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Shelly Fairchild is young, pretty, and sassy, everything that a mainstream country singer should be in the mid-2000s, at least in marketing terms. If that's all that she was, she'd be the equivalent of the crass Keith Anderson - a good-looking empty space, eager to shill for anybody who looks his way - but Fairchild has a powerful, bluesy voice and a genuine charisma on record that makes her 2005 debut, Ride, a pretty cool little record. She's not immune to a lot of the trends of modern country - in fact, she's not a Shania-styled diva, she's a creature of the post-Gretchen Wilson world, where female singers are encouraged to be a little rowdy, have some twang in both their voice and music. And while she indulges in a little bit of name-dropping associations - just like how Wilson knows the words to every Tanya Tucker song on "Redneck Girl," Fairchild listens to B.B. King, Merle, and "Free Bird" on different tracks - she's far removed from Big & Rich's calculated, gonzo hucksterism. Instead, with the assistance of producers Buddy Cannon and Kenny Greenberg, that mildly wild spirit is channeled into a disciplined Nashville production that's canny enough to keep Fairchild loose and lively, and have the music be just as vigorous. It's well-crafted, built upon a strong set of songs, and it pulls off the nifty trick of being classic Nashville product yet fresh and vibrant, due to Fairchild's consistently engaging performances. The result is a fun, infectious first album that, like Miranda Lambert's similar debut, announces the arrival a potentially major star.

Artist: Shelly Fairchild
Title: Ride
Year Of Release: 2005
Label: Columbia
Genre: Country
Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
Total Time: 00:39:02
Total Size: 270 mb

Tracklist

01. Kiss Me (Album Version)
02. Ready To Fall (Album Version)
03. Tiny Town (Album Version)
04. You Don't Lie Here Anymore (Album Version)
05. I Want To Love You (Album Version)
06. Eight Crazy Hours (In The Story Of Love) (Album Version)
07. Down Into Muddy Water (Album Version)
08. Ride (Album Version)
09. Time Machine (Album Version)
10. I'm Goin' Back (Album Version)
11. Fear Of Flying (Album Version)