℗ 2016 BNC Records
Released | October 9, 2016 |
Duration | 46m 33s |
Record Label | BNC Records |
Genre | Country (Classic) |
1.1
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Simple Things
Beth Nielsen Chapman |
3:29 | |||
1.2
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Here We Are
Beth Nielsen Chapman |
4:45 | |||
1.3
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Sweet Love Shine
Beth Nielsen Chapman |
4:09 | |||
1.4
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Pray
Beth Nielsen Chapman |
3:56 | |||
1.5
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Maybe That's All It Takes
Beth Nielsen Chapman |
3:47 | |||
1.6
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This Kiss
Beth Nielsen Chapman |
3:28 | |||
1.7
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Nothin' I Can Do About It Now
Beth Nielsen Chapman |
3:36 | |||
1.8
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Strong Enough to Bend
Beth Nielsen Chapman |
2:58 | |||
1.9
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Meet Me Halfway
Beth Nielsen Chapman |
4:23 | |||
1.10
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One in a Million
Beth Nielsen Chapman |
3:52 | |||
1.11
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Five Minutes
Beth Nielsen Chapman |
4:00 | |||
1.12
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Almost Home
Beth Nielsen Chapman |
4:10 |
On Beth’s 2014 release UnCovered, she decided to reclaim a batch of songs she wrote that had been covered by other artists, that she’d never recorded herself. Most had been Top 10 hits, seven of which topped the charts at #1. Recorded in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and her own “Tree House” studio in Nashville, UnCovered opens with a crystalline piano that gives way to an infectious groove on Simple Things, with backing vocals by Kim Carnes (of Bette Davis Eyes fame).
Other guest artists lending their talent to the project include legendary guitarist Duane Eddy on Shine On Me, a song Beth wrote with Waylon Jennings that also features backing vocals by Jessie Colter-Jennings; Vince Gill duets on Here We Are, a #1 hit she and Vince wrote for Alabama; Darrell Scott sings and plays on Maybe That’s All It Takes, a stunning ballad that was a hit for Don Williams; Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan sing on Five Minutes, Lorrie’s first #1 hit; Amy Grant, Ruth Trimble and Eilidh Patterson lend their vocals to the stand-out track Pray written with and featuring guitar instrumentalist extraordinaire Muriel Andersen; Almost Home—written with Mary Chapin Carpenter and Annie Roboff—features the “Wine Women & Song” artists Gretchen Peters, Suzy Bogguss and Matraca Berg on rollicking background vocals, alongside Bekka Bramlett, who also sings and plays tambourine alongside Bonnie Raitt sideman George Marinelli’s electric guitar on Meet Me Halfway the bluesy track written by Beth, Bonnie Raitt and Annie Roboff for Raitt’s Fundamental release.
Chapman’s prowess at writing in a wide range of styles shines through on this collection. From the infectious pop sensibilities of This Kiss (Faith Hill) and Simple Things (Jim Brickman) to the strains of bluegrass and country in Strong Enough To Bend (#1 for Tanya Tucker) and Nothin’ I Can Do About It Now (#1 for Willie Nelson), the true thread that runs through it all is a her great passion for the well written song. It is also clear that she has a whole lot of fun performing these songs, and has no trouble bringing them home and making them her own once again.
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – BNC Records Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.76 -1.08 to -0.70 | -14.19 -15.29 to -12.49 | -10.97 -12.20 to -9.60 | 9 8 to 11 | |
1 | Simple Things | -0.74 | -13.54 | -10.7 | 8 |
2 | Here We Are | -0.74 | -12.49 | -9.6 | 8 |
3 | Sweet Love Shine | -0.74 | -14.58 | -11.4 | 9 |
4 | Pray | -1.08 | -15.14 | -11.7 | 8 |
5 | Maybe That's All It Takes | -0.74 | -15.05 | -11.8 | 8 |
6 | This Kiss | -0.70 | -13.24 | -9.9 | 8 |
7 | Nothin' I Can Do About It Now | -0.74 | -13.40 | -10.4 | 8 |
8 | Strong Enough to Bend | -0.74 | -13.41 | -10.3 | 8 |
9 | Meet Me Halfway | -0.71 | -15.29 | -12.2 | 9 |
10 | One in a Million | -0.71 | -15.26 | -11.7 | 11 |
11 | Five Minutes | -0.74 | -14.27 | -10.5 | 8 |
12 | Almost Home | -0.74 | -14.64 | -11.4 | 9 |