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I really enjoyed this cd. Though her I am Shelby Lynne was more raw and more passionate, she chose to try something new with this cd. She tried to do catchier songs with more production and instrumentation, and she succeeded. A lot of people never gave her a chance because they were expecting I am Shelby Lynne Part 2. This is unfortunate. Jesus on a Greyhound, Killin Kind and Wall in Your Heart are excellent songs and the remaining songs are good as well.
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I like this album from Shelby Lynne. It's quite different from her breakthrough 2000 album I AM SHELBY LYNNE, for which she won a Grammy. That album had a more neo-blue eyed soul kind of sound, whereas LOVE SHELBY is more rock/pop sounding. The first single was the poignant "Wall In Your Heart", which is a moving ballad. "Killin Kind" was one of her songs featured in the Renee Zellweger movie BRIDGET JONES DIARY, a great song. Plain and simple my favorites are "Jesus on a Greyhound", "All of a Sudden You Disapeared", "I Can't Wait", and a few others. She does a good version of John Lennon's "Mother". Overall, a pretty solid album.
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I really love Shelby Lynne and have since I first heard her duet with George Jones "If I Could Bottle This Up" on country radio back in 1988. It's one terrific song. When she won the 2001 Grammy for best new artist for the 2000 breakout 'I Am Shelby Lynne' I was ecstatic and fully expecting a strong post-win offering. This album is not that. It's pop pure and simple. I don't hear Shelby's soul come through on any of the songs included and the arrangements are reminiscent of any number of offerings by the other pop princesses out there today. I say, avoid this album. It's really not a very good representation of what Shelby is capable of.
Also, to the reviewer from earlier this month who was (paraphrasing) 'surprised to hear that Shelby is Loretta Lynn's daughter'. She's not. In fact, early on in Shelby's career she was part of a budding mother/daughter duo. It was abruptly ended in the mid-1980s when Shelby's father shot and killed her mother and then took his own life.
Give Shelby a listen, but skip this disappointing album. Try 'Temptation', her 1993 offering or 'Restless' from 1995.
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I was first introduced to Shelby Lynn when a local radio station started playing "Thought It Would Be Easier" from her "I Am Shelby Lynn" - I was surprised to hear she was Loretta Lynn's daughter, because I couldn't hear any inkling of country in that song. I bought IASL and "Love, Shelby" and they constantly find their way into my cd rotation. Her lyrics show a mature woman who has lived life, and I could relate to what she was saying. Both IASL and L,S are excellent cds that have some gems to enjoy!
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Shelby Lynne's previous album (I Am Shelby Lynne) was her breakout album, earning her a Grammy for Best New Artist (even though it was her fourth or fifth album). Love, Shelby was the anticipated follow-up album. There is an interesting thing at work with this album. The cover art is absolute trash making Shelby look trashy (thus suggesting that Shelby is just like the other pop princesses). The music, on the other hand, is excellent and almost defies categorization. Shelby's roots are country, but her music now does not land neatly in a category. It isn't pop, rock, or country...but it suggests each of those.
Her previous album was dark, gloomy and slow (quite good, but slow). This album is much more upbeat and up-tempo. The songs I enjoyed the most on this album were "Jesus on a Greyhound", "Killin Kind", and "I Can't Wait". "I Can't Wait" is probably the best on the album.
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