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Post by Call Me Crazy on Oct 7, 2008 14:19:02 GMT -5
I strongly recommend her debut CD from 1997; Bob Kingsley played 'The Fool' on CT40 this week immediately after 'Last Call', and pointed out that 'The Fool' became her first top ten single in 1997. It eventually reached #1 at R&R. Thanks. I'll have to check it out. I really don't remember any of the singles from the album, but I'll give it a look.
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Post by Uncle Lumpy on Oct 7, 2008 15:00:02 GMT -5
Her debut was really good, but I'd have to say her sophmore effort , Some Things I Know is my favorite from Lee Ann. Not a bad song on it and had some amazing album cuts left on the record after they were done releasing singles. I'd Rather Have What We Had , When The Wheels Are Coming Off , The Man Who Made My Mama Cry , and The Preacher Won't Have To Lie, would have all been HUGE if they were released as singles.
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Post by rowdawg21 on Oct 7, 2008 15:10:11 GMT -5
Her debut was really good, but I'd have to say her sophmore effort , Some Things I Know is my favorite from Lee Ann. Not a bad song on it and had some amazing album cuts left on the record after they were done releasing singles. I'd Rather Have What We Had , When The Wheels Are Coming Off , The Man Who Made My Mama Cry , and The Preacher Won't Have To Lie, would have all been HUGE if they were released as singles. My cousin co-wrote "The Preacher Won't Have To Lie." I actually have his version of the song if you want to hear it. My cousin also co-wrote "Montgomery To Memphis," which was on Lee Ann's debut album. It was actually set to be the fifth single off her debut album (they even had all the CD singles ready to be shipped to radio), but that plan was scrapped when "A Little Past Little Rock" came along.
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Post by Uncle Lumpy on Oct 7, 2008 15:50:31 GMT -5
Yes, Id LOVE to hear his version. Do you have his version of Montgomery To Memphis too? Thats probably in my top 2 or 3 all time favorite Lee Ann's songs. And I never understood why it wasn't a single. Guess I know why now....lol
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Post by iCF on Oct 7, 2008 15:57:30 GMT -5
Her debut was really good, but I'd have to say her sophmore effort , Some Things I Know is my favorite from Lee Ann. Not a bad song on it and had some amazing album cuts left on the record after they were done releasing singles. I'd Rather Have What We Had , When The Wheels Are Coming Off , The Man Who Made My Mama Cry , and The Preacher Won't Have To Lie, would have all been HUGE if they were released as singles. My cousin co-wrote "The Preacher Won't Have To Lie." I actually have his version of the song if you want to hear it. My cousin also co-wrote "Montgomery To Memphis," which was on Lee Ann's debut album. It was actually set to be the fifth single off her debut album (they even had all the CD singles ready to be shipped to radio), but that plan was scrapped when "A Little Past Little Rock" came along. Ah, yeah..."MTM" is one of my favs too. I always thought that shoulda been a single. I just love the steel guitar in it. I'm assuming your cousin is Billy Montana? : p
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Post by rowdawg21 on Oct 7, 2008 18:49:18 GMT -5
My cousin co-wrote "The Preacher Won't Have To Lie." I actually have his version of the song if you want to hear it. My cousin also co-wrote "Montgomery To Memphis," which was on Lee Ann's debut album. It was actually set to be the fifth single off her debut album (they even had all the CD singles ready to be shipped to radio), but that plan was scrapped when "A Little Past Little Rock" came along. Ah, yeah..."MTM" is one of my favs too. I always thought that shoulda been a single. I just love the steel guitar in it. I'm assuming your cousin is Billy Montana? : p Yep, that would be him. :)
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Post by Call Me Crazy on Oct 15, 2008 12:08:18 GMT -5
LAW is #33 on this weeks R&R Chart!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2008 12:17:34 GMT -5
This seems to finally be sort-of taking off. Fantastic!
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Post by okramvd on Oct 15, 2008 14:33:54 GMT -5
I hope this can keep climbin' ......i want this to be Top 30 next week
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Post by drock89 on Oct 15, 2008 19:24:03 GMT -5
The album is really amazing. I'm not allowed to post a review until next week, so you'll have to hold tight for that. But it's wonderful. I don't think many of you will be disappointed.
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Post by iCF on Oct 16, 2008 19:21:15 GMT -5
The album is really amazing. I'm not allowed to post a review until next week, so you'll have to hold tight for that. But it's wonderful. I don't think many of you will be disappointed. Do you think it's better than There's More Where That Came From?
