Comments on: Album Review: LeAnn Rimes, Lady and Gentlemen

By: Susan K.

Susan K. — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:10:48 +0000

Jon G. – I’m in complete agreement regarding “He Stopped Loving Her Today”. I didn’t care for her version, but then I’m not overly crazy about the original, either. I agree – it’s a good song – but there’s been so much hype and there are many George Jones songs that I like better, are less maudlin, but no less emotional. I am also liking “I Can’t Be Myself”. I can listen to most of this record without skipping ahead, so I’m more than satisfied with it.

By: Jon G.

Jon G. — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:37:19 +0000

I kinda thought her version of "He Stopped Loving Her Today" stuck too close to the original for Rimes to really pull. [As blasphemous as this is, I think the song itself is overrated. It's a good song. I'm not arguing that. But anytime you call something "the best," you're basically begging for dissent; still, it's kind of like how I think 'Citizen Kane' is overrated, if slightly more so. Personally, I'd like to push "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" or some other Hank as the greatest country song of all time...or forgo the entire process.] Susan K., I was also surprised that Ben didn't mention her transcendent version of [Tonight] "The Bottle Let Me Down," which I thought was far and away the best track on the album. I agree with his view of the album on the whole, but we differ on the details.

By: Susan K.

Susan K. — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:25:08 +0000

I am really enjoying most of this album. “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” and “The Bottle Let Me Down” are definite highlights.

By: Tara Seetharam

Tara Seetharam — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:48:57 +0000

This album totally hits the spot.

By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:20:23 +0000

I totally disagree with this review. In my opinion, this is the most pathetic attempt at a cover album. Yeah, she has a nice voice, and she doesn’t do too bad singing most of the songs, but there I just don’t think she did any of them justice. First of all, whoever let her butcher “Rose Colored Glasses” should be beat with a stick. She took away everything great about that song. Being Merle Haggards #1 fan, I was super dissapointed with her versions of the two songs of his. The rest, like I said, were just nothing special. If anything is karaoke, it’s this album

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:23:25 +0000

That was my initial reaction, having loved the slow waltz tempo of the John Conlee original, but LeAnn’s version grew on me.

By: Kevin John Coyne

Kevin John Coyne — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:29:45 +0000

I like how the album has a cohesive sound throughout. Gotta say I’m disappointed in her take on “Rose Colored Glasses,” though. A bit too jaunty for my taste.

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:24:03 +0000

Very good album, maybe her best yet – the two new songs are nothing special and her take on “Swingin’” was kind of weird, but the eleven songs in between track one and the new songs are indeed solid country gold.

I was especially pleased to hear her cover Hag’s “I Can’t Be Myself”, a big hit at the time, but now largely forgotten (bar band and karaoke vocalists often find it too difficult to sing).

I enjoyed the new interpretation of “Blue” as well. While it doesn’t remind me of the Kennny Roberts original from the mid-1960′s, it is, as Ben noted, even more traditional sounding that LeAnn’s first stab at the song

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:01:40 +0000

Dang. I paid full price, since I bought it on release day.

By: Kevin John Coyne

Kevin John Coyne — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:40:46 +0000

$5 on Amazon this month!