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Shelby Lynne - Just A Little Lovin'
| Ew | | At first blush, Shelby Lynne's Just a Little Lovin' might feel a touch inevitable, perhaps a stopgap measure or a cynical attempt to sell a few records by covering the oeuvre of an established legend. Ever since Lynne transformed herself from conventional country singer to post-modern genre hopper on her stunning 2000 album I Am Shelby Lynne, she has earned countless comparisons to the great Dusty Springfield. Like Lynne, Springfield, who died in 1999, was also a husky-voiced singer who liked to traverse the border¬lands between musical styles, from sophisticated pop to greasy Memphis soul and back again. Surely, it's not a stretch to think that Lynne would want to try an album's worth of songs made famous by the great British pop and soul star....full text |
| | Popmatters | | These are adjectives that are commonly reserved by critics, kept under wraps except for very rare, deserving occasions. One such occasion is the “collaboration” album, in which an aging artist (Carlos Santana, Reba McEntire, Aretha Franklin, etc.) suddenly records a dozen or so tracks with some hot young talent (Michelle Branch, Kelly Clarkson … the guy from Nickelback? Really?) and—lo and behold—the suddenly have a commercial hit on their hands. The artist in question usually has his or her sound homogenized into a nice, pretty aural package that is custom-made for Top 40 radio, no doubt with some accompanying video clip that will find its home on VH1 in the wee hours of the morning. It’s a formula that—especially nowadays—we have all seen far too often....full text |
| | Allmusic | | Shelby Lynne's first record in two-and-a-half years is a complete changeup. Lynne has followed her own restless, sometimes reckless, but always adventurous muse for most of her career -- and especially since she released the seminal, I Am Shelby Lynne -- a record she won a Grammy for as "Best New Artist" despite having made five full-lengths previously. On her last outing, Suit Yourself, released in May of 2005, the iconic and mercurial Lynne wrote or co-wrote ten of the twelve tunes on the CD. It was a loose, relaxed set that took no prisoners, moving through country, swamp rock, blues, and ballads. Just a Little Lovin' is a mirror image of sorts. Lynne wrote only one tune here -- the entire record is an homage to the late Dusty Springfield. Nine of its ten cuts are inextricably linked with the legendary British vocalist. Lynne came under the sway of Springfield's work some years ago, and it was Barry Manilow, of all people, who suggested she cut a record like this one after a discussion of Springfield's work with Lynne....full text |
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