I Am Shelby Lynne

I Am Shelby Lynne

ASIN: B0000457EH

Track Listings

1. Your Lies

2. Leavin'

3. Life Is Bad

4. Thought It Would Be Easier

5. Gotta Get Back

6. Why Can't You Be

7. Lookin' Up

8. Dream Some

9. Where I'm From

10. Black Light Blue

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com's Best of 2000
The boldly named I Am Shelby Lynne may serve as an introduction to a gifted vocalist for most, but the one-time Nashville phenom has more than a decade of recording experience under her belt. Still, in many ways this is an introduction to a new talent. This time out, the Alabama-reared singer-songwriter refused to live up to anyone's expectations but her own, expertly melding soul, rock, pop, and country strains into an eye-opening set that demands to be addressed on its own terms. --Steven Stolder

Amazon.com
Shelby Lynne is an anachronism in the best sense of the word. Alabama-born, this twentysomething singer is in love with classic pop and soul, the kind sung by Dusty in Memphis and Aretha in Muscle Shoals. Working here with producer Bill Bottrell, Lynne has fashioned a remarkable album of orchestral epics ("Your Lies"), lazy-afternoon dance music ("Thought It Would Be Easier"), and gorgeous, bluesy ballads ("Lookin' Up," "Black Light Blue"). Most of the album's 10 songs are firmly rooted in the '60s and '70s, but Bottrell's production and Lynne's still-wet-from-sex voice guarantee that the album sounds time-capsule fresh instead of past-expiration-date retro. While Lynne has made fine albums before--1993's big-band and Western-swing CD Temptation is particularly good--I Am Shelby Lynne is the best work yet by a singer as stubbornly committed to musical tradition, and as defiantly out of step with country music trends, as another former Nashville maverick, Lyle Lovett. --Keith Moerer

Tracks:

Your Lies
Leavin'
Life Is Bad
Thought It Would Be Easier
Gotta Get Back
Why Can't You Be?
Lookin' Up
Dream Some
Where I'm From
Black Light Blue

Amazon.com's Best of 2000

The boldly named I Am Shelby Lynne may serve as an introduction to a gifted vocalist for most, but the one-time Nashville phenom has more than a decade of recording experience under her belt. Still, in many ways this is an introduction to a new talent. This time out, the Alabama-reared singer-songwriter refused to live up to anyone's expectations but her own, expertly melding soul, rock, pop, and country strains into an eye-opening set that demands to be addressed on its own terms. --Steven Stolder

Amazon.com

Shelby Lynne is an anachronism in the best sense of the word. Alabama-born, this twentysomething singer is in love with classic pop and soul, the kind sung by Dusty in Memphis and Aretha in Muscle Shoals. Working here with producer Bill Bottrell, Lynne has fashioned a remarkable album of orchestral epics ("Your Lies"), lazy-afternoon dance music ("Thought It Would Be Easier"), and gorgeous, bluesy ballads ("Lookin' Up," "Black Light Blue"). Most of the album's 10 songs are firmly rooted in the '60s and '70s, but Bottrell's production and Lynne's still-wet-from-sex voice guarantee that the album sounds time-capsule fresh instead of past-expiration-date retro. While Lynne has made fine albums before--1993's big-band and Western-swing CD Temptation is particularly good--I Am Shelby Lynne is the best work yet by a singer as stubbornly committed to musical tradition, and as defiantly out of step with country music trends, as another former Nashville maverick, Lyle Lovett. --Keith Moerer

Customer Reviews:

Words fail me.......2007-02-04

This is the first time ever I don't know what to say about a CD. Whatever I write will fall way short of how brilliant and full of life 'I Am Shelby Lynne' is. Even the terms "brilliant" and "full of life" don't do this CD justice.

So, all I will write is you owe it to yourself to buy this CD. Your life will be richer for it.

perfect........2006-11-30

"Where I'm From" cannot be touched in its humility and beauty. I swear one has visions of spanish moss as Shelby Lynne coos and purrs in Cajun French verse.

"Your Lies" an anthem for being s--t on by a lover. Who can't relate to this one. Its most most powerful statement is held within the title--your lies. not you hurt me and please pity me, but YOUR LIES. It's as if she were saying, this is the grief you have caused, so OWN it f----r!

"I'm leaving" is that horrible peak of realization. When you're tired of hurting, then you're just plain tired of hurting. This song makes a masterpiece out of this all too familiar plea.

An HONEST, TRue record.

