Wide Open Spaces
| Dixie Chicks
Wide Open Spaces
Wide Open Spaces is the fourth studio album and the major label debut of American country music band, the Dixie Chicks. It was their first record with new lead vocalist Natalie Maines, and became their breakthrough commercial success. It received diamond status by the RIAA on February 20, 2003 in the United States, having shipped 14 million units worldwide, while spending more than six years in the Australian ARIA music charts Country Top 20. -Wikipedia
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Country Universe
For a band that was essentially starting over with a new lead singer (Natalie Maines) and a completely new sound (contemporary country), Wide Open Spaces was an excellent starting point for the Dixie Chicks 2.0.
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All Music
It's a remarkably wide range and it's effortlessly eclectic, with the Dixie Chicks bringing it all together with their attitude and understated musicality -- as debuts go (and this does count as a debut), they rarely get better than this.
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Billboard
Wide Open Spaces is still near-perfect and serves as a reminder why fans fell so hard for them in the first place.
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Plugged In
Dixie Chicks is made up of Natalie Maines and sisters Martie and Emily Siedel. A gifted team. With the noted exception, their sensitive songs of female empowerment convey a down-home morality.
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My Kind of Country
The album’s eclectic mix of material is all very well sung and played, and although its massive success has been somewhat overshadowed by later events (both greater success and more fractious times) it still stands up very well.
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L.A. Times
A breezy recollection of young love.
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People
Although the politically correct may growl at the Chicks’ throwback tendencies—they do a lot of stand-by-your-man and grieve-over-the-loss-of-him songs—this is an old-fashioned, good-time album, affable and rich with sweet-toned melodies.
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Spectrum Culture
The feminism on display in Wide Open Spaces feels more than admirable, it’s even a little bit revolutionary.
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Country Exclusive
Well, if you haven’t gotten into the Dixie Chicks before now, you definitely should.
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Entertainment Focus
The melodies are sweet, the vocals are strong and the harmonies are captivating.
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Uproxx
The trio has not disappeared, but their tumble from widespread popularity signals a contribution larger than an exquisite pop-country catalogue.
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J.W. Pepper Sheet Music
Combining traditional country with current pop/rock sounds, the Dixie Chicks shine in this major-label debut album.
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