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Post by iCF on Oct 16, 2008 19:58:58 GMT -5
Here's a very good review I found of the new album: ===================== Review: Womack’s ‘Call Me Crazy’ Due Out this MonthBy R. Keith Rugg, 10-13-08 Later this month, Lee Ann Womack’s latest album— Call Me Crazy— hits the stores. It’s her seventh studio album, and her first since 2005’s There’s More Where That Came From. This is an exceptional album. That in itself shouldn’t be a big surprise; Womack has a pair of Grammy awards to her credit, as well as several other accolades, and is well-respected in the industry as a performer of good, solid country music. But even so, this album stands out as a really great collection of Womack at her best. The first track on the disc— "Last Call"— is also the first single to be released for airplay, back in the summer. And it is just killer. It’s the closest thing that this album has to a title track, with “Call me crazy,” being a line from the song. It’s beautiful, it’s haunting, it’s… great. I don’t know why, but my local country stations didn’t give this song the time of day. I’ve heard it only once on the air, and that was in the middle of the night. And hearing it on the radio didn’t begin to do justice to this song. It’s worth buying the album if only to be able to hear "Last Call" on a decent sound system. "Solitary Thinkin’" looks to be the next single that will come off this album. It’s a good, rock-solid drinkin’-in-a-bar country song, and it’s kind of funny, because in a way, it’s the other side of the coin to "Last Call". Four other songs I want to make a special note of before we jump into the track-by-track grading of Call Me Crazy: "The Bees": An acquaintance of mine in at MCA/Mercury says she really likes this song. On the other hand, I find it very disturbing. It’s not a bad song, I just don’t care for the imagery I get when I listen to it. (If anyone else out there finds a mental connection between it and Stephen King’s Misery, shoot me an e-mail. I’d like to think that it’s not just me.) Keith Urban is on some vocals for this one. And Womack says about it, “The Bees is a great song that’s not a conventional ‘hit,’ which is why I think if it were a hit, it would be huge.” She might be right, and I’ll be very interested to see how it does if it’s released as a single. "I Think I Know": The first time I heard the first line of this song, I literally jerked my head up and turned to give the song my full attention. I’m not going to say more, because I think it would ruin the effect. Producer Tony Brown said she’d earned the right to do this one, and he’s probably correct. "Everything But Quits": Womack actually co-wrote this song, and it’s performed as a duet with George Strait. Aside from the fact that "Everything But Quits" doesn’t have anything in it about “Mama, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or gettin’ drunk,” (and please, please tell me you recognize this reference) it comes very close to being the perfect country and Western song. Part of this comes from the performers- wow, do these two sound good together. The other part comes from the pure honesty of the lyrics, lyrics that ring so, so true to life. You heard it here first- I’m predicting "Everything But Quits" as the CMA Musical Event of 2009 award-winner. (If the industry has any integrity at all, anyway, and that might be the sticking point…) "The Story of My Life": If lightning strikes twice, and Womack has another crossover hit that comes anywhere near to the phenomenal success of "I Hope You Dance", this one will probably be it. And she knows it, too. She says, “This song was played for me when we were getting ready to make the follow up to "I Hope You Dance". I didn’t want to be accused of trying to repeat that, so as much as I loved the song, I let it go. I’ve kept the demo around all this time, hoping I’d get another chance to cut it after enough time had passed.” And now, to the grades. 1. Last Call: He’s alone and in a bar. Grade- 99. 2. Either Way: A marriage where the love is gone. Grade- 95. 3. Solitary Thinkin’: She’s alone and in a bar. Grade- 90. 4. New Again: Second chances in life and love. Grade- 80. 5. I Found It In You: I love you and my world revolves around you. Grade- 88. 6. Have You Seen That Girl: My dreams and potential are slipping away. Grade- 92. 7. The Bees: Finally finding peace in a troubled life. Grade- I’m abstaining on this one, you’ll have to take a listen for yourself… 8. I Think I Know: Success isn’t everything. Grade- 92. 9. If These Walls Could Talk: Trouble in the home and family life. Grade- 80. 10. Everything But Quits: We’re not perfect, but we’re still together and in love. Grade- 99. 11. The King of Broken Hearts: Big talker in a bar and his tales of woe. Grade- 80. 12. The Story of My Life: Aspiring to make life better. Grade- 90. Total: 985. Average: 89.5. We’ll round it to an nice even grade of 90. I had the chance to see Lee Ann Womack in concert this past summer, when she opened for Alan Jackson. (And a few years before that, when she opened for Toby Keith. He said she added class to the tour.) I still think Alan Jackson is one of the greatest things going, don’t get me wrong. But based on what I’m hearing on Jackson’s Good Time and then on Womack’s Call Me Crazy, maybe next time, he ought to be opening for her.
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Post by Marv on Oct 16, 2008 20:42:01 GMT -5
If 'Everything But Quits' is even 1/100th as exhilirating as George & Lee Ann's last pairing ('Good News, Bad News' from his stellar 'Somwhere Down In Texas' CD), I will be even more delirious than I would just waiting for new music from one of the format's three most respected female country artists of the past twenty years, alongside Patty Loveless & Trisha Yearwood.
That's my two cents, anyway.
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Post by :lakewoodfan: on Oct 16, 2008 21:22:51 GMT -5
I think the album is really good -- I especially like "The Bees," it's so different, but I like it.
