Track Listing

1. Satisfied
2. And It Feels Like - LeAnn Rimes, Robson, Steve
3. For the First Time - LeAnn Rimes, Matkosky, Dennis
4. Save Myself
5. A Little More Time
6. Rumour 'Bout a Revolution
7. Destructive
8. Strong
9. Whatever We Wanna
10. Everybody's Someone - LeAnn Rimes, Sutton, Martin
11. Headphones
12. Long Night
13. This Life - LeAnn Rimes, Becker, Gregory
14. Break Me Down
15. Some People - LeAnn Rimes, Matkosky, Dennis

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21521 in Music
• Released on: 2008-01-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Album Description
Ninth album by the high priestess of American Pop/Country. At 23 years of age and with 37 million album sales under her belt, this is the follow up to her 2005 album, This Woman. Includes the single 'And It Feels Like' plus 'Destructive', 'Strong', 'Satisfied', 'Little More Time', 'Rumor 'Bout A Revolution' and 'Everybody's Someone' (duet with Brian McFadden) . Warner. 2006.

Customer Reviews

Rimes is Best at pop
Short and sweet, LeAnn Rimes is best singing pop songs. And she has a passable voice singing rock (a couple songs on the album). She has a trained voice whose placement varies too little to ever sound like the country hick singing a heartfelt country lyric, so she's best singing Celine Dion-style Big Voice ballads, and there are a couple great ones on this album.
Though the album may not appeal to the hard-core country enthusiast, I think it's her best album since "Twisted Angel" (which I think IS her best), and better than her next album, "Family".
Don't return to pure country, LeAnn. Pop really needs a "real" diva.

Great Voice. Average Tunes.
I saw her on "Live from Abbey Road" singing "Destruction". I bought the CD on that song alone. During the interview she mentioned she is writing her own material. She needs to improve or hire a better "doctor' to fix the songs. No other tune is as good as "Destruction".

I read that her latest CD is "country-er". I generally don't listen to country music, much less buy a CD of that genre. So she's going to have to REALLY improve for me to buy her next CD.

Pop Flair
Another venture outside the country genre for LeAnn Rimes, "Whatever We Wanna" is as close to rock as LeAnn may ever get. She sings with gusto and grit on many of the album tracks, confidently soaring from sassy and fun to soft and submissive. It may not be as good as her most recent "Family", but it boasts attitude and confidence.

Most of the messages delivered are empowering and on a whole this record is enlightening. There isn't a lot of new ground covered here and LeAnn plays it safe, sticking with the same patterns and vocal styles she's used in the past. She did contribute lyrics to a few of the songs, which is refreshing. Though some tracks (like the power ballad "And It Feels Like" and declaration of love "This Life") may seem dated, LeAnn's voice sounds smooth and bolder than ever, and her vocals on "Strong" in particular are gorgeous. There are a couple filler tracks: "Little More Time" see's LeAnn confessing her need for some `me' time and there's nothing groundbreaking about it, while "Everybody's Someone" seems to drag through portions of the song, despite it's sweet vocals provided by both LeAnn and guest Brian McFadden. LeAnn attempts to be the good girl gone bad in the pop rocker "Destructive", but it sometimes seems a bit over the top: LeAnn does however have the chops to sing it with strength.

The tracks that are good are spectacular. "For The First Time" is a wonderful ballad sung with conviction and heartfelt realization. "Headphones", with its club-ready beats and killer hook, is the biggest guilty pleasure on the album and even though a few of the lyrics seem awkward, it's a fun song. "Break Me Down" is another sensitive triumph and hits the heart hard. The aforementioned "Strong" is, ironically, the strongest song on the album, with the best goose bump-inducing chorus. The closing track "Some People" (a pop remix of the original from LeAnn's previous album "This Woman") presents a stronger and more assured angle.

This album was never released in the States due to the success of "This Woman", but probably would have faired well. It's the kind of radio-ready music so many Americans love and despite its obvious lack of country style, there are plenty of pop and dance-loving LeAnn fans. It's definitely worth picking up or downloading.