Sarah Buxton [CD, Limited Collector's Edition]

Sarah Buxton (Author) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: CD, Limited Collector's Edition
• Label: Lyric Street Records
• ASIN: B001BOTU1O
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #600,599 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Sarah Buxton release on Lyric Street records. She was nominated recently for the Academy of Country Music's Top New Vocalist, and her 5-song digital ep with the hit track "Stupid Boy." Track listing: 1. American Daughters 2. Cowboys 3. Full Grown Woman 4. That Kind of Day 5. Innocence 6. Love is a Trip 7. Back Home 8. He Just Doesn't Get It 9. Shine On 10. Crazy Dream 11. Stupid

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sara is Infectious..... I Dare You Not To Sing Along!, February 23, 2010

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Shelly Rae "Music & Books = Life" (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sarah Buxton (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version) (MP3 Download)

I was introduced to Sarah Buxton's music when Keith Urban covered her haunting ballad..."Stupid Boy". Keith reoognized the talent in this singer-songwriter and a whole bevy of Keith Urban fans took notice. Stupid boy brought me in but when I listened to "Innocence" I was hooked. Sarah's voice is interesting and often reminds me of Stevie Nicks, there is a texture to her vocals that is so easy to listen to! Sarah finds the balance of fun sing-a-long songs (Outside My Window & That Kind of Day, Radio Love)to meaningful songs full of well crafted lyrics. (Stupid Boy, Innocence, For Real) Nashville is full of talented musicians that have to work for years to be "discovered". I'm so thankful that it's FINALLY Sarah's time! Give this CD a try...it IS country but many songs could be any genre and I think it will please all kinds of music fans. (* One last note Jedd Hughes....sings on three tracks with Sarah and they sound great together!)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sarah Buxton is AMAZING!!!!, August 25, 2009

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J. L. Bernstein "No. 1 Shania Fan" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sarah Buxton (Audio CD)

You will not regret purchasing this album - no matter what the cost. I rarely buy a CD and listen to the entire album without having to skip over a song or two (or 3 or 4...) that I absolutely cannot stand. That is not the case with Sarah's Advance Album. From the first to last track, Sarah has created an amazing album for any music lover (you don't even have to like country music to love Sarah). It's a shame that her label hasn't released her albums....Sarah's music is simply AMAZING!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buxton's Safe But Long Anticipated Debut, February 23, 2010

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Timothy Yap "thy4568" (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sarah Buxton (Audio CD)

Prime Cuts: Innocence, Space, Wings

Good things come to those who wait. After being vacillated around by the politics surrounding her record label, Buxton's perdurance is finally rewarded with the release of her full-length album. Though she was signed to Lyric Street Records in 2006, her CD was consistently been shelved as each subsequent single released failed to make a decent dent on the sacrosanct country charts. Finally as a compromise a digitally released EP was release to satiate the demands of edacious fans. Yet, Buxton has not been foreigner to the top tier of the charts: as a songwriter, she has penned Keith Urban's top 5 hit "Stupid Boy." But the problem is that she yet has to make such an achievement herself. But thanks to her latest single "Outside My Window," it has finally cracked top 25 of the country charts. Yet, it does not mean that Buxton has not tried. In fact her blueprint is quite evident on this CD, she has experimented with 5 different co-producers (Dann Huff, Blair Daly, Bob DiPero, Craig Wiseman and Buxton herself) hoping just to find that elusive smash record. Also, she has enlisted a whooping 16 top Nashville songwriters (including Lari White, Jedd Hughes, Georgia Middleman, Victoria Shaw and Gary Burr) hoping that she could strike the right combination in unlocking a hit.

After her arduous efforts, how does the CD sound? In her desperate attempt to secure a hit record, many of these songs are safe meaning that they are tailored made for today's country radio. So, you can expect an overproduced pop-rock sound with snarling guitars, bombastic drums and the occasional fiddle over empowering anthemic tunes. Album opener "American Daughters" hits all the right buttons--an all-American kicking charmer about embracing life to its max is sure to evoke warm feelings of empowerment and patriotism. While "Outside My Window" is a guitar heavy smoking paean of Beach Boys-esque fun. Its hooky "lah lah lah" tag will definitely float in your head for days and days to come. Perhaps most the most incessantly catchy number is "Radio Love" which tells of how a tune of radio got Buxton dancing and forgetting about her troubles. With lyrics that touch on her "fat" legs in tight jeans and a lady that "flipped me the bird," "That Kind of a Day" sounds like a sizzling conversation between girlfriends is sure going to resound with Buxton's teenage girl fans.

Nevertheless, the ballads are the highlights. They reveal something more intimate about Buxton. The acoustic guitar driven "Space" is a heartbreaking song about a guy who wants to keep a distance when intimacy sets in. A song that is so truthful and realistic in today's superficially thin society that it will certain choke up emotions to those who have had been hurt by love before. Buxton continues to explore her boy-problems with "Stupid Boy" - this time as an outsider looking in at a relationship ruined by a controlling boy. Buxton's raspy almost Stevie Nicks vocals put a ring of believability that is missing from Keith Urban's hit version. Reminiscing of Deana Carter's "Strawberry Wine," "Innocence" is a haunting descriptive ballad that triumphs on its nostalgic lyrics. It's also the most country tune on the set. "Wings" takes a recess from all the heartbreak as Buxton joins Australian Jedd Hughes on a pop lushful love song.

Perhaps the major weakness of this CD is that it's far too safe. The only excursion is the full duet with Jedd Hughes "Big Blue Sky" which has a more stripped down bluegrassy feel. But the rest of the disc is just extremely busy pop-country. Nevertheless, in such a competitive market where an artist is dropped like summer flies, it's hard to blame Buxton. Her ballads, in particular, are worth checking out. Indeed, good things await those who wait.