Lee Ann Womack

Lee Ann Womack

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 13, 1997)
• Original Release Date: May 13, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca Nashville
• ASIN: B000003N4O
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #113,985 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Lee Ann Womack is a rarity in modern Nashville--an authentic honky-tonk debut album. Producer Mark Wright has refused to bury Womack's small-town, East Texas drawl under the Hollywood soft-rock cloaking that Music Row favors these days. As a result, the young singer's soprano projects an attitude too unsophisticated to hide any emotion. On the first single, "Never Again, Again," you can hear in quivering high notes the dilemma of a woman who keeps breaking her own promise to never take her ex-lover back. Not every song is that sharply focused, and the obligatory boot-scootin' dance numbers and string-smothered ballads dilute the album's impact. But you can hear Womack's potential when she assumes the persona of a hardened waitress explaining the facts of life to an ex-boyfriend in "Montgomery to Memphis." --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grounded In Tradition, September 1, 2002

By	Chris S. "cscotts" (atlanta, ga United States) - See all my reviews

While pop was starting to take over Nashville back in 1997, Lee Ann Womack's self-titled debut ushered her onto the scene as the most traditional-sounding female vocalist the genre had seen since Patty Loveless debuted in the late '80s. In the middle of more pop-slanted vocalists like Reba and Martina, you had 'Never Again, Again' and everyone scratching their heads wondering "How the hell did that get on the radio, and more importantly, who's the singer?" Womack's debut beautifully straddled a fine line between modern('You've Got To Talk To Me') and traditional(the brilliant--and self-penned--'Am I The Only Thing You've Done Wrong'),and her Dolly Parton-meets-Alison Krauss soprano remains a thing of fragile purity even today. This set remains arguably the most significant debut by a female country artist of the last decade.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This CD is a must have for Traditional Country lovers!!!, March 30, 2005

By	country_music_lover - See all my reviews

This is definetly one of Lee Ann's best Albums. NOT A BAD SONG ANYWHERE ON THIS CD!! If you like good Tradition country music you'll love this CD!! This CD also produced the top ten hits "The Fool" and "You've Got To Talk To Me". Other great songs on this album are "Buckaroo", "Trouble's Here", and "Never Again, Again", or at least those are my favorites!!

This CD is a must have for any country music lover's collection!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Womack's Best Work, January 25, 2003

By	K. Stuckey "kateling" (Port Huron, MI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This CD is my favorite from Lee Ann Womack. The writing is superb and Lee Ann's vocals are stellar.

"The Fool", the song that really put Lee Ann on the map is on here. The rest of this CD is really full of great songs though, like the upbeat "Buckaroo" about her dream cowboy; the Gospel wonder "Get Up in Jesus' Name"; the Zydeco-flavored "Trouble's Here" and "Never Again, Again", a great mid-tempo shuffle about always taking him back. My personal favorites are "You've Got to Talk to Me", an honest song about how women aren't mind readers and Leslie Satcher's "Man With 18 Wheels", an uptempo romp about her truckin' man.

I Hope You Dance may be her biggest album, but this one showcases her deep country roots best.