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LeAnn Rimes: LeAnn Rimes
 This is a collection of LeAnn Rimes's favorite country
standards, plus one newly written hit, "Big Deal." Say what you will
about this woman-child--yes, she really needs direction (the 11 remakes couldn't
be more obvious choices) and a producer besides her dad. But she's slowly
growing into her own style, which here falls somewhere between Patsy Cline,
Brenda Lee, and Tammy Wynette. Especially Patsy. Her timing on
"Crazy" is quirky enough to offset the ham-fisted arrangement, and
she's not bad on "I Fall to Pieces," either; her efforts on "She's
Got You," "Leavin' on Your Mind," and "Faded Love" (a
Bob Wills song Cline cut) fall short. She also chooses "Your Cheatin'
Heart" and "Lovesick Blues," two songs identified with Hank
Williams that Cline recorded, and sings the latter like she knows what it
means. The wanna-rock "Me and Bobby McGee" is a travesty, but at
least she gets to act her age, sort of, on "Big Deal."
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