Carolyn Dawn Johnson - Dress Rehearsal
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Artist: Carolyn Dawn JohnsonEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced, Import
CD Release Date: 2007-01-08
Music Label: Arista
Soundtracks:
- Dress Rehearsal
- He's Mine
- Simple Life
- Die of a Broken Heart
- We Talked
- God Doesn't Make Mistakes
- Squeezin' the Love Outta You
- Head Over High Heels
- My Little Secret
- Just Another Plane
- Life as We Know It
- I'll Let You Go
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Free Music Review: No Regrets, No Mistakes
Hit: 5 Stars
As the title track exclaims: "Life doesn't wait for us to get it right..I'm going to do my best to make the most of it, avoid regrets..." This multiple award winner from Canada showcases her well-known songwriting ability and excellent voice in this CD, which was co-produced by her as well. I understand her unifying theme to be "enjoy life while you've still got it," and this disk does that well. She didn't write the single "Simple Life," as others have observed, but it fits the overall theme perfectly. "He's Mine" is passionate, a strong song that sounds like a hit. The title track has clever lyrics and would have been a good single also. I look for life-changing songs, and this CD delivers. "We Talked," "God Doesn't Make Mistakes," and "I'll Let You Go" are tender and heartfelt, songs that will affect you.
On this CD, CDJ sounds like a confident veteran; evidently her years of hard work in Nashville paid off. This former Music Row Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year displays not only excellent writing but emotional depth as well. She sounds best while singing about real life; emotions, joy, and pain. My one criticsm/observation is that it feels overproduced at times, much like Faith or Shania for better and worse. Thank You to Amazon for recommending this; their recommendations based on purchases or reviews are right on the money. I eagerly anticipate CDJ's new release later this year. Maybe her new label will enable her to maintain her independence. RECOMMENDED HIGHLY; you won't regret this!
Dress Rehearsal Poster
Carolyn Dawn Johnson's sophomore effort proves just what the young Canadian learned the first time out. Where her debut, Room with a View, spawned the pop-ish hit records "Complicated" and "I Don't Want You to Go," it was an uneven effort that too obviously revealed her tentativeness as she made her way from songwriter to artist. Dress Rehearsal, on the other hand, presents a far more mature performer and artful writer. Johnson still maintains what made her special in the first place--her Everywoman approach to life, love, and the pursuit of romantic (now wedded) bliss. As "Simple Life" and "God Doesn't Make Mistakes" show, she's just as insecure as the rest of us, if only more poetic. Thankfully, über-producer Dan Huff restrains himself here, managing to incorporate hyperventilating rock guitar and aggressive percussion without losing a modern country feel, though Johnson might do well to loosen up even more on her beguiling rhythm numbers, particularly "My Little Secret," which reprises the barely contained lust of "Complicated." A pretty face and a winsome personality go a long way, but who wouldn't like to know more about the animal side of those hidden desires? --Alanna NashCountry Music CDs
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