"A Little Past Little Rock": This song still sends chills down my spine when I hear it. Lee Ann scored a winner when she cut this single. In my opinion, it's even better than "I Hope You Dance". I can't imagine anyone else delivering it like Lee Ann. It's fantastic!

"I'd Rather Have What We Had": Lee Ann is joined by the highly talented, yet often-overlooked Joe Diffie on this cut. It's a sad tune about a couple realizing that they aren't living in a happily-ever-after and that the real world is not as pretty as they had originally thought.

"I'll Think Of A Reason Later": Okay, this is one FUNNY song! I have TOTALLY been here! Who hasn't hated your ex's new love? And with lyrics like "Black out her tooth with a marker. Childish yes, but she made such a thin little target", you just can't miss.

And finally, my favorite track on the CD (with the exception of "A Little Past..") is "I Keep Forgetting". Enlisting the legendary and down-right dreamy vocals of Vince Gill, Lee Ann sings about a woman who broke up with someone, but still remains in love with him and keeps reminding herself that she was the one who let him go. This song makes me cry everytime I hear it and is up there on my list of all-time favorite country tunes.

I would suggest "Some Things I Know" to any country fan, traditional or contemporary. There's a little something there for each and I promise, you won't be disappointed. This CD showcases Lee Ann's vocals better than her debut"Lee Ann Womack" and is not so "glittery" (I know..bad word) as "I Hope You Dance" (which is still a great cd). You just can't go wrong with this CD!

Gennie Bailey-Rogers


A High Quality, Classic Country Album   February 27, 2000
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

With a number of female country artists slipping in their recent releases, this album is truly country and quite good. Ms. Womack has a good voice and puts a lot of energy and emotion in her work. There are a lot of good songs on this album rather than the current trend of having a couple of hit songs and the rest being dogs. There is something about this album which will put you in a good mood. BUY IT!


A Miracle--Modern Country Music That's Really Country   May 21, 1999
Steven Fantina (Phillipsburg, NJ USA)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful

If like me, you're a long time country fan who gets nauseous at the thought of Garth, thinks Shania is a no-talent strumpet, and can't tell your Tracy Byrds from your Tracy Lawerences, this is the CD for you. I rarely listen to country radio anymore because I'm no fan of all the twenty-something rock and roll wannabees who pollute its airwaves these days. Give me Dolly, Loretta, Merle, or Hank any day. However, Lee Ann's voice, song selection, style, and class belong with true country greats like Tammy Wynette and George Jones. This collection proves that lyrics are still important to somebody, and taste and integrity still exist in Nashville.

Now if somehow we can get rid of all those tacky clones, maybe country radio will go country again. At least there's somebody else beside George Strait whose country crooning can greet our ears among all the cacophony that assaults true country fans these days.

Thank you Lee Ann and keep it Country!!!!!!!!!


Brilliant traditional country with contemporary edge   April 4, 2005
Peter Durward Harris (Leicester England)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This is an outstanding album so it's difficult to pick out songs (nice problem, that). Three of the tracks (A little past Little Rock, Now you see me now you don't, I'll think of a reason later) made it on to Lee Ann's greatest hits compilation. They fairly represent this album although they aren't necessarily my favorite tracks such is the quality of the album.

The set opens with the title track, an aching ballad that sets the standard for what follows. Two other outstanding ballads (I'd rather have what we had, When the wheels are coming off) describe a couple that are still together, but whose love for each other seems to have faded. Another fine song (If you're ever down in Dallas) is about a woman who regrets giving up on a man. The final track (The preacher won't have to lie) reminds us that money isn't everything. Well, those are just a few of the great songs on this album.

Following her similarly styled eponymous debut album, it seemed that Lee Ann was going to be a standard-bearer for traditional country music in the new millennium. This was not to be, although Lee Ann eventually returned to traditional country in 2004.

If you enjoy hearing Lee Ann (or anybody else) sing traditional country, you'll surely love this album.


True Country   April 4, 2001
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Lee Ann Womack proved with this album that she was more than a one hit wonder, this being her sophmore effort. She is one of the few country artists that truly are "country", listen and you will see this is true talent.

Some Things I Know was released in Sept. 1998, the first single was A Little Past Little Rock, which did very well on the charts, and featued Jason Sellers on background vocals. This album contains various guest artists to lend their talents to the songs, adding glorious and beautiful harmonies to the mix. These guest artists include Vince Gill (Some Things I Know, I Keep Forgetting), Joe Diffie (Id Rather Have What We Had), Buddy Miller and Judy Miller (Dont Tell Me), and Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White (When The Wheels Are Coming Off).

Other singles from this album included Now You See Me Now You Dont, and I'll Think Of A Reason Later, which both did very well with country radio and on the charts. Other mentionable songs include the title track (should of been a single), The Man Who Made My Mama Cry, Dont Tell Me and I Keep Forgetting.

Lee Ann Womack is truly talented, buy this album and you will see. Her music is very honest and straightforward, and she is true to her country roots. Give it a try!