This CD is my favorite from Lee Ann Womack. The writing is superb and Lee Ann's vocals are stellar.

"The Fool", the song that really put Lee Ann on the map is on here. The rest of this CD is really full of great songs though, like the upbeat "Buckaroo" about her dream cowboy; the Gospel wonder "Get Up in Jesus' Name"; the Zydeco-flavored "Trouble's Here" and "Never Again, Again", a great mid-tempo shuffle about always taking him back. My personal favorites are "You've Got to Talk to Me", an honest song about how women aren't mind readers and Leslie Satcher's "Man With 18 Wheels", an uptempo romp about her truckin' man.

I Hope You Dance may be her biggest album, but this one showcases her deep country roots best.


Contemporary country with strong traditional flavor   July 14, 2002
Peter Durward Harris (Leicester England)
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One of the best country debut albums of recent years, Lee Ann has managed to sound contemporary and traditional at the same time. At heart, she would probably like to do a stone country album, but she knows that would kill her career. Lee Ann is much too smart to allow that to happen, so she records music that sounds contemporary without losing her roots, something not everybody can achieve.

Never again again was her debut single, but it was her second, The fool, which really set Lee Ann on her way to stardom. There is a nice duet with Mark Chesnutt (Make memories with me), a rousing gospel song (Get up in Jesus name) and the danceable upbeat Buckaroo and Trouble's here. Other great tracks are Do you feel for me, Montgomery to Memphis and A man with 18 wheels. Actually, every track is brilliant.

This album didn't make Lee Ann into a megastar (that came via I hope you dance, her third album) but it is an outstanding album in it's own right.


very nice-sounding cd   March 24, 1999
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Lee Ann Womack is by far my favorite female singer in country music. While I did not enjoy "Man With 18 Wheels" or "Buckaroo" very much (probably because I'm male), the rest of the songs are excellent examples of good traditional country music. "Am I The Only Thing That You've Done Wrong" and "Never Again, Again" have been two of my all-time favorite songs ever since I first heard them. I respect Lee Ann and her producer very much for not falling into the mainstream that seems to be turning country music into a nauseating spinoff of soft rock. Her ability to convey feelings through music reminds me of the great Hank Williams Sr., and she also tends to avoid those "generic love songs" that seem to dominate country music today.