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Coming 'Home' - Their best yet

Advantages: Amazing ballads, catchy bluegrass, fantastic sound
Disadvantages: Little quick in tempo in places

...too common tale of leaving home for the bright lights and big city in search of stardom, the song takes an unexpected turn and you find yourself back where you started-at home. It is a great opening number. The Dixie Chicks really outdo themselves on the second track, 'Landslide'. This remake of the Fleetwood Mac ballad takes on a bluegrass twist to give an interesting perspective. Whilst in the main covers fail to energise as the original did, ...
...love story is 'Travelin' Soldier'. The slow beat conveys the sad story of two star crossed lovers, a young waitress and a soon to be departing soldier. Just as soon as love begins, tragedy brings their short lives together to an abrupt end. Saying this, the album is not all about ballads, although you will find some great ones on it ('More Love', 'Home'). 'White Trash Wedding' for example has that upbeat Country sound which somewhat resembles their ...

n.henry74 17.11.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Home - Dixie Chicks

Don't Just Stare At The Case...

Advantages: Great band that gets you singin'
Disadvantages: none

...on. Their latest album HOME is just well deserved in their write ups from back in their home state of texas. It is a foot tappin', get your butts up dancin' and cant stop playing it whilst screaming your lungs out singing!! There is not that much different from the other albums though. There are a mixture of beautiful ballads and very hard country "yee-haa" tracks. It is a great hit with kids and country music followers at heart. I would recommend ...

guitarsteveb 14.09.2003 · Read full review
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Can't Fight the Moonlight

Advantages: Nice songs, great voice, duets
Disadvantages: None

...win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Since her debut, Rimes has won many major industry awards, which include two Grammys, three ACMs, one CMA, twelve Billboard Music Awards, and one American Music award. In addition, Rimes has also released ten studio albums and four compilation albums through her record label of 13 years, Asylum-Curb, and placed over 40 singles on American and international charts since 1996. She has sold over 50 million albums ...
...with touselled hair. The Best of LeAnn Rimes is a greatest hits album. It was released in 2004. It is the international edition of LeAnn Rimes Greatest Hits, released in the US in 2003. The album peaked at #2 on the UK charts, becoming her highest-charting album there. Worldwide, album has sold over 2.5 million copies. One of my favourite tracks on the album is the first song, Can't Fight the Moonlight. I think this is probably because it was featured ...

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Stronger - Carlene Carter

Advantages: Excellent vocals, some really catchy songs, great instruments
Disadvantages: Occasional hints of Shania Twain which scare me

...Change Your Heart 4. Bring Love 5. I'm So Cool 6. Spider Lace 7. On to You 8. Judgment Day 9. Break my Little Heart in Two 10. It Takes One to Know You 11. Light of Your Love 12. Stronger ...

fizzytom 04.12.2009 · Read full review
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Rain and Fire in the Sky

Advantages: Killer title track, strong vocals, oustanding guitar and banjo playing
Disadvantages: The saccharine factor on a couple of tracks might leave a bitter aftertaste

There are two things that are guaranteed to evoke memories and they are music and smells. My father loved many types of music but what he was always drawn to was a man who could play a guitar while singing. Not an electric guitar however - for my father it had to be acoustic and if the performer could play 12 string then so much the better. So while he had LPs by Nat "King" Cole, Perry Como, The Seekers and Jerry Vale, the records he played the most ...
...Who is John Denver? Born in New Mexico in 1943 as Henry John Deutschendorf Jnr, Denver changed his name in honour of the state capital of Colorado - a place which inspired him creatively, emotionally and politically. Denver discovered the guitar at the age of 12 and from then he was destined to be a singer, songwriter and performer, and he cut his teeth on the folk circuit in the US, particularly on the east coast. His first success was as a ...

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Review of Rocky Mountain High - John Denver