Lee Ann Womack
| Lee Ann Womack
Lee Ann Womack
Lee Ann Womack is the debut studio album from country singer Lee Ann Womack. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on January 16, 1998 and platinum on September 24, 1999. Hits that appeared on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart were "Never Again, Again" which peaked at #23, "The Fool" and "You've Got to Talk to Me" both at #2, and "Buckaroo" at #27. The album itself topped out at #9 on the Top Country Albums chart.-Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
In 1997, a year during which Shania Twain, LeAnn Rimes and Martina McBride were among the women hitting the country charts with pop-influenced tunes, a newcomer from Jacksonville, Texas, was about to earn raves (and even comparisons to fellow Texan George Strait) for her debut album that kept things decidedly country. Released on May 13th, 1997, Lee Ann Womack was awash in traditional fiddle and steel guitar and led by Womack’s spectacular voice, itself a combination of Tammy Wynette’s tears, Loretta Lynn’s drawl and Alison Krauss’ purity.
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Sounds Like Nashville
When Lee Ann Womack began to sing “Never Again, Again,” with such a retro hillbilly fervor, she had me. That instant. You will find a female vocalist with the heart, vocal ability, and artistic standards that you simply won’t hear every day of the week. She’s that good.
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Country Standard Time
Appropriately, Womack's first-ever single from 1997 - the traditional country-twang of "Never Again, Again,"- kicks off this retrospective record.
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Rate Your Music
An excellent debut. A nice mixture of ballads and upbeat songs.
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All Music
Lee Ann Womack's eponymous debut showcases a promising country vocalist who is more comfortable with ballads and pop than down-home honky tonk. The slick, professional production helps make this self-titled album a pleasant listen, despite the fairly uneven songwriting, and Womack certainly has a voice that can make the mediocre sound appealing, which results in a winning debut.
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The Boot
Since her debut in 1997, Womack has fought to keep traditional elements in her music, blending those influences with more contemporary productions to create songs that are both modern and classic. Her penchant for finding some of the best-written, most substantial material to work with, as well as her signature vocal delivery, differentiates her from any other commercially successful country singer of her generation.
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Pollstar
Lee Ann Womack looks to be one of country music's newest overnight successes. Decca Records had to push up the release of her self-titled album earlier this year because the first single, "Never Again, Again," started charting before it was due to go to radio. DJ's starting playing other cuts from the record right away, as well.
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My Kind Of Country
Lee Ann’s vocal style has been compared to that of a young Dolly Parton, and late 60s-style sound of the album highlights the similarities. The fiddle and steel guitar are featured prominently throughout the album, and most of the ballads also feature tasteful and restrained string arrangements performed by The Nashville String Machine. The first single, “Never Again, Again” was released two months in advance of the album itself.
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Last Fm
Her 1997 self-titled debut album brought her onto the country music scene as a herald of a more neotraditional country music sound, in a genre that had begun to sound more pop-oriented with the likes of LeAnn Rimes, Faith Hill and Shania Twain topping the charts. The hits from that first album were "Never Again, Again", "The Fool" and "You've Got To Talk To Me."
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Texas Monthly
Her 1997 debut, Lee Ann Womack, has sold more than 500,000 copies, garnered rave reviews—Entertainment Weekly said her songs “may just be good enough to turn Nashville’s commercial tide”—and won the hearts of country legends. Loretta Lynn began writing and recording demos for Womack after hearing her single “Never Again, Again.”
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BGS
Her first record had a song on it called ‘Never Again, Again,’ and that was stone-cold country.
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Tv Tropes
Lee Ann Womack is an American Country Music singer who rose to fame at the end of The '90s with a twangy neotraditionalist sound.
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No Depression
Across her first three albums, each better than the last, Womack fashioned a distinctive traditional style. She was clearly connected to country’s past, but by leaning pop, Womack was able to speak clearly to and from her genre’s present. Her future as a rooted country singer with great crossover potential looked brilliantly bright.
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ASCAP
After spending a few years as a professional songwriter, Womack was signed to Decca Records, becoming one of the breakout contemporary country stars of 1997 with her eponymous Top 10 debut album.
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Country Universe
When she released her debut album in 1997, she was widely hailed as the great hope for traditional country music, a much-needed counterpoint to the pop crossover sounds that were beginning to dominate the genre. With time, Womack would prove that she wasn’t so easy to pigeonhole.
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Musoscribe
Lee Ann Womack burst onto the country music scene in the late 1990s; her classic country sound was a recipe for success: Womack was nominated for Female Vocalist of the year at the 1997 Country Music Association Awards.
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People Pill
When Womack emerged as a contemporary country artist in 1997, her material resembled that of Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette, except for the way Womack's music mixed an old-fashioned style with contemporary elements.
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