01	Long Time Gone						04:10
	02	Landslide						03:50
	03	Travelin' Soldier						05:43
	04	Truth No. 2						04:28
	05	White Trash Wedding						02:21
	06	A Home						04:56
	07	More Love						05:07
	08	I Believe In Love						04:14
	09	Tortured, Tangled Hearts						03:40
	10	Lil' Jack Slade						02:23
	11	Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)						04:42
	12	Top Of The World						06:01

CK 86840
C2002 Open Wide/Monument/Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Dixie Chicks are:
Natalie Maines
Martie Maguire
Emily Robison

Artist Dixie Chicks
Album Title Home
Date of Release Aug 27, 2002

Delivering a successor to their breakthrough smash Wide Open Spaces was easy - Fly followed a year afterward, sounding sleek and satisfying. Following that album turned out to be a little more difficult for the Dixie Chicks, not least because they were involved in an ugly battle with their record company over royalties. While they were away, country radio grew stricter, but there were undercurrents of change, particularly in the grassroots success of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. Dixie Chicks always had deep country roots, but it was entirely conceivable that they could have chosen the pop route, since it's always the safest bet for established stars to follow the mainstream - especially after they have been away for a while. Fortunately, one thing this trio has never been is predictable, and they were emboldened by their successful battle with the label, along with the O Brother, leading to the stunner that is Home, their sixth album. There may be a Stevie Nicks cover here, but there are no concessions to pop anywhere; there are hardly any electric guitars, actually. This is a pure country album, loaded with fiddles, acoustic guitars, and close harmonies, but retaining the Chicks' signature flair, sense of humor, and personality. It's a vibrant, quirky, heartfelt record that finds the group investing as much in a funny, rollicking number like "White Trash Wedding" or something as sadly sweet as "Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)." But the key to the album is that, as they so brilliantly put it on the wonderful opener "Long Time Gone," they recognize many modern country singers "sound tired but they don't sound Haggard," and "have money but they don't have Cash" - and this is a sentiment that doesn't just apply to those riding the charts, but to the po-faced alt-country contenders who are too serious to have fun. They deftly balance modern attitudes with classic instrumentation, all built on terrific songwriting, winding up with an album that feels purer than anything on the charts, yet much livelier and genuine than alt-country. This is what country music in 2002 should sound like. With Home, Dixie Chicks illustrate that country music should be simple but adventurous, sincere but fun. In doing so, they've delivered not just their best album, but what's arguably the best country album yet released in the 2000s. Needless to say, an instant classic. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine

1. Long Time Gone (Scott) - 4:10
2. Landslide (Nicks) - 3:50
3. Travelin' Soldier (Robison) - 5:43
4. Truth No. 2 (Griffin) - 4:28
5. White Trash Wedding (Maguire/Maines/Robison) - 2:21
6. A Home (Sharp/Sharp) - 4:56
7. More Love (Nicholson/O'Brien) - 5:07
8. I Believe in Love (Maguire/Maines/Stuart) - 4:14
9. Tortured, Tangled Hearts (Maguire/Maines/Stuart) - 3:40
10. Lil' Jack Slade (Hendrix/Maguire/Maines/Robison) - 2:23
11. Godspeed (Sweet Dreams) (Foster) - 4:42
12. Top of the World (Griffin) - 6:01

Emmylou Harris - Vocals
Dixie Chicks - Producer
Byron House - Bass
Lloyd Maines - Guitar (Acoustic), Producer, Slide Guitar, Weissenborn, Papoose
John Mock - Percussion, Bodhran, Uillean Pipes, Tin Whistle, String Arrangements
Gary Paczosa - Engineer, Mixing
Paul Pearcy - Percussion
Fred Remmert - Assistant Engineer
Doug Sax - Mastering
Adam Steffey - Mandolin
Glenn Fukunaga - Bass
Chris Thile - Mandolin, Soloist
James Minchin - Photography
Kevin Reagan - Art Direction, Design
Bryan Sutton - Guitar, Guitar (Baritone), Papoose
Natalie Maines - Vocals
Emily Robison - Banjo, Dobro, Accordion, Vocals, Papoose
Robert Hadley - Mastering
Eric Bickel - Mixing Assistant
Thomas Johnson - Assistant Engineer
Sara Nelson - Cello
Bret Healey - Design

2002 CD Open Wide/Sony
2002 CD Sony 86840

Dixie Chicks
Formed in Maryland

The Dixie Chicks rose from relative obscurity in 1998 to become one of the most popular acts in contemporary country music. Their origins date back nearly a decade earlier to 1989, when fiddler Martie Seidel and her banjo-playing sister Emily Erwin formed the group in Dallas with bassist Laura Lynch and guitarist Robin Lynn Macy; after getting their start on local street corners, the quartet soon graduated to clubs, receiving an enormous boost when Seidel earned third place honors at the National Fiddle Championships. Originally, the Dixie Chicks (their name inspired by the Little Feat song "Dixie Chickens") promoted a classic cowgirl image, complete with a sound inspired by traditional country, folk and bluegrass; they even titled their 1990 indie-label debut Thank Heavens for Dale Evans.
With 1992's Little Ol' Cowgirl, the Chicks' began slowly moving towards a more contemporary sound, a transformation which in part resulted in the exit of Macy; with Lynch assuming lead vocal duties, the remaining trio resurfaced in 1993 with Shouldn't a Told You That. Shortly after the Chicks signed with Sony's newly-revived Monument imprint in 1995, Lynch left the group as well - according to a December 10, 1998 feature in the Dallas Observer, both she and Macy were likely victims of Seidel and Erwin's desire to foster a more youthful image; the magazine goes on to call the group "the country version of Menudo, hiring and firing based on age." Soon named as Lynch's replacement was then-21-year-old lead vocalist Natalie Maines, the daughter of steel-guitar legend Lloyd Maines.

