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| 3.5 by Rolling Stone |
From the title on down, this disc announces not only that Shelby Lynne exists but that she wants you to listen. Lynne is a true original, synthesizing various, mostly Southern musical strains into a s... |
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| n/a by www.cdnow.com |
Rarely does a relative unknown come across with an album as fiercely confident and fully formed as this. |
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| n/a by www.sonicnet.com |
It ain't Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis, but it's close. |
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| n/a by wallofsound.go.com |
There is much temptation in all of this, but little satisfaction. It all sounds like someone named Shelby Lynne, for her voice is impeccable throughout. But despite its title, the album comes no closer to suggesting who she might be than her previous outings have. And too few of the songs -- despite their technical virtuosity -- beg to be played over and again. |
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| n/a by www.q4music.com |
Stylistically, Lynne steps out in several directions and gives the impression that she could succeed in any of them: the warm caress of her voice and the cool, cutting edge of her songs suggest great things. |
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| n/a by www.villagevoice.com |
Don't misunderstand. I Am Shelby Lynne is a standout... Still, if the range of reference marks Lynne's hard-won liberation from cookie-cutter Nashville, there's a different sort of plasticity to this sound, which may explain why it broke not in the heartland or on VH1, but the U.K. |
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| n/a by avclub.theonion.com |
Fortunately, Lynne has the material to back up the declaration, and in erstwhile Sheryl Crow producer Bill Bottrell (who co-writes most of these tracks), she's found a partner in tune with her genre-blurring aspirations, liberally mixing elements of country, blues, R&B, and lounge-infused jazz, yet still accommodating the occasional drum machine and synthesizer. |
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| n/a by www.hob.com |
The weaknesses of this ten song collection come in the occasional over orchestration found on some tracks that would do well in succumbing to the subtlety that Lynne and her producer Bill Bottrell have mastered in other spots. |
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| n/a by www.salon.com |
So why doesn't "I Am" quite hit the mark? Blame it on producer Bill Bottrell, best-known for his work with Sheryl Crow. Simply put, he lays it on a little too thick. |
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