Shelby Lynne

Identity Crisis
$11.94
....and this MAY be the best thing she's ever done. May...I said the same about "Temptation". "Identity Crisis", indeed...the album jackets over the years are pretty, not pretty, sexy-sultry ["Temptation"], and just plain sexy-wow [Love, Shelby]. The music has been county, rock, pop, jazz, and hard to classify. If the looks have been different, and the music of variable genre, the voice has always been flat-out gorgeous...clear, powerful, easily understood. I'm no country fan, but this voice is a must-hear, regardless........

...which brings us to the issue at hand. Shelby the blues singer. Well, why not? The girl can do EVERYTHING to perfection. [If she ever tries Opera...oh well, everybody has limits, and rare, indeed, are the Opera singers who are worth hearing in anything else]. This is an absolurely fabulous album...from the opening "Telephone", it pulls you straight thru...all 12 cuts add up to 40' of perfection. The two songs which remind us that Shelby is country are "10 Rocks" and "Lonesome", with the second named having a slight big band touch. "Gotta Be Better" lets us hear Shelby-the -rocker, while the pure-blues "Evil Man" and "Buttons And Beaus" are two of the finest songs I've heard Shelby do. Ever.

Shelby is pure joy. That she's pretty, and sings lots of different music is simply icing on the cake. [That sentence could apply to her sister Allison Moorer, too; must be genetic]. You need to allow for the fact that I'm obviously hooked on her, but do not fail to grab this record...five stars are way too few.

Just A Little Lovin'
$13.98
I am not a country music fan at all, let me start with that. I bought this album on numorous recommendations from an audiophile website that it was the best album of 2008, but I really had fairly low expectations. I was absolutely shocked from the moment the needle hit the record. An absolutely sublime collection of well known standards, most Dusty Springfield songs, with beautiful, sparing, stark arrangements.

Ms. Lynne has joined Jane Monhiet, Madeliene Peyroux, Melody Gardot and Tierney Sutton in my Pantheon of great, pure singers. The noteable exception is that her delivery trumps all of those mentioned above, with only Madeliene Peyroux being in the same league. Great album.

Just A Little Lovin'
$9.49
I am not a country music fan at all, let me start with that. I bought this album on numorous recommendations from an audiophile website that it was the best album of 2008, but I really had fairly low expectations. I was absolutely shocked from the moment the needle hit the record. An absolutely sublime collection of well known standards, most Dusty Springfield songs, with beautiful, sparing, stark arrangements.

Ms. Lynne has joined Jane Monhiet, Madeliene Peyroux, Melody Gardot and Tierney Sutton in my Pantheon of great, pure singers. The noteable exception is that her delivery trumps all of those mentioned above, with only Madeliene Peyroux being in the same league. Great album.

Temptation
$16.98
Although she has strayed away from this kind of sound, it's still one of my fav cds of hers. Great tunes, great production and that out of this world voice.