Achin’ and Shakin’

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Author: Laura Bell Bundy

Format: Remixes included

Release Date: 13-04-2010

Details: There are two sides to every story, as the old adage goes, and there are certainly two sides to the story of singer-songwriter Laura Bell Bundy’s daring Mercury Records debut release, Achin’ and Shakin’. Laura Bell bypassed the tried-and-true Music Row approach usually taken on country albums and instead created a bold concept album that is essentially two separate albums within one project. The album’s title aptly describes the project’s division: Achin’ is a collection of slow and sultry country songs and Shakin’ is a group of sassy songs that are equal parts humor, confidence and attitude. One side presents a modern-day mixture of Loretta Lynn, Minnie Pearl and Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw; the other unveils country’s answer to Norah Jones. The debut single, « Giddy On Up, » is an irresistibly upbeat and saucy kiss-off to a cheating lover, while the romantic « Drop On By » oozes sensuality as she beckons a lover to visit. Both sides pay homage to traditional country and soul music with a reinterpretation featuring modern production. « ‘Two records, one woman’ is my motto, » jokes Laura Bell, who penned all but one of the songs on the album. « I have two different sides of my personality, » she explains. « I have a crazy, wild, humorous, outspoken personality, and then I have a depth that only opens up when I am alone or with one other person, and that is captured with this album. I really couldn’t do one without the other. » Laura Bell Bundy is a well loved star from New York’s Broadway, where she made a name for herself in some of the biggest musical theatre productions in the world, including a lead role in Legally Blonde, Hairspray and Wicked. She has also had roles in various films, including Dream Girls and Jumanji.

UPC: 602527319711

EAN: 0602527319711

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood