Dixie Chicks - Fly
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Artist: Dixie ChicksBrand: Dixie
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-08-31
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Ready To Run
- If I Fall You're Going Down With Me
- Cowboy Take Me Away
- Cold Day In July
- Goodbye Earl
- Hello Mr. Heartache
- Don't Waste Your Heart
- Sin Wagon
- Without You
- Some Days You Gotta Dance
- Hole In My Head
- Heartbreak Town
- Unknown - N/A
- Let Him Fly
Music reviews of Fly
Music Review: Amazing Blend of Country and Pop
Rating: 5 Stars
I was first introduced to the Dixie Chicks when I watched their video for 'Goodbye Earl' on my local music station. I remember being surprised because, although the Chicks are country musicians, the video was being played on a Pop/Rock/R&B station. After my initial shock had worn off, I realized, not only did I really enjoy the song, I didn't find myself reeling at the thought of country music that wasn't being performed by the only (back then) pop/country musician I actually liked, Shania Twain. True, the Dixie Chicks are still very pop-influenced, but they're genre is, undeniably, country. There's no doubt that the trio is one of the most talented groups in -- not only the country genre -- but the entire music industry. Emily plays the dobro, banjo, acoustic guitar, accordion, and the lap steel and offers support on harmony vocals. Martie plays the fiddle and the mandolin and also helps out with harmony vocals. As well as singing, lead vocalist Natalie plays the acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and the bass guitar 'Fly' is their second major label record, and it's absolutely fantastic.
The album begins with the fun, up-tempo 'Ready to Run'. It begins with the twang-y sound of a fiddle before Natalie plunges into the humorous lyrics about being ready to ditch her groom at the alter. She refers to the times she'll be "ready to run", including when her mother says she looks good in white and when "the boy gets that look in his eyes". 'If I Fall You're Going Down With Me' is another up-beat track. Featuring alot of Martie's banjo and guitar skills, it states "If I fall you're going down with me/You're going down with baby if I fall/You can't take back every little chill you give me/You're going down with me baby if I fall". My favourite song on 'Fly' is 'Cowboy Take Me Away'. It's the first ballad on the CD and, simply said, it's amazingly beautiful. The music is soft and calming, and the lyrics are sweet and some of the most romantic I've ever heard. Another ballad, 'Cold Day in July' is a cover sung originally by Joy White. A popular song, it's also been redone by country queen Suzy Bogguss. It's lonely and sad, and one of the best on the album. The fifth track is the infamous 'Goodbye Earl'. The song tells the story of Mary-Anne and Wanda, two best friends who grew up in a small town together. After high school, Mary-Anne moves away, whilst Wanda marries the abusive Earl. To cut the story short, Mary-Anne flies back to town and the two best friends think up a murder plot to get their revenge on Earl.
'Hello Mr. Heartache' reminds me of 'Tonight the Heartache's on Me' from the Chicks' first major label album, 'Wide Open Spaces'. It's a good song, but not one of my favourites. Obviously, one can tell from the title that the song uses personification to describe heartache as a person. Stating things such as "Come in and wear your welcome out/The way you always do" and "When I don't feel like company/You make yourself at home", the song is clever, but lacks the emotion needed to make it one of the best on the album. The seventh song, 'Don't Waste Your Heart' has beautiful lyrics and is one of my favourite tracks on 'Fly'. It has a mid-tempo beat and lyrically, it's about warning someone to stay away from a "wild thing" as she has "a soul that won't settle on one thing". It's charming and slightly sad to hear the gracious, selfless lyrics. Among the best tracks on the album is 'Sin Wagon'. It's up-beat and delightfully entertaining. These lyrics are about as raunchy as I've heard the Chicks get (with the line "Doin' a little mattress dancin'/That's right I said mattress dancin'"). This is the most twang-y song on the album, and there's no doubt 'Sin Wagon' is as infectious as it is fun.
The ninth song and third ballad on the album is 'Without You'. It's an emotionally driven track clearly about losing a lover. Sure, its lyrics are a little "high school", but they're sweet, and the vocals are so moving that 'Without You' is one of the best (and one of my favourites) off of 'Fly'. 'Some Days You Gotta Dance' is an up-beat track, great for dancing along to. It's an amusing song about needing to loosen up a little bit and just letting your hair down and having away. The tenth song, 'Hole in my Head' is a great track. Natalie sings about needing "a boy like you like a hole in my head" saying that he "took. [her] imagination and stomped it in the ground". Lyrically, 'Heartbreak Town' is one of the most stunning tracks on the album. The chorus is beautiful with lines like "Square people in a world that's round/And they watch you dancin'/Without the sound" and "They watch to see how high you're gonna climb/Pat on the back 'n' better luck next time", it's very touching. The thirteenth "song" is just a six-second long interlude. I'm not sure why, maybe the Chicks are a little bit superstitious? The last track closes the album magnificently. 'Let Him Fly' tells about not being able to reach someone, and therefore needing to let him go. The vocals as well as the music are slow, haunting, and will send chills up your spine. Absolutely breathtaking.
Overall, this is definitely an album everyone should own. Country fans and pop fans alike can appreciate such overwhelming talent these women possess. If you've yet to uncover the genius that is the Dixie Chicks, I suggest you stop lazing about, and buy this album today!
THE FINAL VERDICT: 95%
Description of Fly
HDCD. 14 tracks. Disc is quite scuffed but plays OK.After the roaring success of Wide Open Spaces--a blend of turn-of-the-century pop and country traditionalism--what do you do for an encore? Rather than deliver more of the same, the Chicks have chosen instead to up the ante in country radio with a follow-up that's both poppier and twangier than its predecessor, and just plain better too. Some of it we've heard before: "Hello Mr. Heartache," for example, adheres pretty closely to the honky-tonk model of "Tonight the Heartache's On Me." Mostly, though, the record lights out for new territories. "Without You" is driven by an in-your-face string arrangement that's downright fierce, and the rootsy "Sin Wagon" may rock harder--and with more solos--than any mainstream country since Buck Owens held forth. That's not to say Fly's perfect. A couple of songs miss the mark, particularly "Goodbye Earl," an abusive-husband murder song that's sure to get criticized (wrongly) for being anti-male but actually fails because it can't decide if it's a moral lesson, a horror movie, or a joke. Still, even in this failure, the Chicks are bravely pushing the envelope. If they push hard enough, maybe Young Country radio will open up some wider spaces. --David Cantwell
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