Need you now

"Lady Antebellum prefaced the release of Need You Now by issuing its title track as a single; it reached the top spot on the country charts and stayed there for five straight weeks ... They stick very close to the formula of their debut: a slew of mid- and uptempo love songs, a sad ballad, and a couple of rocked-up good-time tunes, all self-written with some help from some of Nashville's most respected writers ... The group's party anthem on the set - obligatory these days - is "Stars Tonight", which contains more than a few clichés, but has a killer guitar riff and an infectious chorus. With co-production from Paul Worley, Lady Antebellum prove there is no sophomore slump on Need You Now. Here, the band's seamless, polished, and savvy brand of contemporary country is even more consistent than it was on their debut; it's virtually flawless in its songwriting, production, and performance".

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"Amerikansk trio fra Nashville har pakket countryen ind i skinnende blank pop ... Den kvindelige sanger i gruppen, Hillary Scott, har en udpræget countrylyd, mens den mandlige vokal, Charles Kelleys, mest af alt lyder som Bryan Adams' ... Det er feel-nu-good-musik, et insisterende miskmask af country og pop. Poppet på den måde, at halvdelen af numrene lige så godt kunne have været leveret med nogle klæge boyband-vokalharmonier. Og country på den letbenede måde, uden den flig af ægthed, levet liv og erfaren troværdighed, som hører sig genren til".

"Lady Antebellum are dressed-up and photographed to look either like superstars or wanna-be superstars on the cover. (They should be considered more the former than the latter, I suppose, since the album debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts, and their first album was a massive hit.) That photo gives the sense that they consider this, their second album, as a chance to push themselves up to the next level. The way to do that in mainstream country music isn't to try something new so much as to have the most hit songs, which is probably why the album feels groomed in that direction. Need You Now consists of sturdy, built-for-radio material".

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