Lee Ann Womack Album - Something Worth Leaving Behind
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Customers rating:
(53 ratings)
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Release Date:2002-08-20
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Type:Audio CD
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Genre:Country, Country & Western, Pop
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Label:Mca Nashville
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UPC:008817028729
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Approx. Price:$13.98
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Review - Amazon.com :
Texas-born Lee Ann Womack made bold new strides with her landmark third album, 2000's I Hope You Dance. With Something Worth Leaving Behind, she's delivered yet another impeccable, mature, and emotionally powerful song collection that will no doubt resound just as dramatically with listeners. Soulful, inward, aching, and cautiously celebratory by turns, these exquisite songs and masterful performances are anchored by the timely and hauntingly introspective title tune. Among the 12 other gems are a pair of powerfully rendered Julie Miller originals (the wailing, teeth-gnashing "I Need You" and the eerie, medieval-sounding "Orphan Train"), a wistful Bruce Robison-penned confessional called "Blame It on Me" (to which Robison contributes harmonies), and an angry, show-stopping Matraca Berg sendoff called "You Should Have Lied." --Bob AllenCustomer review - 2002-10-30
- Worth ItLee Ann Womack took her time with this project. After the huge success of her past album I HOPE YOU DANCE, there were high expectations, the bar was raised high. In turn we have SOMETHING WORTH LEAVING BEHIND, a collection of mature songs that make you think about life. Fans of her country material may be disappointed with this release, as there is not much country to be found here. We have some rock, pop, R&B, and more, but its still her wonderful voice. The album opens with its first single, the title track, a song about wanting to be remembered after we pass away. In a way it tries to emulate "I Hope You Dance" the song, but its special for its own reason. The second single is the ballad "Forever Everyday", another country song that should do well on radio. "He'll Be Back" hails back to Patsy Cline days, a traditional country number that Lee Ann handles and performs extremely well. The subject matter of the lyrics on this album is very mature, and thought provoking. She handles the matters of heart on most of the songs. "Surrender" is a highlight, an uptempo number about giving in. "You Should've Lied" could do well at country radio as well, a tender ballad that is so heartbreakingly real and vivid, she sounds excellent. Her vocals are top notch on this album. "When You Gonna Run To Me" sounds like classic 60's soul, while "I Need You" is an uptempo rocker. "I Saw Your Light" and "Talk To Me" are two other ballad highlights. "Blame It On Me" is another good country ballad, about accepting blame for a failed relationship. "Closing This Memory Down" is a beautiful ballad as well. However there was really no need for a pop version of the title track, the original is just fine. Overall if you can open your mind and enjoy other kinds of music, I think you will be pleasantly surprised with what Lee Ann has LEFT BEHIND.
Customer review - 2002-09-09
- Something Worth Leaving BehindThe very first time I played this CD I listen to it at a very moderate volume and thought,"All the cuts sounded the same."
Subesequently after many listening sessions I totally retract my original statement.After her last spectacular release;I Hope You Dance;I felt it would be a impossible act to follow. Once again I was way off base.Some of the melodies sounded very fimilar at the beginning of some of the cuts,but they immediately flowed into new material.
When You Gonna Run To Me and Surrender,were teriffic.When I heard;Should've Lied; it absolutely grabbed my sole, it was so powerful.This women is a genuine super star!
Don't pass this new release up, it's a winner.
Customer review - 2002-09-06
- Lee Ann and Faith have Jumped The SharkTalk about your sell outs. I don't like country singers that go pop. Go back to your country roots Lee Ann. I want something that's meaningful, like Patty Loveless's Mountain Soul. Not pop drivel like what you and Faith Hill having benn pumping out the last couple of years. Your last 2 releases don't come close to the quality of your first 2.
Customer review - 2002-08-27
- She tries too hard...With this CD, Lee Ann tries waaaaay too hard to emulate the crossover success of "I Hope You Dance". That song was released for what it was, a great, inspirational song and it took off. "Something Worth Leaving Behind", although well-written (by her bass player Brett Beavers), is being forcibly marketed as a 'career song' - and whether the fans like it or not, producers and the powers that be are grooming Lee Ann to be the next Shania/Faith/Leann pop-crossover artist, they even hired Britney Spears' stylist. Come on! Lee Ann has said many times 'there are two kinds of music - good and bad'. I hate to admit, but she has made some bad choices right here.
What happened to "The Fool" and "Never Again, Again" type songs? They have sadly been replaced by "Let's Surrender" and "When You Gonna Run to Me". And she already had a song called "Talk To Me" (well, a very similarly titled song), it is a bad sign.
The only standout song on the CD is the Matraca Berg song "You Should Have Lied" - it is not country, country, but it is better than the rest of the pop-tart drivel on this CD.
Lee Ann, please come back to country music - we miss you! Customer review - 2003-01-25
- The title says it allI have always loved this singer her music a few years ago was so traditional and having a more simple sound worked. I think she is the victim of bad management at the label and she is making music with the wrong people it seems and that is why this album has so many stale pop songs on it.
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