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I Hope You Dance
~Lee Ann Womack (Artist)
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Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Universal (Audio CD) - June 7, 2001 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Lee Ann Womack may well have the most hard-country female voice in
Nashville; while her first two albums showed much promise, they didn't
boost her past the middle of the pack. So what's the Nashville solution?
Instead of playing to her strengths, make her soprano sound smaller and
more compact... |
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Fly
~Dixie Chicks (Artist)
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Usually dispatched within 6 to 7 days
Epic (Audio CD) - August 30, 1999 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
A much better album than 1998's multi-platinum Wide Open Spaces,
the trio refused to rest on their commercial laurels and pushed the
envelope in several directions. The first US single "Ready To Run" and
the second track "If I Fall You're Going Down With Me" offer the same
commercial appeal as... |
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Barricades and Brick Walls
~Kasey Chambers (Artist)
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Virgin (Audio CD) - April 29, 2002 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
On her excellent second album, Barricades & Brickwalls, Kasey
Chambers again proves that the best country music is less about where
you're from than where you're at. Australian-born Chambers grew up on a
diet of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, and these admirable influences
are evident... |
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The Best of Anne Murray So Far
~Anne Murray (Artist)
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Emi (Audio CD) - July 10, 1995 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Not exactly a country artist, since her records lack twang, and too
casual and intimate to make for a standard-issue pop performer, Anne
Murray's phenomenally warm, smooth voice has nevertheless secured a
lofty place for her in both categories--and has occasionally brought her
into the mainstream... |
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Greatest Hits Vol.1
~Alan Jackson (Artist)
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Usually dispatched within 1 to 2 weeks
Arista (Audio CD) - October 23, 1995 |
Peter
D Harris, United Kingdom, April 10, 2003
Upbeat traditional country for the nineties
Alan’s brand of traditional country, with just enough of a contemporary
edge to appeal to a modern generation, provides a contrast with the
prevailing pop country normally recorded by Nashville’s major label
singers. This collection contains all his big hits from the early part
of his... |
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Mud on the Tires
~Brad Paisley (Artist)
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Arista (Audio CD) - July 28, 2003 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Brad Paisley's compelling Mud on the Tires should set a new
standard for country music with its wit, heart and unyielding devotion
to the earthy. When Paisley sings, as he does on "Celebrity", "No matter
what you do, people think you're cool just 'cuz you're on TV," he
ratifies his status as a... |
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Never Love You Enough
~Chely Wright (Artist)
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Mca Nashville (Audio CD) - September 24, 2001 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
The title tune that kicks off Chely Wright's Never Love You Enough
is a typical overwrought country-pop love pledge, but on other tunes
Wright cuts masterfully to love's twisted chase with anguished musical
vignettes of romantic ambiguity. Women who aren't loved enough
("Jezebel," "Deep Down Low"),.. |
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The Very Best of Randy Travis
~Randy Travis (Artist)
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Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Warner (Audio CD) - August 16, 2004 |
Peter
D Harris, United Kingdom, September 7, 2004
Best single CD of his music
This is not the strongest collection of Randy's music yet released (that
is the double-CD Anthology) but it is the best single CD available. As
such, if you feel that a double CD is either too much or too expensive,
this is the one to go for. It contains nineteen of his hits for Warner
from the old... |
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Tim McGraw [IMPORT]
~Tim McGraw (Artist)
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Usually dispatched within 1 to 2 working days
Curb (Audio CD) - April 20, 1993 |
Peter
D Harris, United Kingdom, September 24, 2002
Tim began as a brilliant traditional country singer
Every country fan has probably made up their mind about Tim's music. In
assessing this album, forget about his greatest hits. This is certainly
not what I expected. It is raw, traditional country at it's finest. Yes,
it has a certain 1990's feel to it here and there, but it's at least as
traditional... |
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I Am Shelby Lynne
~Shelby Lynne (Artist)
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Mercury (Audio CD) - October 4, 1999 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
One of the new breed of US crossover country stars, 30-year-old Shelby
Lynne has a lived-in voice and the offhand grace of a southern steel
magnolia. Although she recorded some albums in Nashville, it wasn't
until she returned to her native Alabama that she made this, her debut
for Mercury, and the... |
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In Pieces
~Garth Brooks (Artist)
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Capitol (Audio CD) - March 4, 2002 |
Peter
D Harris, United Kingdom, August 10, 2005
Garth's last classic album
While Garth has recorded some great music since this album was released,
this was the last of his classic albums. It includes traditional country
(The cowboy song) and a Cajun-styled song (Calling Baton Rouge) but most
of the songs here owe as much to pop and rock influences as country.
