SARAH BUXTON
"SARAH BUXTON"
LYRIC STREET NO CAT # YET
Produced by Dann Huff and Craig Wiseman
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KENNY CHESNEY
"JUST WHO I AM: POETS AND PIRATES"
BNA 88697-11457-2
Produced by Buddy Cannon and Kenny
Chesney
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REBA
"REBA DUETS"
MCA B0008903-02
Produced by Reba McEntine and Tony Brown
* Produced by Reba McEntire and Justin
Timberlake
** Produced by Reba McEntire, Tony Brown
and Dan Huff
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1. American Daughters
2. Cowboys
3. Full Grown Woman
4. That Kind Of Day
5. Innocence
6. Love Is A Trip
7. Back Home
8. He Just Doesn't Get It
9. Shine On
9. Crazy Dream
10. Stupid Boy
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1. Never Wanted Nothing More
2. Don't Blink
3. Shiftwork
(Duet With George Strait)
4. Just Not Today
5. Wife And Kids
6. Got A Little Crazy
7. Better As A Memory
8. Dancin' For The Groceries
9. Wild Ride
(Featuring Joe Walsh)
10. Scare Me
11. Demons
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1. When You Love Someone Like That
(Reba & LeAnn Rimes)
2. Does The Wind Still Blow In Oklahoma?
(Reba & Ronnie Dunn)
3. Because Of You
(Reba & Kelly Clarkson)
4. Everyday People
(Reba & Carole King)
5. Every Other Weekend
(Reba & Kenny Chesney)
6. These Broken Hearts
(Reba & Vince Gill)
9. Sleeping With The Telephone
(Reba & Faith Hill) **
10. The Only Promise That Remains *
(Reba & Justin Timberlake)
11. Break Each Other's Hearts Again
(Reba & Don Henley)
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Sarah came to public notice with
her song "Stupid Boy" via the
Keith Urban cover. OK. I first saw
her at CRS and was not impressed
at all.
However, I wanted to hear her in a
controlled environment and so I
sat in my car and listened to this
CD. I checked out te writing credits
and it was impressive. Bob DiPiero,
Craig Wiseman, Gary Burr, Victoria
Shaw and of course Sarah, herself.
That should have been enough.
Production by Dann and Craig
should have put it up there
but......it didn't.
First of all, I can only hope that the
CD is remixed because there is
just too much in the mix that needs
to be jettisoned. Also, I own up that
Sarah's little girl voice started to
grate. Finally, I hope that Lyric
Street change the cover artwork
because the photographs and
design are just awful!!
With so much talent on board, I
really hoped that I would like this
CD but I don't.
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A solid CD from Kenny on which
travels from pure Country with his
duet with George Strait
("Shiftwork) to out and out Country
Rock with his duet with Eagles
alumnus, Joe Walsh of Dwight
Yoakam's "Wild Ride." For me the
stand outs are Bill Anderson-Jon
Randall's "Demons, " David Lee
Murphy's "Just Not Today" and the
finely crafted Casey
Beathard-Chris Wallin song, "Don't
Blink."
This could be Kenny's best CD to
date!!
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This CD can be divided into two
distinct elements, Country and
Pop. The stand outs are Reba's
duet with Ronnie Dunn on the self
penned "Does The Wind Still Blow
in Oklahoma?;" the Carole King
duet, "Everyday People," an
homage to those who went to New
Orleans post Katrina to renew the
city; "Every Other Weekend" with
Kenny Chesney which must be a
future #1; the Reba-Vinnie duet,
"These Broken Hearts" and the
John Wiggins-Jon Randall future
classic, "Break Each Other's
Hearts Again," on which Reba is
joined by Don Henley. However,
the one song that will garner
airplay is a cri de coeur for all the
wives who have husbands stuck in
Iraq, "Sleeping With The
Telephone" on which she is joined
by Faith Hill.
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