Customer Reviews

Rebecca Lynn Howard

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She's definately got talent and I have a strong suspicion she is one of those performers who is far better in person than on CD. Some of the songs would be splendid if they only employed half as many instruments; I find her voice to be completely drowned out at times. Half of the songs are original and quite good, the rest are bland radio fodder. While I consider this CD to be a "keeper," I'm hoping that as she matures in age, experience, and musical direction that she will choose a simpler, narrative style that highlights her lovely voice and upholds the story telling tradition of great country music.

One word: PHENOMINAL! This girl can sing. At my first listen I wasn't quite hooked but thats because I only listened to the interesting sounding songs. Then I listened to it all this CD is my life wrapped up into 12 songs! Her vocals in I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners blew me AWAY. Her sassiness, her charm, her songwriting just hooked me in. Tennesee In My Windshield is my song word for word! And Jesus, Daddy & You is a song for every daddy's little girl out there! She's a wonderful artist and she truly lives up to MCA's label and its reputation of "keeping it country" she's in good company with Chely,Lee Ann & Trisha! She's gonig places y'all just watch her fly!

Kudos to Rebecca Lynn Howard. This has to be one of the best debut albums I have ever heard. I first saw her perform at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville in the summer of 1999. She sang "I Don't Paint Myself into Corners" and it blew me away even more than the recorded version did. She can flat out sing, write and perform.

I have never seen/heard a performer who got into the music the way she does. Just by singing the single word "grave" in "Meloncholy Blue", you can fully sense the pain the person in the story feels as a result of having to face the fact that their loved one has died. So powerful!

I cannot wait for another CD by Rebecca Lynn Howard. This CD definitely left me wanting more.

With all these new younger country singers on the scene, thank God we have Rebecca Lynn Howard to show them all how it is really done. Now, sure, Rebecca is a little over 20, but she is still very young compared to the established Reba, Trisha, and Wynona. Rebecca's voice has strength and her song writing skills are great! These songs aren't all just about love either. Didn't think that was possible in country music anymore, did you? Well they are not. Her voice will take her further than her writing skills ever did, but not to say her writing skills are lacking. Many stars have done some her songs including fellow young country superstar Lila McCann. So, pick this one up if you like good country music, song with a certain twang!

For the last Seven 7 years: a legendary sensation made chart topping hits as she topped the billboard hits.
Rebecca Lynn Howard with her smash chart topping singles for the last 7 years. One of these chart topping songs titled: "A Pink Flamingo kind of Love" and all her other chart topping hits will not only transform the GAC Network but will make GAC Nights a overnight sensation of all time.

Rebecca Lynn Howard is referred to as the next and greatest country music legend of all time. The girl from Kentucky that is the best that anyone can be...............

Imagine: you are the promotions manager for this label, and you hear this cd for the first time. You listen to the first song and you start to cringe: why did they arrange the song like that? There is no way she will hit that note, and she does, without breaking a sweat. The PM orders a Lexus, and then looks at her; she can sing, and she has got the looks. He thinks: I'm going to be RICH.

And the shame of it all is that he should be rich; what a great cd, what a voice, and it's sad it didn't go farther than it did. I would fire lots of people on the label, but not her. She is A+.

Those who say this is typical country pop are wrong. The first song, "Heartsounds," is crisp and has an Appalachian flavor, as do many others. "I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners" is kind of Patty Loveless-like in sound, and it develops a typical country theme into something special. "You're Real" has a gentle beauty to it. Check out the horns on it, too. Again, not really slick like most of the country pop out there. I'm not bashing country pop, but I get a more traditional feel here that I like. "Out Here In The Water" is a definite standout - sung with conviction and has a great honky tonk/blues arrangement. "Melancholy Blue" will tug at your heart, with its tale of how money can not help her after the loss of her love. Really sad and without hope, but don't worry. Cute songs like "When My Dreams Come True" and "Tennessee In My Windshield" offer plenty of cheer. Her voice is often Lee Ann Womack-like, so if you like her albums, you should really like this as well.

This singer has it all, bold, sassy, flirty, and fun. She can growl out a saucy tune or pitch a sweet, clear sounding melody that makes you smile, remebering sweeter, more innocent times. Ever since viewing her video presentation of Out Here In The Water, I've been frantically searching for this release, knowing if she could make me smile with that tune, there had to be more equally as good. It was worth the wait.

I heard Rebecca Lynn Howard interviewed on the radio not long ago, where she sang a song à capella and I was blown away! This was followed by a playing of her recording "Out Here in the Water," and I was blown away again. Her voice contains shades of Patty Loveless, Emmylou Harris, even early Dolly Parton to a certain extent, but she definitely has her own timbre and delivery - and, from the interview, it also appears she can yodel as well as Margo Smith if she wants to. I rushed to buy this debut CD and was sorely disappointed in most of the tracks. Sheer pop-country fluff at its most banal, for the most part. A few nice arrangements, but nothing that'll stay with you. And more's the pity. Such a voice deserves a much better showcase. Let's hope her subsequent offerings do justice to her immense talent.

Terrific debut CD. Rebecca Lynn Howard has a great voice and is a very polished songwriter. Out Here In The Water has to be the sexiest-sounding song about fishing ever recorded! When she bends up a few of the high notes on I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners Anymore, it gave me goosebumps - like a F16 fighter jet kicking in the afterburners.