Shelby Lynne - Suit Yourself
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Free Music Review: Buy This CD For The Last Song
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a nice self-produced CD by a great, great singer and better than usual songwriter. The true gem here is the last song, simply and a bit confusingly listed as "Track 12." What we find is a sublime, gorgeous version of Tony Joe White's "Rainy Night In Georgia" (made popular in the early 70's by Brook Benton). And who is among the great guitarists playing on this languid, understated arrangement? Tony Joe White himself. Shelby's laid-back, knock-out vocal tops it all off. Go to the CD store as quickly as you can and shelve this in your collection under "Classic."Free Music Review: Return to musicality
Hit: 4 Stars
After her angry, almost depressing last couple of albums like "Identity Crisis," Shelby comes out swinging with a still very personal plaint but with far more musicality and good listening than we've heard in a long while. The music is closer to her own roots and is such a refreshing departure from so much of the whining, overproduced crap in country music right now. Shelby's voice is in great shape too, vibrant and strong, like the music itself.Free Music Review: Shelby Lynne - an authentic voice
Hit: 5 Stars
Here's what happened: I typed in Tony Joe White on Youtube and video links I got included Shelby Lynne - a singer I'd never heard of. The video clip of I Won't Die Alone was shot by someone at what appeared to be a record company event. What immediately struck me was Shelby Lynne's stripped down emotional authenticity. That and a fine composition, vocals that spoke of experience, and mean musicianship
So, onto Amazon to order her latest album, Suit Yourself, from which the track on the video was taken. Two weeks wait for the mail to arrive is as instant the gratification gets when you live at the bottom of Africa - but it was worth the wait. As with any album, there are the stand-out tracks but none that you would prefer not to be part of the selection at all. The ditty, Me, Myself and I, is album-filler kind of material though it probably has some specific significance to Shelby herself - but let's talk about the tracks that keep me playing this album over and over...
Where Am I Now, I Cry Every Day, I Won't Die Alone, Sleep - each of these are songs of experience that convey the emotional authenticity already referred to. Shelby Lynne adds her unique melodic touch to a folk-style approach that is tinged with country and some amazing pedal steel guitar, though I Cry Every Day has an R&B feel that many artists in that field could take lessons from in terms of musical economy. That same economy applies to the hard rocking opening track, Go With It.
Then there's Track 12. And this is where we get back to Tony Joe White. It's Shelby's version of A Rainy Night In Georgia and she inhabits the lyrics in a way that draws one deeper into the meaning of the song than before, with Tony Joe himself on lead guitar taking us even further into the world that he conveyed so many years ago.
What's terrific about the album is its sense of intimacy. This is like sitting at the kitchen table with Shelby as she shares her songs and her feelings, though that means no compromise on production standards and the feeling that this is a privilege.
Free Music Review: One of America's greatest voices!
Hit: 5 Stars
Lord, can this woman sing! Been in love with her voice since the earlier days. No real comments on this cd expect that it's great and a little different like most of hers are. Free Music Review: A Deserved Review Done One Year Late
Hit: 5 Stars
I've wondered why I have taken so long to write this review, and I think I have two legitimate reasons. First of all, when this album came out I honestly wasn't aware that you were permitted to review an album on Amazon, and secondly, I think I'm writing this because of my disappointment with Shelby's sister, Allison Moorer's latest release. Allison is a whole lot better than her new one shows, but that's for another time. We're here to talk about Shelby Lynne.
