LeAnn Rimes

by Leann Rimes

Product Description:

Personnel includes: LeAnn Rimes (vocals); Darrell Holt (conductor, vibraphone); B. James Lowrey, Jerry Metheny (acoustic & electric guitar); Marty Walsh (electric guitar); Milo Deering (steel guitar, fiddle); Junior Knight (steel guitar); Randy Fouts (piano, keyboards); Kelly Glenn (piano); Gary Leach (organ, keyboards, background vocals); Mike Brignardello (tic-tac, bass); Austin Deptula (keyboards, background vocals); Curtis Randall (bass); Paul Leim (drums, percussion); Fred Glieber (drums); Carl Albrecht, Charles Barnett (percussion); Rita Baloche, Perry Coleman, Annagrey LaBasse, Debi Lee, David Pruitt, John D. Sharp, John R. Sharp, Chris Wann, Matthew Ward (background vocals).

Includes liner notes by LeAnn Rimes.

When Leann Rimes burst onto the country music scene as a full-fledged siren barely out of her teens, it was difficult to predict whether she'd have the staying power to last beyond her high school graduation. A few years later, this album featuring Rimes' versions of classic country tunes would make it evident that the young singer wasn't going anywhere but up. Despite the harsh words of detractors, she's far from the Britney Spears of country. Despite her years, Rimes possesses a truly remarkable voice and a style well beyond her years.

Despite the ostensible brashness of a '90s youngster taking on songs associated with Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, and other greats, Rimes displays enough chops to make for eminently convincing versions of such chestnuts as "Crazy" and "Lovesick Blues" (she packs a mean yodel, too). Traditionalists will be heartened to know that despite a touch of modern-sounding electric guitar, the arrangements echo the classic Nashville "countrypolitan" sound of decades bygone.