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Rating: - Chicks with attitude
I heard "I Can Love You Better" on CMT as I was flipping through the channels one day, attracted by the unique blend of voice and instrument. I liked their next single, "There's Your Trouble", equally as well and decided to buy the CD, really only expecting to listen to (and enjoy) those two songs. Was I wrong! Now I find that I'll skip to "I'll Take Care of You", "Let 'er Rip", and "Am I the Only One" more than anything--but I still enjoy the entire album! Fun, fresh, not your typical country music--a nice change of pace in the genre, even though I'm a big country fan. I took a friend of mine--not a country lover by any means--to see them in concert and now I have HER hooked as well; I have to agree with her when she said, "Hey, this stuff's good! They're chicks with attitude."
Rating: - Wide Open Spaces -Full of Fun and Talent
There is something wonderful when music can capture a mood and a time and transcend the mundane,The Beach Boys and Beatles did it to name just two,and the Dixie Chicks have on this debut offering.Rarely have I heard a CD that delivers on the entirity of its duration such an infectious mixture of Bluegrass, West Texas swing,traditional country and rock n' roll,that even Patsy Cline would be clicking her boots in heaven.I am not a purist,but I am clapping my hands with delight to see that country is producing artists that are standouts in all genres.This has something for everybody,from the traditionalist to the person who thinks country music started with the Eagles and ended with Shania Twain.The Dixie chicks are riding that wave out of Nashville that shows talent and country can be mainstream and can become a cross over success.They are the perfume and irreverence in a sea of cowboy hats,and that music just makes you feel good. The line up changes prior to this release proved that you just have to have that right mix of chemistry to work.Natalie Maines was that missing ingredient and she delivers the vocal soul and mischief of the band.Emily Erwin and Martie Seidel are perfect foils and deliver the beat that higlights their bluegrass roots.The production is not restrictive and the girls have been given their heads here, which is not always an accepted thing in Nashville recordings. It worked excellently here.I thought I was down at the local honky tonk on Saturday night, and would you believe it I thought I saw Brian Wilson sitting next to me!!!! This CD highlights what will always be the Dixie Chicks signature song,Wide Open Spaces,and it occurred in their debut offering.It is simply one of the best country oriented songs in the last twenty years.They received just recognition by the Grammy Award and overcame the Twain avalanche of 1999,and in doing so allowed country to remain country and not a washed out produced out shadow of its former self. When a CD this fun and fresh comes along it seems inappropriate to be critical of its shortcomings,and to be honest there just arent any.It would be like saying the Beach boys didnt surf and they shouldnt be singing about it,loosen up this is country at its foot stomping and dancing best. The freshness and naivity on this CD wasnt successfully translated on to Fly,but that is another story and another review.If you want to own one of the top 10 Country CDs of the last 10 years,and have it sound like that in the next 10 years,buy this now.I highly recommend this and give it the 5 stars.
Rating: - If You Buy This Record, Your Life Will Be Better
They are pretty, young, giggling, outgoing, pleasant-looking, carefree, blonde-shining, musically and instrumentally talented with fine vocal performances, and above all, they are the next best thing that has ever happened to American country music collectively known as Dixie Chicks.Their music is sweet, youthful, fresh, clear, beautiful, distinctive, optimistic, genuine, sincere and heart-touching. Their lyrics, simple but not simplistic, are all about LIFE and all positive and negative things occurring to it within the test of time. And with their heavenly, beautiful vocals, they sing ( movingly or joyfully, depends ) about people having a good or even bad time, lost and found love, broken hearts, lovers apart, a small town girl on a journey to a more meaningful, rewarding, fulfilled life, and a couple of mom and pop misting up, sadly watching their beloved daughter gradually leave their sights for wide, open spaces. With this unpretentious, sweet, tuneful album, Dixie Chicks help bringing country music back to the mainstream and proudly paving the way to newly bred Nashville acts to come in years ahead. With the good, old-fashioned, horsesensed elements to Wide Open Spaces, they' ve successfully established as an essential country music group whose music on real life through its roller-coaster thicks and thins, ups and downs will always touches our hearts. And that' s why when they sing, we always listen.
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