LeAnn Rimes - Family Album Review

Family by LeAnn Rimes, Album Review

Family is the 12th studio album from American country and pop singer LeAnn Rimes. The first single, “Nothin’ Better to Do”, was released to radio on May 29, 2007. The video was available for streaming as early as May 22, 2007; two days prior to its world premiere on CMT Top Twenty Countdown.

The album debuted at #31 in the UK, becoming LeAnn’s first album to miss the top 20 since Sittin’ on Top of the World (LeAnn Rimes was never released in the UK). In the US, it debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 chart, selling about 74,000 copies in its first week.[1] Worldwide, in its first week, Family sold 150,000.

Rimes is slated to perform “When You Love Someone Like That” with Reba McEntire during the 2007 CMA Awards show on November 7, 2007.

Released October 9 in United States and on October 15 in Australia
Genre Country
Length 57:07
Label Curb Records
WEA International
Producer Dann Huff
Tony Brown
Reba McEntire

source wikipedia.com

LeAnn Rimes - Family Album Track Listing

1. “Family” (LeAnn Rimes, Dean Sheremet, Blair Daly) - 3:55
2. “Nothin’ Better to Do” (LeAnn Rimes, Dean Sheremet, Darrell Brown) - 4:25
3. “Fight” (LeAnn Rimes, Darrell Brown, Blair Daly) - 3:27
4. “Good Friend and a Glass of Wine” (LeAnn Rimes, Darrell Brown, Blair Daly) - 3:34
5. “Something I Can Feel” (LeAnn Rimes, Darrell Brown, Blair Daly) - 3:43
6. “I Want You with Me” (LeAnn Rimes, Dean Sheremet, Blair Daly) - 3:33
7. “Doesn’t Everybody” (LeAnn Rimes, Dean Sheremet, Darrell Brown) - 3:53
8. “Nothing Wrong” (Duet with Marc Broussard) (LeAnn Rimes, Marc Broussard, Blair Daly) - 4:22
9. “Pretty Things” (LeAnn Rimes, Dean Sheremet, Darrell Brown) - 3:45
10. “Upper Hand” (LeAnn Rimes, Darrell Brown, Troy Verges) - 3:51
11. “One Day Too Long” (LeAnn Rimes, Dean Sheremet, Darrell Brown) - 3:38
12. “What I Cannot Change” (LeAnn Rimes, Darrell Brown) - 5:14
13. “Till We Ain’t Strangers Anymore” (Duet with Bon Jovi) (Bonus Track) - 4:48
14. “When You Love Someone Like That” (Duet with Reba McEntire) (Bonus Track) - 4:39

LeAnn Rimes - Family Editorial Reviews, Product Description

From the time she burst onto the music scene as a teenager with the smash hit “Blue” to the release of her new studio album “Family,” she has seen it all while taking it with a grain of salt.
Some people will always see her as the little girl with the booming voice. She wants to change all that, and part of that process will start with her latest album “Family.” For the first time, LeAnn wrote or co-wrote every song on the album. From the autobiographical first track “Family” to the hit single “Nothin’ Better To Do,” she pours out her soul for the world to see. While the album is incredibly personal, LeAnn managed to create music that is incredibly universal. Her confident, compelling voice helps to solidify her as one of the premier vocalists in Country music. “Family” showcases her diversity as a vocalist from engaging duets with Marc Broussard on “Nothing Wrong” and Bon Jovi on “Til We’re Not Strangers” to the soul searching song “What I Cannot Change.”
Through LeAnn’s journey to adulthood, growing up, and developing as a writer and vocalist, she has produced an album that is one for the ages that chronicles the myriad relationships and experiences that have shaped the life of one of America’s most successful artist.

Here is a nice review that I agree with by Amanda Richards from amazon.com

LeAnn Rimes latest album is based on her personal life experiences, and although it may not be her best album, you have to give her marks not only for the sentiment, but for sharing songwriting duties on five of the tracks with her husband. First single “Nothin’ Better to Do” is one these songs, and although it has a wonderfully upbeat chorus, it’s unfortunate that I couldn’t understand most of the lyrics.

The standout songs are the collaborations with Bon Jovi, Reba McEntire and Marc Broussard, but also check out “Fight”, “Something I Can Feel”, “I Want You With Me” and “Doesn’t Everybody”.

The vocals on some tracks are clearer than on others, and some songs are produced better than others, but all in all the album passes muster. It’s a good Country album, just not a great one.

LeAnn Rimes - Family Album Review on rollingstone.com

By the time Rimes turned twenty-one, she had a slew of country hits (”Blue”), one big pop crossover (”How Do I Live”) and the weirdest Christian-porn version of “Purple Rain” ever. Now twenty-five, she scores with a fantasy of the footloose youth she never had (”Nothin’ Better to Do”) and a Tanya Tucker-style tale of childhood strife (”Family”). The songs are uneven, but the peak is a duet with Mr. Nashville himself, Jon Bon Jovi.