I Am Shelby Lynne

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I Am Shelby Lynne
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1999
Recorded1999
Genre Rock, pop rock, blues
Length36:04
Label Mercury Records (UK);
Island Records (US)
Producer Bill Bottrell
Shelby Lynne chronology
Restless
(1995)
I Am Shelby Lynne
(1999)
Love, Shelby
(2001)

I Am Shelby Lynne is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne, released in April 1999, in the United Kingdom and on January 25, 2000, in the United States. After several years of lackluster results from recording various styles of country music in and around Nashville, Lynne co-wrote and recorded this album in Palm Springs, California, incorporating confessional lyrics with musical elements from blues and rock and roll. Lynne collaborated on this album with producer Bill Bottrell, who had previously worked with Sheryl Crow on her debut album, Tuesday Night Music Club .

Contents

The album is considered to be Lynne's breakout work, and the catalyst toward her receiving her first career Grammy award as Best New Artist of 2000. The award came more than a decade after Lynne's debut album, 1989's Sunrise .

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 83/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
Houston Chronicle 4/5 [6]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spin 9/10 [10]
The Village Voice A− [11]

Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine described the album as a sign of Lynne's reinvention of herself as a "tough and sexy singer", comparing her to Bonnie Raitt and Sheryl Crow. He praised Bill Bottrell's production of the album and said that Lynne "finally sounds comfortable in her writing and voice", and that with this album, she has "finally [found] her groove". [2]

Rolling Stone's Parke Puterbaugh said that the album had more jazz and soul about it than country, but that it had "a genuine evocation of country". He said that the tracks "[seduce] you ... rather than bowling you over". He praised Lynne's harmonies, calling them "nothing less than righteous." [8]

Track listing

  1. "Your Lies" (Bill Bottrell, Shelby Lynne) — 2:54
  2. "Leavin'" (Lynne) — 3:11
  3. "Life Is Bad" (Bottrell, Roger Fritz, Lynne) — 3:18
  4. "Thought It Would Be Easier" (Bottrell, Lynne) — 3:55
  5. "Gotta Get Back" (Bottrell, Lynne, Dorothy Overstreet) — 3:37
  6. "Why Can't You Be?" (Bottrell, Lynne) — 4:19
  7. "Lookin' Up" (Bottrell, Lynne) — 3:28
  8. "Dreamsome" (Jay Joyce, Lynne, Overstreet) — 4:12
  9. "Where I'm From" (Bottrell, Lynne) — 3:49
  10. "Black Light Blue" (Bottrell, Lynne) — 3:23

Personnel

Singles

"Your Lies" – 1999

"Leavin'" – Release Date: May 9, 2000

"Gotta Get Back" – 2000

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