Miss Fortune
| Artists: | Allison Moorer |
|---|---|
| Label: | Island |
| Catalogue Number: | 188182 |
| Our Price: | £12.49 (£10.63 exc vat) |
| Format: | CD |
Product Description
Don't tell anybody, but tasteful country artiste Allison Moorer is in fact the younger sister of pop crossover manque Shelby Lynne. Moorer's PR downplays the connection, presumably to enable her work (quite rightly) to stand on its own merits, but knowing that branch of the family tree makes it all the more impressive to note how Moorer steadfastly refuses to dilute her music with pop trappings in a grab for the mainstream-appeal brass ring. Instead, MISS FORTUNE is full of the kind of quietly sophisticated songwriting and humbly elegant arrangements that wouldn't have sounded out of place in Nashville's late-'60s radio heyday. All this would be for naught, of course, were it not for the communicative powers of Moorer's voice, flexible enough to bend any melody to its will, but worldly wise enough to avoid bravura displays in favour of straightforward storytelling and unpretentious emoting. That's what country is supposed to be all about.
Track list
- Tumbling Down
- No Place For A Heart
- Yessirree
- Going Down
- Dying Breed
- Bully Jones <span class="grey">UK bonus track</span>
- Cold In California
- Let Go
- Ruby Jewel Was Here
- Can't Get There From Here
- Steal The Sun
- Up This High
- Hey Jezebel
- Mark My Word
