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This may not be fair to say, but there is nothing original about this album. It's like these two sat down and said let's write a group of songs that rips off every sound in country music right now that has produced a hit. Since there are two of us our twist will be to add in Dixie Chicks like harmonies. In fact I continue to be amazed at what a huge influence the Chicks have had on this generation of female country artists. These two wrote all the songs and show an obvious ability to construct a country pop tune, now they just have to learn how to make those songs sound uniquely the JaneDear girls.
If you like modern, female, country, pop then you might like this.
Following the Rhapsody rating method I give it 1 out of 5 stars for Just OK.
The Dixie Chicks are, at a minimum, the best country act since Garth Brooks and I think they are one of the greatest country acts of all time. So I'm not surprised that they've had such an influence.
ReplyDeleteHaving heard this song, I think these girls are actually somewhat more influenced by Miranda Lambert.
ReplyDeleteBut, of course, you wouldn't have had Miranda Lambert without the Dixie Chicks.
ReplyDeleteSome songs are Miranda Lambert rip offs, some are Taylor Swift rip offs, some are Carrie Underwood rip offs, none are the JaneDear girls.
ReplyDeleteI like this song, and I think Eleanor will like it, too.
ReplyDeleteI think you should resign yourself to the fact that originality has a different meaning in the context of country music (where you really are supposed to be working within the confines of a fairly rigid tradition) than in the contexts of something like rock music. If you had reviewed the Dixie Chicks' first album, you would have had a lot of the same complaints that you have here. And you would have had similar complaints about Garth Brooks's first album and Brad Paisley's first albums. But this is how country music works. You have to play by Nashville's rules until your fans trust you enough to follow you.