| Smith, Mindy / Mindy Smith 12 |
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| Album: | Mindy Smith 12 | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Smith, Mindy | Added: | 10/2012 | |
| Label: | Giant Leap Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2014-04-11 | Pull Date: | 2014-06-13 |
| Week Ending: | 8 Jun | 27 Apr |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 07, 2014: | Music Casserole Tin Can | 2. | Apr 22, 2014: | More Good Good Pretending The Stars |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2014-04-03 | ||
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LIGHT COUNTRY POP Mindy Smith is a singer/songwriter/guitarist, in the same category perhaps as Shawn Colvin. Her voice is a bit too “girlish” and not quite convincing emotionally, but she’s got a sweet tone and some volume. You have to give it a chance before deciding if you like it or not. This is Smith’s fifth album: moody themes are love, loss, sorrow, faith, etc. Lyrics are lightweight. Instrumentation is standard guitar, bass, drums. No FCC issues. 1 Mid-tempo. Feel good (“I’m doing ok”) anthem. Giant hook of a chorus. Average. (3:36) 2 Mid-slow 3/4 waltz. Big, pretty vocal, but just too darn sweet. (3:37) 3 * Mid-tempo. Stepping out and having fun. Male vocal harmony. Solid band. (3:20) 4 Very slow. She’s drunk, lonely, and blue; but her voice can’t sell this. Rather hear Lucinda Williams do this. (4:12) 5 ** Mid-tempo. A bit of Western Swing. Fun lyrics; fun song. Nicely done! (2:59) 6 Slow. Cloying, syrupy “go gentle into that good night” for Mom. Yuck! (2:47) 7 * Mid-tempo. Good girl being bad. Better job selling a dark theme. A for effort. (3:16) 8 Very slow ballad about a bad marriage. Sad, broken hearted. (3:37) 9 * Slow. Slightly blue, slightly jazzy forlorn love song. Kinda cute, but it works. (3:11) 10 Mid-slow. Been done wrong by a man. Very country; very cheesy. (3:08) 11 Slow, sad ballad. Meh, just ok. Gently accompanied by acoustic & steel guitar. (4:58) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Closer | 6. | Everything Here Will Be Fine | |||
| 2. | Take Me Back | 7. | Sober | |||
| 3. | Pretending The Stars | 8. | Devils Inside | |||
| 4. | Don't Mind Me | 9. | Cure For Love | |||
| 5. | Tin Can | 10. | When You're Walking On My Grave | |||
| 11. | If I | |||||