN PLACE TO LAND 8,448 -51% 17,067 112,847

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This album is featured in this week's Target ad. $9.98.

Is this a re-release???

[Minimalism]

Yes, I think they swithed label and the new label re-released the album. But I'm not really sure.

[musicbuff78]

Yes, that's correct. New label and same album with 4 additional songs.

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11/1 charts:

52 RE-ENTRY LITTLE BIG TOWN PLACE TO LAND 9,366 841 995 10,361 - 12 weeks on

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Out now!

Target $9.99
Best Buy $7.99

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The #1 country CD with 42,000 sold. Congratulations!