Lee Ann Womack - There's More Where That Came From
Album Review by Cheryl Harvey Hill
There's More Where That Came From is most likely going to prove to be prophetic when it comes to hit songs for Lee Ann Womack. While putting the album together, she says she "wanted a song or two that was classic and classy female country" reminiscent of Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton. If that's all she was going for, I'd say she over shot her target by a mile or more. There are thirteen wonderful songs on this album that easily qualify as classic country and when it comes to "classy female country," Ms. Womack certainly is.
Picking a favorite off of this album proved to be impossible. After the first run through of the whole album, I was leaning towards "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" but on each subsequent run through I came up with a different favorite. I finally realized that this is one of those rare albums where you never have to fast forward. Every song is good and don't pull the CD out of the player too fast after the last, listed, song or you will miss the delightful hidden track; one of my all-time favorite Dolly Parton hits, "Just Someone I Used to Know."
“These are songs that aren’t afraid to tell the truth,” says Womack. “It is definitely honest music as far as the lyrics go" and like any good country music album worth its salt, there are plenty of "she's singing my life" songs on this album. Any woman who has been married more than twenty-four hours is going to relate to "He Oughta Know That by Now" and I'll admit that I fully understood every word of "Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago," but then this is such a great song that regardless of the number of husbands you've had, you will recognize your own life somewhere between the first stanza and the last. Womack co-wrote this song which may be one of many reasons why she delivers the lines with so much feeling.
After playing the album all the way through several times, even though I'm still unable to pick a favorite song, I am aware that "Stubborn (Psalm 151)" has worked its way into my psyche. The song is beautiful, the lyrics are poignant and thought provoking, and Womack delivers the message with the subtlety of an emotional sledge hammer. Powerful stuff.
Womack says, "More than anything, I look for a song that makes me feel something. If I believe it, and if it makes me feel sad, or feel like laughing, or feel like dancing, it’s my kind of song.” She says that her ultimate goal for this album was "just have fun and make music that I love." Fortunately for everyone, she makes the kind of music that we all love.
www.LeeAnnWomack.com
Rating: BUY IT!
Lee Ann Womack - There's More Where That Came From CD track list:
1. There's More Where That Came From
2. One's A Couple
3. I May Hate Myself In The Morning
4. The Last Time
5. He Oughta Know That By Now
6. Twenty Years And Two Husbands Ago
7. Happiness8. Call When You Get To Me
9. Painless
10. Only Thing About Heaven
11. Waiting For The Sun To Shine
12. Stubborn
Hidden Track right after the last song
There's More Where That Came From is most likely going to prove to be prophetic when it comes to hit songs for Lee Ann Womack. While putting the album together, she says she "wanted a song or two that was classic and classy female country" reminiscent of Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton. If that's all she was going for, I'd say she over shot her target by a mile or more. There are thirteen wonderful songs on this album that easily qualify as classic country and when it comes to "classy female country," Ms. Womack certainly is.
Picking a favorite off of this album proved to be impossible. After the first run through of the whole album, I was leaning towards "I May Hate Myself in the Morning" but on each subsequent run through I came up with a different favorite. I finally realized that this is one of those rare albums where you never have to fast forward. Every song is good and don't pull the CD out of the player too fast after the last, listed, song or you will miss the delightful hidden track; one of my all-time favorite Dolly Parton hits, "Just Someone I Used to Know."
“These are songs that aren’t afraid to tell the truth,” says Womack. “It is definitely honest music as far as the lyrics go" and like any good country music album worth its salt, there are plenty of "she's singing my life" songs on this album. Any woman who has been married more than twenty-four hours is going to relate to "He Oughta Know That by Now" and I'll admit that I fully understood every word of "Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago," but then this is such a great song that regardless of the number of husbands you've had, you will recognize your own life somewhere between the first stanza and the last. Womack co-wrote this song which may be one of many reasons why she delivers the lines with so much feeling.
After playing the album all the way through several times, even though I'm still unable to pick a favorite song, I am aware that "Stubborn (Psalm 151)" has worked its way into my psyche. The song is beautiful, the lyrics are poignant and thought provoking, and Womack delivers the message with the subtlety of an emotional sledge hammer. Powerful stuff.
Womack says, "More than anything, I look for a song that makes me feel something. If I believe it, and if it makes me feel sad, or feel like laughing, or feel like dancing, it’s my kind of song.” She says that her ultimate goal for this album was "just have fun and make music that I love." Fortunately for everyone, she makes the kind of music that we all love.
www.LeeAnnWomack.com
Rating: BUY IT!
Lee Ann Womack - There's More Where That Came From CD track list:
1. There's More Where That Came From
2. One's A Couple
3. I May Hate Myself In The Morning
4. The Last Time
5. He Oughta Know That By Now
6. Twenty Years And Two Husbands Ago
7. Happiness8. Call When You Get To Me
9. Painless
10. Only Thing About Heaven
11. Waiting For The Sun To Shine
12. Stubborn
Hidden Track right after the last song