Love, Shelby by Shelby Lynne

Pros: Although not her best, Shelby's vocals are always incredible...
Cons: ... but everything else about this album reeks.

The Starland Vocal Band. Christopher Cross. Milli Vanilli. Paula Cole. Although there are a handful of notable exceptions-- Sheryl Crow and Alanis Morissette, for instance-- winning the Best New Artist award at the Grammys has long been considered by...

Pros: Lynne branches out musically.
Cons: Lynne branches out musically.

Gone is the simplicity of I Am Shelby Lynne, the bad girl chanteuse is kicking down the country music barriers with her newest album Love, Shelby. Shelby Lynne wants to be famous and she wants it NOW DAMNIT! Enlisting the assistance of...

Pros: Excellent songwriting that gives the listener a little bit of everything.
Cons: Still isn't the vocal work I know that Shelby is capable of.

It seems I have been waiting for this bit of relief for a long time. After the events of recent months, feelings are that I am more enthusiastic about curling up with a good CD than anything else. Shelby delivers the goods. I am just slightly overwhelmed...

Pros: Shelby's voice, "Bend" and "Tarpoleon Napoleon"
Cons: Glen Ballard's production, "Mother" and "Jesus On A Greyhound"

It was August and while reading a review for some album, I saw dchefsours’s comment that Shelby Lynne’s new CD was coming out in November. I could not believe what I was reading…I had NO idea that the album was already coming out. So November 13th...

Pros: Should be more accessible to audiences than last year's grammy-winning I AM SHELBY LYNNE;
Cons: Not nearly as fresh and innovative as I AM SHELBY LYNNE;

Much more middle-of-the-road album featuring a hand from Glenn Ballard who has produced for such bands as Dave Matthews and Alanis Morissette. Despite it's lack of genre-spanning singles like last year's phenomenal I AM SHELBY LYNNE, LOVE, SHELBY...