The line-up switch brought with it a new contemporary wardrobe and an equally modernized country sound; still, few predicted the enormous success of the Dixie Chicks' 1998 major label debut Wide Open Spaces. After the album's advance first single "I Can Love You Better" became the group's first Top Ten hit, both "There's Your Trouble" and the title track went on to top the country charts. Within a year of Wide Open Spaces' release, the record had gone quadruple-platinum, and the Dixie Chicks had become superstars - not only did they take home Best Vocal Group honors and the Horizon Award from the Country Music Association, but they were also named Favorite New Country Artist at the American Music Awards. Wide Open Spaces additionally earned a Grammy for Best Country Album on its way to becoming the best-selling duo or group album in country music history.

Fly followed in 1999, immediately returning the Dixie Chicks to the upper reaches of the country charts with the lead single "Ready to Run." "Goodbye Earl" was also a smash single for the group, and a guarantee in star power. In May 2002, The Dixie Chicks joined Shakira, Mary J. Blige, Cher and Celine Dion for the Fifth Annual ?VH1 Divas¦ Show in Las Vegas. Three months later, the girls were back in the game with release of their sixth album Home, their first for their own Sony imprint Open Wide Records. - Jason Ankeny


1992 Thank Heavens for Dale Evans Crystal Clear
1992 Little Ol' Cowgirl Crystal Clear
1993 Shouldn't a Told You That Crystal Clear
1998 Wide Open Spaces Monument
1999 Fly Monument
2002 Home Open Wide/Sony
2002 Home [Bonus DVD] Sony




In 1990 the Dixie Chicks debuted their first CD Thank Heavens for Dale Evans. The Dixie Chicks at that time consisted of Martie and Emily plus Laura Lynch and Robin Lynn Macy. Their first album had many songs either written\co-written\arranged by one of the members of the Dixie Chicks. They won also won the Best Band prize at Telluride Bluegrass Festival. During that year they opened for Garth, Reba, George Strait, and Emmylou Harris. The next year they were named Best Country Band by The Dallas Observer which they would also wonn in '92, '93, and '94. They also had their debut appearences on The Grand Ole Opry and on TNN's Nashville Now. In 1991, they also had a jingle for McDonald's. They were also a feature article in Elle that year. In 1992 they release their 2nd Independent CD Little Ol Cowgirl. They also appeared on the Dallas Cowboy halftime show, once again on TNN, and at the New Mexico state fair that year. Around this time they parted ways with Robin Lynn Macy. In 1993 the three Chicks released their third independent CD Shouldn't a Told You That. They performed at the President's Inaguration, Dollywood, Nashville's Summer Lights Festival, and at West Fest. Laura Lynch parted ways with the group after their 3rd CD. Then, the Dixie Chicks found Natalie, and she joined the band. She was introduced to Emily and Martie through her father who had produced previous Chick albums like Thank Heavens for Dale Evans. In 1996 they are signed by Sony Music. 1997, they had their first video "I Can Love You Better." In 1998 they released their first major label album has already reached Platinum status "Wide Open Spaces" and their second single "There's Your Trouble" reached #1 on the Billboard chart! In 1998 they also performed Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man" on the ACMs. In 1998, the Dixie Chicks also performed on a traditional country compilation album singing "Stand By Your Man". They were nominated for two CMA's (the Horizon Award and Group of the Year.) They won both of those CMA's making them one of the big winners of the night! In 1998, their album went triple platinum and "Wide Open Spaces" (their 3rd Single) reached #1 on the Billboard Top Country Singles Album and stayed there for 4 BIG WEEKS! Plus, the Dixie Chicks were the first country band in 13 years (Alabama was the last) to make the top 10 of the Billboard Top 200 Album chart! In March 1999, the Chicks won 2 Grammys! They won for best Country Duo or Group with Vocals, and for Best Country Album! They also won 3 ACM awards including Album of the Year!


It's been said too many times about too many people, but for once it's true: the Dixie Chicks are one of a kind. Since exploding onto the national country music scene just three years ago, the Texas-by-way-of-Nashville trio has won millions of fans and an avalanche of awards and critical acclaim. Blending bluegrass skills, pop accessibility, rock beats and stone country music with a brash, irreverent attitude, the Chicks have created a fresh new sound that's instantly recognizable and always engaging.

