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"Call Me Crazy" ranked #1 2008 album on AOL
Topic Started: Dec 5 2008, 02:16 PM (244 Views)
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This is very cool. Congrats to Lee Ann! :dance:

Best Country Albums of 2008:
No. 1

Posted Dec 5th 2008 4:00PM by Deborah Evans-Price

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'Call Me Crazy,' Lee Ann Womack

Standout Song: 'Everything But Quits' (with George Strait)

Considering her last album won the CMA's Album of the Year, there was a great deal of anticipation surrounding this new release, and Womack exceeds expectations. From the hopeful tone of 'I Found It in You' to the aching resignation of 'Either Way,' Womack explores life's most poignant moments in song.

- http://www.theboot.com/2008/12/05/best-country-albums-of-2008-no-1


George got #4 :headphonedance: : http://www.theboot.com/2008/12/05/best-country-albums-of-2008-no-4
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Suh-Weet! ;-)
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She also made it on the CMT Top 10 Country Albums of the Year from Chet Flippo and Craig Shelburne. Here's what Chet said:

Lee Ann Womack, Call Me Crazy
She's back and not as crazy as much as she is musically astute.

and Craig says:
Lee Ann Womack, Call Me Crazy
I do call her crazy, but she's also a marvelous vocalist with a knack for finessing a lyric. And it's comforting to have at least one female singer who isn't always so damn happy.

- http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1600936/top-10-country-albums-of-2008.jhtml
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Well, those guys are obviously very intelligent dudes. LOL
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She made two more year-end lists (that I know of) :D :

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Entertainment Weekly's, "10 Best CDs of 2008: Chris Willman's Picks" (a list that covers all genres, not just country, so that's really good):

6. CALL ME CRAZY
Lee Ann Womack


In country music, sadness is often couched in either sentimentality or sardonicism. But real heartbreak? For that, this year, you had to look to Womack, who released an album that pretty much eschewed anything up­beat or uptempo in favor of a tuneful woefulness worthy of George Jones.

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20162677_20164091_20247309_4,00.html


Here is PopMatter's year-end best of list for Best Country Music:



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The Best Country Music of 2008
PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008


[18 December 2008]

The year's best country music may be topped by archival releases from deceased artists, but the living managed to offer a strong alternative to the Nashvegas machine.

by Juli Thanki

What’s the state of country music in 2008? Well, the top two albums were released by dead guys. Luckily the living musicians out there exerted a pretty good effort this year too, even if several of them will never receive airplay on radio or music television. This Top Ten was a tough list to compile, and several albums just barely missed the cut, but are still worth a listen any way. It seems that despite the vapidity of releases from commercial stars such as Chuck Wicks and Kellie Pickler, country music as a whole is still in pretty good shape.

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Womack is one of the few modern singers who can walk the line between tradition and commercialism: glamorous enough to fit in with the Faiths and Martinas, but old school enough to incorporate into her music the classic country sound of the 1960s and early ‘70s. Those who loved the syrupy pop ballad “I Hope You Dance” won’t find much to enjoy on Call Me Crazy, a pure country album from start to finish, chock full of ennui and alcohol. George Strait joins Womack for the Conway-and-Loretta-esque “Everything but Quits” (one of four songs on the album that were co-written by Womack) while “Solitary Thinkin’” seems made for jukeboxes in seedy honkytonks across the country.

Must Listen: “Either Way”, a simply amazing ballad in which Womack’s arresting vocals are reminiscent of Tammy Wynette in her prime: “You can go or you can stay / I won’t love you either way.” Oof.

- http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/66420-the-best-country-music-of-2008/
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