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Title: ...and I am most impressed!
Review: I've been hearing the buzz on this since before Christmas, and I was just sure it couldn't live up to the hype -- I mean, there will only ever be one Dusty in Memphis. That said, I Am Shelby Lynne just smokes. It's good enough to make you forget Sheryl Crowe, and I'll bet that Lucinda Williams probably won't be sleeping nights (if she ever did). Most of all, this represents the kind of artistic leap forward that you rarely witness during any performer's career. Every cut sounds like a classic, and the album has the kind unified, organic, soulful "Memphis" sound that you just never hear anymore. This would have been a contender in 1968 and a mindblower in 1974. In 2000, it just sounds like a miracle.
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