Tracing their roots back to the days when Emily Robison and Martie Maguire sang on the streets of Dallas, the Chicks took flight when feisty Natalie Maines came on board, complementing the sisters' formidable prowess as singers - and pickers - with what one critic called "one of the most powerful voices in the business." Framing Maines' stunning vocals with elegant harmonies and plenty of banjo, fiddle and dobro, the Chicks' debut CD, Wide Open Spaces, took the country music world by storm in 1998, earning the group top awards, including a Grammy for Country Album Of The Year, and selling more than 11 million copies - the best performance by a debut album in the history of country music. Their follow-up, Fly, released in late 1999, proved that the trio was no one-hit wonder, as it reaped an even greater harvest of honors, including more Grammys and the Country Music Association's marquee award, Entertainer of the Year.

Yet as spectacularly as the Dixie Chicks' recordings have been received, their brilliance in the studio has found a counterpart on stage. Their reputation as adept musicians and spectacular performers led them from sharing the stage with country music's finest on the George Strait Country Music Festival and the Tim McGraw tour to being enthusiastically welcomed by pop audiences while playing alongside Sara McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks and others on the 1999 Lilith Fair tour as well as the televised "Sheryl Crow & Friends Live From Central Park" event.

Their "Fly" tour of 2000 saw audiences around the country flocking to catch the dynamic trio in action - and in a departure from the country music norm, they were as likely to include young girls dressed as their favorite Chick as they were adults. "Chicks Rule!" and "Chicks Kick Ass!" were the slogans of choice as the group not only delivered their own irresistible hits but introduced fans to friends and influences such as Willie Nelson, Ricky Scaggs and Patty Griffin. And the trio lived up to the shouts. When the tour came to a triumphant close, shortly after the broadcast of their own NBC concert special, it had become the biggest of the year by a single country headlining act.

With a unique combination of respect for country's musical traditions and an unwillingness to be bound by its social ones, it's natural that the Chicks have earned recognition far beyond the genre. Profiled - and acclaimed - everywhere from 60 Minutes with Dan Rather to the pages of USA Today Entertainment Weekly, and Rolling Stone, with TV appearances on Late Night with David Letterman, the Tonight Show, the Rosie O'Donnell Show, the prestigious Sessions at W. 54th series and many more, it's no exaggeration to say that the Dixie Chicks are among the foremost - and most provocative - ambassadors country music has today.

Copyright L 2002 Dixie Chicks






Dixie Chicks
Home
Sony
The ever-popular contemporary country act returns with their sixth album.



All scores given by critics have been converted to a 10-point scale. When a critic does not provide a score in his/her review, we have assigned one based on the general impression given by the review. Learn more...


10 Entertainment Weekly
A magisterial album.... If the group has cast off some of the youthful eclecticism, the three Chicks have pulled off something more difficult: refined their trademark sound without allowing it to turn into a copyrighted formula.


9 All Music Guide
This is a pure country album, loaded with fiddles, acoustic guitars, and close harmonies, but retaining the Chicks' signature flair, sense of humor, and personality.... An instant classic.


9 Billboard
An album of stunning simplicity.


8 Blender
An album that continues their mission of yanking bluegrass into the modern era. [#9, p.149]


7 E! Online
Home is a raucous acoustic album that mows through bluegrass and traditional country with a vengeance.


4 Rolling Stone
They are incapable of shaping a song, teasing out tension, friction or emotional swoop; they're happy to just play it.


4 Austin Chronicle
Although Home isn't entirely successful, it doesn't get out-and-out boring until the second half, laden with generic songs about believing in love and needing more of it, plus a lullaby that sounds like Don Henley's "The End of the Innocence."




The average user rating for this album is 9.1 out of 10 (16 Votes).
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.


Terry W gave it a 10:
YEE HAW!!

David H gave it a 4:
FLY was fun "Some Days You Gotta Dance", sassy "Sin Wagon", emotional "Heartbreak Town, A Cold Day In July", and beautiful "Cowboy Take Me Away", but HOME is mostly just boring. With the exception of the moving "Travelin' Soldier", there's little here to get excited about. The Chicks need to lighten up a bit.

Fred K. gave it a 10:
Utter perfection. I am so glad the chicks refused to follow in so many other 'country' artists by going pop. Each song is a masterpiece, perfectly put together and executed..their IMMENSE talent is to be admired. Faith, Shania, etc have NOTHING on these girls. THose two coast on their looks, while the Dixie Chicks brilliantly play their own instruments and produce and write.... I just can';t say enough good things about this disc. BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR so far..that should cover it..

Corinne C. gave it a 10:
The best bluegrass ahs sounded since O Brother.

Chris B. gave it a 10:
These Chicks Have Flown The Coup. This CD is amazing!

Jim C. gave it a 10:
I absolutely enjoyed this CD

Pig Girl gave it a 10:
I love this CD

Terrilyn F gave it an 8:
The new sound is terrific! I loved the instrumental song. However, after awhile they all started to sound the same.

Matt gave it a 10:
Definitely one of the best albums in my large collection!

Janice T. gave it a 5:
Because of yopur rude comment to Toby that was just self pity im goin to say that about your music its just so stupid and rude