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There’s nary a fiddle, a walking bass line or a country cover to be found on I Need You’s 10 tracks.
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Perhaps even worse, if you’re a country fan.
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The results are as disappointing as you’d expect. But on her sixth album I Need You, Rimes makes it clear that at this stage in her career, she’s less interested in the rich, authentic sounds of country music than she is with the artificial, shallow world of bubblegum pop.
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Not that you should necessarily expect to see LeAnn stripping down to her skivvies and caressing a giant python on TV award shows anytime soon (at least I hope not). Now that she has finally grown up, more or less - Rimes turned 18 in August, 2000 - she’s apparently decided on a different role model: Britney Spears. Five years ago in 1996, LeAnn Rimes sounded like she wanted to grow up to be the next Patsy Cline. Here’s what I said about it then (with some minor editing):