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Artist | Whitney Rose
Title | Heartbreaker Of The Year
Genre | Country Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 37:25
Label | Cameron House Records Store | 2015
Catalog | n/a Rip | 2017
Bitrate | 231 kbps Size | 64.92 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Little Piece Of You 3:34
02. My First Rodeo 3:17
03. The Last Party 3:53
04. Only Just A Dream 3:36
05. Heartbreaker Of The Year 4:18
06. Be My Baby 2:47
07. The Devil Borrowed My Boots 3:40
08. Ain't It Wise 4:22
09. Lasso 3:26
10. There's A Tear In My Beer 4:32
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Whitney Rose is a Canadian singer and songwriter who describes her sound as
'vintage-pop-infused neo-traditional country'. She grew up on Prince Edward
Island and was exposed to country music from a very young age: as a child
she spent most of her time at her grandparents' bar, where the jukebox
constantly played hits by Hank Williams, Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline, and
Dolly Parton. She counts the latter two and singer Keith Whitley as her
biggest influences in the genre. She began writing songs as a teen. After
moving to Toronto, she became immersed in the city's thriving folk and
coffeehouse scene, though her own writing was distinctly in the country
tradition.
Rose's acclaimed self-titled 2012 debut displayed that to some degree, but
"Heartbreaker Of The Year" proves it definitively. It was produced by the
Mavericks' Raul Malo, who also sings and plays on it, accompanied by some
of his bandmates, as well as Canadian guitar slinger Nichol Robertson and
others. What's most interesting is Rose's singing voice: it sounds
thoroughly contemporary, even as it recalls Lee's sultry pop approach,
Dolly Parton's sincerity, and Tammy Wynette's confidence. Speaking of
Wynette, the cover here of Phil Spector's "Be My Baby" is thoroughly
retooled, with Malo and Rose recalling the late queen's duets with George
Jones.
The other remake is an understated reading of Hank Williams' "There's A
Tear In My Beer". The rest are Rose's songs, and they shine. The bluesy
title track, with its nocturnal Telecaster twang and finger-snapping
rhythm, can only be called 'country noir'. "Little Piece Of You", with its
upright piano, whining pedal steel, and tight guitar shuffle, lies right on
the seam between countrypolitan and vintage girl group pop. "The Last
Party" is a honky tonk weeper, with backing vocals from Malo. The ache in
the lyric is underscored by the simmering passion in Rose's delivery. She
has plenty of sass too, as uptempo tracks "Lasso" and "The Devil Borrowed
My Boots" attest.
The former melds vintage country & western and surf while the latter has a
vamp that recalls "Harper Valley PTA", but has more shimmy than swagger.
"Heartbreaker Of The Year" reveals that Rose can craft killer hooks,
deliver slippery lyric turns, and create provocative juxtapositions in her
arrangements to accommodate her voice. On this album she extends the
boundaries of classic country music without erasing its boundaries or
sacrificing it to the realm of nostalgia. "Heartbreaker Of The Year" is one
of 2015's most welcome surprises.
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