Wildflower.
| Lauren Alaina
Wildflower.
Wildflower is the debut studio album by season ten American Idolrunner-up Lauren Alaina. The album was released by Mercury Nashville. on October 11, 2011 in the United States. The album's first single, "Like My Mother Does", reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Wildflower debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart, making Alaina the youngest female artist to debut that high since LeAnn Rimes' debut album, Blue, fifteen years prior. -Wikipedia
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Taste of Country
While it's not an album of the year nominee, Alaina's debut project shows she has plenty of potential and will be capable of big things in the next few years.
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EW
On Wildflower, she captures the restless spirit of small-town girls who get grounded for French-kissing the boy next door; you can hear her rebel fire in the barn-burning fiddles on ”Georgia Peaches.”
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All Music
Lauren still has a girlish twang to her voice, which lends her a greater bit of vulnerability, something that comes in handy on her quickly recorded and released debut, Wildflower.
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RoughStock
Wildflower is simply one of the strongest debut albums released in 2011. There’s not a bad song to be found on the album and Lauren Alaina’s performances of these songs are all strong and suggest that the teenager has the ability to be a superstar.
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Queens of Country
But Alaina blooms on this album, true to the title, and leaves a lasting impression.
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FHCtoday
The album had three solid tracks, her lyrics were well written, the instrumentation was decent and her voice was beautiful, but most of the tracks were just not my thing.
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Mjsbigblog
Wildflower introduces a strong singer and improving interpreter who should be seen as a good investment for country music’s gatekeepers as she works out a sound that is truest to the qualities of her versatile and appealing voice.
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Interstate 107
Now, on her debut album Wildflower, the sixteen-year-old showcases her musical roots on a tight collection that features coming of age stories with a need to make her own path.
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Seattlepi
Alaina's floating and soothing interpretation, similar to a starry-night lullaby, grasps loosely to the best Underwood and McBride songs.
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A Separate State of Mind
Her talent shines through on each track and gives the listener – regardless of age – a highly joyful experience that will fluctuate between getting you emotional to making you smile. The album is safely country-pop. It has a healthy dose of both.
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Blinded by Sound
Wildflower is a strong debut with hints of what might be possible but what matters for Lauren will be how she follows this up.
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Chattanooga Times Free Press
The song establishes that this 16-year-old from the Peach State may come across as sweet and delicate, but vocally, she packs a punch.
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Uproxx
‘American Idol’ Lauren Alaina blooms on ‘Wildflower’.
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Country Standard Time
Through and through, Alaina asserts herself as a "Wildflower" worthy of being picked.
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