One of the earlier reviewers of this album asked in so many words,"Why hasn't someone told me about Shelby Lynne before this?" Well, I'm going to tell you why, at least in my opinion.Way back in 1989, Willie Nelson was making an appearance on one of the early morning talk shows, and there was a young girl with long brown hair sitting beside him on a stool, as Willie was. The interviewer was talking to Willie about his new album, and then proceeded to ask Willie who the beautiful young lady was sitting next to him. Willie said, "Well, this is Shelby Lynne, who has done a few songs with me, and I think has one of the best voices I'v heard come out of Nashville in quite a while. And she's going to sing one with me right now. They then sang one of my old favorites, "I Love You So Much It Hurts". To say the least Shelby blew me away. I went out and searched and searched for her album, and finally found it. It's called"Sunrise", and in some circles is very hard to find. Now, at this point of her career, Shelby Lynne was considered a "country" singer. And, that's what she was. You almost won't even recognize her on the cover of her first album. I'm serious.
What we weren't ready at that time for was all the changes that Shelby would go through in the next 17 years. regardless of what you've heard, please keep in mind that here's a young girl who had gone through probably the most devastating experience any young child could go through without just giving up on life itself. I'd prefer not to talk about it. If you don't know what I'm referring to I'll let you look into Shelby and Allison's past for yourself. It's that bad.
To try to express the talent that this young lady has I'm going to mention each and every title of all of her albums. Id like to do that, because I think that after you give a listen to "Suit Yourself", you're going to want more. And, please listen to "Suit Yourself" at least three or four times with an open mind before you really make up your mind. You're going to hear a voice that is so pure, raw, and real that you're going to say to yourself what the other young lady reviewer said. "Why hasn't anyone told me about Shelby Lynne before?" Being a fan for 17 yeaqrs, I'm going to tell why I think you don't know her. Shelby not only wants it that way, she likes it. She may come off as a little wild on the surface, but underneath is a very caring, quiet, private person, with one heck of a set of pipes. This girl can sing anything, and I mean anything. Starting with "Sunrise", you then have "Tough All Over, "Soft Talk", "Temptation"(a lot of torch type songs - getting a little away from the country roots), "Restless", "Love, Shelby(getting alittle into the rock vein), then the big change, "I Am Shelby Lynne". I'm going to stop here for a minute, because this album came out in 2000, and I'm hearing that Shelby has been nominated for a Grammy for best new artist! I'm saying what in the world are they talking about! She's been around for awile. Then, I find out that the Grammy people have nominated her in the best new Rock singer catagory. And, to top it all off, she wins! It turns out to be a great rock album. I'm shocked, but I say to myself, "Well, heck, it's a whole lot better than most of today's rock that I'm hearing!". Then comes her next two albums, "Identity Crisis"(why was I surprised by the title?), and the one I'm supposed to be reviewing, "Suit Yourself".
What I intended to say about this album has been said in a lot of different ways by the reviewers before me. I agree with almost all of the superlatives that everyone else bestowed on this artist. When you listen to this album, you're basically hearing it as it was being made. Personally, I love when an artist does that. They have the guts and confidence in the4ir ability to throw it out there at you, and if you like it, you do, and , if you don't, weel you don't. And, that's pretty much Shelby Lynne. What you hear is what you get. You're not going to get alot of backup singers that are there to simply attempt to coverup the lead singer's lack of talent that you get so much of in today's music, if you want to call it that. If you see Shelby, you're not going to have a gang of dancers behind her to distract from the talent that's not there. Because, believe me, with Shelby, the talent is there. If this girl wanted to be at the top of the charts, she'd be there. She doesn't care at all about that. She cares about ner fans and respects the integrity of what she does.
Lastly, I will tell you what tunes I think really stand out on "Suit Yourself". Actually the whole album is great, but in paricular, please listen to "Where Am I Now", I Cry Everyday", Old Times Sake", "I Won't Die Alone", Johnny Met Jane, "You Don't Have A Heart", "Iced Tea", and "Track 12"(which is actually Shelby's rendition of "Rainy Night In Georgia".
I've said a whole lot to bore you to death, but really, do yourself a favor. Give this girl a listen. She is one of the very best out there today. If you're waiting for her picture to be on the cover of the "Rolling Stone", you're going to be wasting alot of time. Thanks for your time, and sit back and enjoy!