Die-hard... |
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Deeper Still
~Beth Nielsen Chapman
(Artist) |
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Sanctuary (Audio CD) - March 17, 2003
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Patrick O'Grady, Upper Beeding, West Sussex United Kingdom, October 21,
2003
Music as Soul Food
I was auditioning new hi-fi equipment when the dealer handed me Deeper
Still with the words "I think you'll like this" - definitely an
understatement.
The first track "World of Hurt" grabbed my attention and it just got
better and better. So many of the lyrics struck a chord at a very
personal level... |
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I'm A Survivor: Greatest Hits Vol. 3
~Reba Mcentire (Artist)
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Universal (Audio CD) - October 22, 2001 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Reba specialises in encouraging ordinary women to face their trials with
courage, perseverance and hope. Consisting mostly of 1990s hits, I'm
a Survivor deviates from this mission just twice: "The Night the
Lights Went Out in Georgia", which is either a slice of Southern Gothic
or pure kitsch, take... |
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From a Distance
~Nanci Griffith (Artist)
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Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Mca (Audio CD) - July 22, 2002 |
Budge
Burgess, March 9, 2005
Fine introduction to Griffith's songs and singing
Texas born and bred, Nanci Griffith's music combines folk and country
roots. Since her first album release in 1978 ("There's a Light beyond
these Woods"), Griffith has regularly attracted attention for the
emotive quality of her voice and for her songwriting skills.
All the tracks on this album are... |
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Two Highways
~Alison Krauss and Union
Station (Artist) |
Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Rounder (Audio CD) - September 25, 1995 |
Dan
Craggs, South Wales, United Kingdom, July 4, 2005
Start Off With A Bang!
Since this was AKUS' first album together, you'd expect a certain level
of the band having to find their feet, or however you'd like to put it.
But the complete opposite happened. Having been in the industry for
considerable time, these four experienced musicians and singers threw
everything they... |
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Invincible Summer
~kd Lang (Artist)
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Warner (Audio CD) - July 3, 2000 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
When she dropped the twang in favour of torch with Ingenue back
in 1992, KD Lang became a multi-million selling voice, but projects like
the soundtrack to Even Cowgirls Get The Blues and the smoking
concept album Drag have sidelined her talents. Invincible
Summer will undoubtedly restore her to... |
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Greatest Hits Collection
~Brooks and Dunn (Artist)
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Arista (Audio CD) - September 22, 1997 |
Peter
D Harris, United Kingdom, February 15, 2003
Outstanding country duo of the nineties
This compilation was released in 1997 and contains all their big hits up
to that point, as well as containing some songs that were new at the
time. I became a fan of Brooks and Dunn from their very first album,
represented here by five songs, all of them huge hits and four of which
went to number... |
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Trio Vol.2
~Dolly Parton (Artist),
et al |
Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Warner (Audio CD) - March 8, 1999 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
This long-awaited, highly anticipated follow-up to 1987's much-loved
initial Trio offering doesn't disappoint. On Trio II,
Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton weave a spell that is
equal parts traditional and contemporary, country and folk, vision and
voice. It's their seamless musical... |
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Feels Like Today [Australian Import] [ENHANCED]
~Rascal Flatts (Artist)
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Lyric Street (Audio CD) - February 14, 2005 |
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The Complete Mca Studio Recordings [IMPORT]
~Nanci Griffith (Artist)
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Mca (Audio CD) - July 14, 2003 |
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