Shelby Lynne - I Am Shelby Lynne

Good singer, but....

She is a very fine singer, however this thing is so overproduced and lacks any organic quality that would come from real musicians playing real drums and bass. Hell, maybe there are real musicians and they're just calling it in. At any rate there are maybe 2 or 3 good tracks, and even those are really too mechanical sounding even though the vocal is fine. Shelby is good enough that they should spend more $ and really produce something with real playing on it. Rather than just maximize the loot. Besides you eventually make more $ doing it that way. December 27, 2008

i am shelby lynne

Except for the first annoying, obviously made for top 40 radio play , 'no lies' which i recommend evreyone immediately skip over, this album is absolutelY OUTSTANDING ! Not too many females have attempted the genres that Shelby Lynne has. Let it be for her listener to determine that ! September 29, 2008

Genre Busting Brilliancy

I first learned of Shelby Lynne in a Rolling Stone Magazine article just after this record was released and decided to seek it out. I cannot say enough good things about this album. Quite simply, I FEEL the emotion that she has about the song topics and talk about continuity! This is one of the most cohesive albums that I have ever heard! It is 8 years later and my wife and I still listen to this once a month. We have gotten so much mileage from the CD we should have paid $100 for it. Its actual price of (about) $12.99 is a complete bargain. Don't pay attention to the jilted country fans in these reviews. Thanks to this album's brilliance I bought the rest of her catalog and the records before this one are bland and too simple. "I am Shelby Lynne" is heads and shoulders better than her earlier work. Bravo! September 6, 2008

Shelby Lynne is one of a kind

I can't add any better words to all the rich descriptions said about her and this album from others, except that she is one of a kind. Anything she does is unique and connects. The only other singer/songwriter I felt drawn to because of his unique sound and story-telling is Cat Stevens. It's because they both sing with raw emotion and passion and their lyrics are so dang profound! Get this album. Get all of 'em! June 3, 2008

Fabulous!

I purchased this CD after hearing and loving Shelby's "Just A Little Lovin" set, and I was not disappointed. "I Am Shelby Lynne" is really a great recording with a nice variety of music, yet it all features a laid back, no pretense, total disregard for what should be popular, and in place of commercialism, one gets a totally honest set of songs, well crafted and well performed. I understand now why people have been raving about Shelby Lynne all these years, and I regret that it took me so long to discover her extraordinary talent. February 11, 2008

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