Call Me Crazy

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No, Call Me Crazy
Handyman was only vaguely familiar with LAW but caught recent Wire Service newspaper review of this album. Reviewer lauded it ,uttering in print the name of Ms Womack in same breath as Tammy Wynette. In my mind , that is a flattering comparison LAW should take and run with to the bank. Being a longtime fan of Tammy Wynette I bought a copy of "Call Me Crazy" . No question, I like everything about Ms Womack's voice and delivery. The album's songs are an excellent batch. Only wish the backing was a bit more spare and traditional, as opposed to lush and produced. Put a pedal steel guitarist, fiddler, hot-licks Telecaster-master atleast occasionally up front in the mix and I would have given this album five stars. LAW is real deal country and I applaud her loudly. If you're a fan of trad-country and don't check out this woman, Handyman will call YOU crazy.

Leann has a winner in new LP
As a collector of vinyl and one who owns not one CD; I realize I'm missing out on some good music. But fortunately, MCA Nashville has chosen to release Call Me Crazy by LeeAnn Womack on vinyl. There are not that many true "country" singers today, but LeeAnn Womack is one of them. There are 12 cuts and, in this reviewer's opinion, the strongest cuts are the three songs co-written by Ms. Womack: "Have You Seen That Girl<" "If These Walls Could Talk" The two voices seem made to blend on this song. In an era that sees country music become pop music sanitized, "Call Me Crazy" is a pleasant change of pace.

This is Great traditional country using modern production methods
Lee Ann Womack has tried most formulas of country music, with arguably her best music being in her first couple of traditional country albums. Never Again, The Fool, Little Past Little Rock, and many other great songs. More where than Her last CD which did very well, was called "There's more Where that came from",which was very traditional, actually was what I was expecting. Then she had probably her most popular CD in "I Hope You Dance" which was more modern Nashville type country, but that was back in 2000. So what came out here, we have all familiar Nashville people working with her, Womack co wrote most of the songs. Tony Brown produced the CD. It was mastered by Bob Ludwig of Gateway Mastering which is a bit unusual in that he does usually master rock CDs, but known as one of the industry greats. The players, Brent Mason on Electric guitar and Bryan Sutton on acoustic guitar have played together on many CDs. Paul Franklin's pedal steel seems to be the central instrument. Larry Franklin plays fiddle. Womack sounds great on the slow ,heartbreak ballad "Last Call" which has a haunting melody and is a great performance. What really sticks out in the music is Lee Ann's pure emotive lyrics. "Either Way" is another slow sad song, but it really works, with some real nice electric guitar by Brent Mason. What does not fit in my opinion is the tacky cardboard cover with her in a scantily clad showgirl outfit. It has nothing to do with the CD. This is probably the first CD where just about every song is a sad ballad, but alot of country music is like that. At times it seems overproduced with the layers of guitars and vocals as opposed to Patty Loveless's new Disc which is almost like a live recording ,just one track per instrument, not alot of overdubbing. The finished work ,does however give mastering engineer Ludwig plenty of room to work his craft and he takes the music and just gives it incredible tone work, no clipping, just a great recording. At times in some of the songs , you can hear the musicians breaking out of the Nashville Mold a bit and adding a different almost alternative sense to the mix. The song, "The Bees" is an interesting musical composition. I guess that my Favorite song is "I Think I Know--" about what killed Keith Whitley, Hank Williams and John Cash. The words just come out in such a vibrant, emotive way, great melody with plenty of great hooks. George Strait joins her in a duet called "Everything But Quits" which almost sounds like a Strait song. Very well done by the pair. Womack ends the album as she does every album with a Spiritual song, this one called "The Story Of My Life", probably ,the most upbeat song on the whole disc. Personally, i think it is a very well done recording with some very good material, but I do not know how well it will do. [...]

a diamond amongst so much cut glass coming out of Nashville
This album came in the mail yesterday and I've listened to it a dozen times already. "Call Me Crazy" is an oasis in what is pretty much the desert of true country music today. But then as a vocalist, Lee Ann is like a diamond amongst so much cut glass. If MCA had the guts it could release half the album's tacks as singles, and if country radio weren't ashamed of, or afraid of, playing country music, this collection would yield an equal number of top ten hits. Tony Bowen has yet to produce a bad record, and there is not a throwaway track on the album. Two stellar selections are "New Again," and "Everythign But Quits," a duet with George Strait. Lee Ann and Geaorge sound so good and natural together, don't you know they would have been as hot as George Jones and Tammy Wynette back in the day. "New Again," co-written by Lee Ann, offers a fresh take on a country music staple: finding true love the second time around. But the songe goes deeper, reflecting on the gift of life's second chances. In the same vein as her signature song, "I Hope You Dance," "New Again" end much too quickly--like all good things in life-- leaving the listener craving one more verse and another refrain from Lee Ann's sweet voice.

Long Live Leann!!!
I love when Lee ann Womack sings Country.She has one of best voice in the world.In This Album she sings as she mean it in "If these wall Could Talk" and have the good taste to have George Strait as a duetpartner in "Everything But Quits".If Leann Womack will develop as a songwriter and is little crazy,she can call Bryan Adams because i think he is the one That have seen that girl."Have you seen that girl" is the best song this year 2008 because its simililar to "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? " but feels more fresh and up to date.These songs have a redline and is "crazy cool", but if the other stuff doesnt sound like that it doesnt matter because this is still the third best album this year.