If you had any premonitions that Lady Antebellum's Need You Now would be more than your typical paint-by-numbers country album, you're headed down a lonely road to disappointment. The Nashville trio's got a formula that works for them, so why would they even consider changing it?
With male-female harmonies and a hearty helping of twang, the three musicians churn out sappy ballads, celebratory anthems and love songs that'll make some of your stomachs turn. It's almost too positive, to the point that it becomes cheesy. Diehard country fans and hopeless romantics might want to check this one out, but the rest of us should save our money and fantasize about being sandwiched between the group's two male members.
– Dewitt
“Male members” … your Freudian slip is showing, Dewitt 😉
why is it necessary to beat up on someone for success? if they had tried to put out a hiphop album or the best of cole porter, you would have ripped them for that, too. maybe you just need to free your mind. not everybody thinks the apex of artistic expression is fifcent.
I personally think the fact that Lady A varies the lead between Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley gives them a breadth of variety that is exacerbated by the difference in song style from song to song on the record, which is certainly something one doesn’t find with *coughtaylorswiftcough*. Oh, and did I mention these people can actually sing and harmonize, sans auto-tune?
They’re excellent singers and a successful act, but I can’t help thinking that the two male singers are almost as pretty as the woman. They’re just way too slick and metrosexual for my tastes.