Yes she is..........2006-01-14

An achingly beautiful album from a tortured woman, "I Am Shelby Lynne" is essential listening and easily one of the best albums of 2000. Bill Bottrell crafts an aurally lush but not overproduced sound that fills and envelopes the space around Lynnes confessional lyrics. This was her break from the overly produced material she recorded earlier in her Nashville career and it's unlike anything on country radio today. Her subsequent work has been good but not great. By far her best work, this is the one you'll come back to time and time again.

A modern classic***.......2005-08-04

Forgetting the hype, the comparisons, the image, the press, and getting down to the music: this album is great from beginning to end. It is inspired. A true classic. Some of the songs have a retro feel with the souped-up horns and strings...this is not a knock on the sound. I love it. The songs are all put together really well, the lyrics are strong, and the album flows. A must own!

Deep, Dark, and Beautiful.......2005-04-26

In her early teens, Shelby Lynne was hailed as the next big thing in country music. Blessed with natural beauty and rich, pitch-perfect pipes that rival the power of any tenor, she was a lock to line the pockets of Nashville's scaly, venomous venture capitalists.

Lynne broke their hearts into a million little pieces. Not only did she scoff at being LeAnn Rimes, she refused to be Tammy Wynette or Loretta Lynn. Instead, she drank, smoked, and spat in the eyes of the country establishment, and starved for her insolence. Eventually she got her wish through dogged determination - a disc that not only features her gorgeous voice but her own compositions,too. I can only speculate, but her mournful and defiant lyrics appear to be autobiographical and complement her poignant and accessible melodies.

This is *not* a country album. "This Is Shelby Lynne" (I love the bravado) is the manifesto of a living, heavy-breathing torch and soul singer. Deeply personal, this disc bleeds pain, bitterness, and sensuality. Try to overlook other reviews that focus on the lush production. Lynne harmonizes exclusively with herself throughout, and repeated listenings will confirm that no one harmonizes better with Shelby Lynne than Shelby Lynne.

Fifty years ago, this disc would have been a vanguard of pop. You won't hear tracks from "This Is Shelby Lynne" on any radio station, and that is a sad commentary on today's popular music. If Shelby was "The Bachelorette," I'd beg, borrow, steal, or kill to be her mate.

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I Am Shelby Lynne (EP)

Manufacturer: MERCURY
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000BMCYBU

Product Description

Track listings: YOUR LIES / LEAVIN' / GOTTA GET BACK / LIFE IS BAD / WHERE I'M FROM

Average customer rating:

Shelby Lynne. Genius and Red Hot Mama
IT STAYS IN THE PLAYER 24/7
Shelby Lynne where have you been...

I Am Shelby Lynne
Shelby Lynne
Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Blues | Styles | Music

Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music

Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00004SQRX
Release Date: 2000-04-25

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring Different Cover Art.

Customer Reviews:

Shelby Lynne. Genius and Red Hot Mama.......2003-04-13

Oh America, With your Golden Arches, your Kate Smiths, your Gas Guzzling SUVs and dependence on Foreign Oil. Why won't you embrace this Brillant Songstress from Alabama? You gave her a Grammy For best new artist after she'd been putting out music for years. She has no peer. No equal. I Am Shelby gave her the publicity. See her live, buy this CD. She's passionate, stunning. She'll move you and she'll groove you.
I want to marry her. She is-- America,
the only Bombshell we really need.

IT STAYS IN THE PLAYER 24/7.......2000-07-18

WEEK ONE OF IT'S RELEASE I HAD TO PICK IT UP. AFTER LISTENING TO BITS OFF THE WEBSITE I HAD TO HOP ON DOWN TO MY LOCAL RECORD STORE IMMEDIATELY. AND SINCE I'VE PICKED IT UP, IT HASN'T LEFT MY PLAYER. WHETHER YOU KNOW SHELBY'S MUSIC OR NOT, YOU LOVE EVERY MINUTE.

Shelby Lynne where have you been..........2000-05-22

Seeing Shelby Lynne perform to an intimate audience in Amsterdam's Paradiso was the closest I've been to having a religious experience... Overwhelmed by the presence and voice of blonde wisp of a thing, Lynne, I purchased the CD the very next day. I've been playing it for weeks and preaching it to anyone who will listen. Why? because it's thaaat good! From the country pop explosive opener Your Lies, and on to the sultry I'm Leavin' Lynne plows on through genres en textures on what is one of the best recent releases. Lynne muses over life after the relationship in I Thought it Would be Easier with low, sultry, emotive vocals and picks up the pace with bluesy rockers Gotta Get Back and Why Can't You Be. Absoulte highlights on "I Am Shelby Lynn" are dreamlike Dreamsome and Black Light Blue where Lynne's voice sweeps you up in her emotions. Shelby Lynne, I don't know where you've been, but I'll be watching very closely where you go!

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