[.ca] Wide Open Spaces

Amazon.com essential recording:
The major-label debut from this Texas trio proves their instrumental abilities, blending more traditional twang with slow melodic blues, foot-tapping rockabilly, and bluegrass-inspired pop harmonies. From the opener, "I Can Love You Better," the Chicks let their love of music and genuine joy shine through while the energy on this album reminds one of Carlene Carter. Solid musicianship, topnotch vocal performances, and infectious pop hooks make this a stellar project. --Paula Ghergia

Classic:
The Chicks rock. This cd 'made' the Dixie Chicks the superstar trio they are today and for good reason. I would have given 5 stars but I had to save that for 'Home' their best album. What I love most about the Dixie Chicks is that they actually play instruments. They are not just 3 good looking ladies singing in a studio somewhere. They are 3 good looking, talented, touring, harmonizing, mothers...no really they are all mothers now.

please, stop the screaming now!!:
When I listen to this cd, all I hear is screaming at the pitch of scratching across a blackboard intent on the annoyance of small children. PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS CD! "Wide Open Spaces"?!?!? .. sounds like they may be describing the area between their ears (or even their legs)..

no title:
this is a great album. they can actually play their insterments and it has to be one of the best albums to sing to i own. they've just got talent. an excelent album.

good country fun:
The Dixie Chicks are the best talent to come out of Nashville in awhile. They are extremely talented. Some of the songs they write themselves, and every song they play themselves. Most artists stand on stage with a guitar that is not even plugged in. But the Chicks are the real deal. Much of their inspiration is from bluegrass which is evident in many of the cords in their songs. They also get a lot of folk inspiration from artists like fleetwood mac and bonnie rait. This is a great debut albumn and the following albumns are even better!

Make Space for the Dixie Chicks:
In an era when kids who doff a Stetson and women who look more like models in spangles than sound like vocalists get deals before they cut unremarkable records, the Dixie Chicks are a breath of fresh air. If you're of an age that can remember when country and pop meant the class of Linda Ronstadt or the purity of Dolly Parton's voice (not necessarily her songs...), the "Wide Open Spaces" will make you smile. This is country for folks who actually think about the music as opposed to knee-jerk to it. Also like Ronstadt, the Dixie Chicks have discriminating tastes in songwriters. How can you go wrong with Bonnie Raitt or Maria McKee? And the discovery of Susan Gibson's title song made me search for her records (see Austin Texas' The Groobees). That the Dixie Chicks improved fast makes this a good starting point, but you'll do just as well with "Fly" and "Home."

• I Can Love You Better
• Wide Open Spaces
• Loving Arms
• There's Your Trouble
• You Were Mine
• Never Say Die
• Tonight the Heartache's on Me
• Let 'Er Rip
• Once You've Loved Somebody
• I'll Take Care of You
• Am I the Only One (Who's Ever Felt This Way)
• Give It Up or Let Me Go