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Post by okramvd on Oct 16, 2008 21:58:49 GMT -5
wow.... i'm excited i wanna hear this album right now :(
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Post by okramvd on Oct 17, 2008 21:43:24 GMT -5
Review from Billboard Call Me Crazy LEE ANN WOMACK Release Date: Oct. 21 Producer(s): Tony Brown Label: MCA Nashville Just when you thought she couldn't get any better, Lee Ann Womack surprises in a big way. "Call Me Crazy," the follow-up to her highly lauded "There's More Where That Came From," is Womack's best album yet. While the set includes a pure country duet with hero George Strait and a cover of his "The King of Broken Hearts," Womack doesn't need Strait's formidable shoulders to lift her up. Haunting single "Last Call" is song-of-the-year material on a number of levels: songwriting, vocal performance and production. Indeed, the first-time combination of Womack and producer Tony Brown is overdue and magical. "Either Way," about a loveless marriage, is brilliant, and "Solitary Thinkin' " proves Womack has more soul than just about any other country female vocalist out there. All hail the queen of country. —Ken Tucker here's the link www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3i3d6467ccde294720efa027627d3cdf3d
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Post by bamafan2102 on Oct 17, 2008 23:43:10 GMT -5
The Strait duet is good but not single material to me. It has a very 80's feel to it. She is a top 3 female vocalist and sounds amazing on this.
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Post by Call Me Crazy on Oct 18, 2008 12:26:28 GMT -5
I strongly recommend her debut CD from 1997; Bob Kingsley played 'The Fool' on CT40 this week immediately after 'Last Call', and pointed out that 'The Fool' became her first top ten single in 1997. It eventually reached #1 at R&R. Thanks. I'll have to check it out. I really don't remember any of the singles from the album, but I'll give it a look. I think I'm just going to purchase her Greatest Hits Cd, I found it for $9.99 and i figured it was a good deal.
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Post by Marv on Oct 18, 2008 17:00:42 GMT -5
I'd buy every CD from her that you can get your hands on.
I really missed the boat regarding her second CD; it's a masterpiece.
'I'll Think Of A Reason Later' and 'Now You See Me, Now You Don't' are routinely aired on 'After Midnite With Blair Garner', and those previously mentioned songs are also exquisite.
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Post by bigbluenote on Oct 18, 2008 21:48:00 GMT -5
I'd buy every CD from her that you can get your hands on. I really missed the boat regarding her second CD; it's a masterpiece. 'I'll Think Of A Reason Later' and 'Now You See Me, Now You Don't' are routinely aired on 'After Midnite With Blair Garner', and those previously mentioned songs are also exquisite. Isn't that the CD that has "A Little Past Little Rock"? Now THAT one is truly an "exquisite" song.
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Post by kw9461 on Oct 18, 2008 22:07:37 GMT -5
^ Yes and yes. I didn't acquire a copy of Lee Ann's first two albums until about a year ago, but I agree, they are both fantastic. She has such incredible control over her pretty voice. It's almost tragic that she hasn't had a top 5 hit in 8 years.
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Post by okramvd on Oct 18, 2008 22:11:26 GMT -5
^ yes....it's really sad...
and YES.....ALPLR is an Exquisite song
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Post by Call Me Crazy on Oct 19, 2008 13:41:05 GMT -5
I've been listening to music from all of LAW's albums and im really considering purchasing everything :)
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Post by Call Me Crazy on Oct 19, 2008 15:41:52 GMT -5
I was also looking at all of Lee Ann's certifications and unless I missed it did her follow up to her 3x Platinum "I Hope You Dance" which was "Something Worth Leaving Behind" not get certified? The only single I remember from the album was the Title track. I don't understand.
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Post by bamafan2102 on Oct 19, 2008 16:02:23 GMT -5
Forever Everyday was the second single released from Something Worth Leaving Behind and as I remember it didn't do very well at all. I really like that song though.
A Little Past Little Rock is my favorite of hers and it finished number one on my personal charts the year it came out. I truly believe she is one of the best female singers in the game but also one of the most over looked.
I also loved Montgomery to Memphis and remember being ticked when they didn't release it.
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Post by leilamaurizia on Oct 19, 2008 21:23:28 GMT -5
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Post by Uncle Lumpy on Oct 20, 2008 18:00:31 GMT -5
Im LOVING this record! Good,GOOD stuff. Does anybody know of any store exclusives before I pick up a ...errr.. "legal" copy?
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Post by iCF on Oct 20, 2008 22:00:46 GMT -5
Does anybody know of any store exclusives before I pick up a ...errr.. "legal" copy? I've been wondering that myself. I haven't seen anything and have no idea if iTunes is offering any such thing. I think I'll buy my copy from Best Buy... With the last album, they had a bonus track, so maybe it might happen again?
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Post by leilamaurizia on Oct 22, 2008 6:09:06 GMT -5
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Oct 22, 2008 11:24:45 GMT -5
^I've never known Tony Brown to overproduce, he never does it on George Strait's albums. That's two albums this year (Heidi's being the other) in which I've seen "Tony Brown" and "overproduced" in the same sentence.
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