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Amazon offers Dress Rehearsal (Audio CD),04 May, 2004 List price $17.98 A Fine Rehearsal / 4 Prime Cuts: We Talked, God Doesn't Make Mistakes, Just Another Plane Being the creator of such hits such as "I'd Be Yours" (Linda Davis), "Single White Female" (Chely Wright), "When We Don't Talk" (Ilse DeLange) amongst others, Johnson has parlayed her craft to this her sophomore album "Dress Rehearsal." Save for "Simple Life," Johnson has had a hand in co-writing all of the tracks here. Collaborating with other Nashville writing elite such as Craig Wiseman, Shaye Smith, Charlie Black, Troy Verges, "Dress Rehearsal" is tailored made for radio. It's a polished pop country album offering a cornucopia of songs dealing with topics safely reprised within country music's canon. Johnson's preference for the rustic life, a theme well explored a la Alan Jackson and Mary Chapin Carpenter, is the thesis of the lead single "Simple Life." "Simple Life" starts off well with an organic feel with some jaunty guitar work but soon gives way to become, in an ironic way, one of Johnson's busiest track. With its tepid melody and suffocating production, "Simple Life" is not my choice for the first single. Much better are "High over High Heels" and "He's Mine"-both peppy, upbeat, pop-country fares that would not be out of place in fellow Canadian vocalist Shania Twain's repertoire. Living in the aftermath of 9/11 country music, thanks to Tim McGraw, Brad Cotter, Alan Jackson, have been proliferated with songs encouraging us to cherish life and cape diem ("seize the day"). Johnson adds her take on this tired and true theme on the title track "Dress Rehearsal." Without any shove of new insights, nevertheless, Johnson sings home a timely message, "Life doesn't wait for us to get it right... Time is irreversible, this ain't no dress rehearsal." However, the album's most gratifying moments come when the beat tapers; Johnson's never sounded more sincere than when she sings a ballad. Caressing the lyrics with her mellifluous vocals, Johnson makes the plaintive ballad and current single "Die of a Broken Heart" an event to be experienced. Similarly touching is the therapeutic "We Talked" and the ingratiating "Just Another Plane." The latter, being a little reminiscent of Deana Carter's excellent "People Miss Trains" has a timbre of pain to it that is just moving. Dove tailing Nashville's obsession with songs with inspirational messages, "God Doesn't Make Mistakes" details a homily of self-acceptance that most of us should take to heart. With its restrained guitar backing, Johnson sensitively sings, "I'm ok the way God made me... I'm always gonna be a better me than anyone else. God doesn't make mistake." A track aplomb with relevancy and performed with sensitivity. However, not all the songs work here. Being too eager to placate the support of country radio, Dann Huff's production is at times too crowded. "Life As We Know It," "Squeezin' the Love out of You," "My Little Secret" (the follow up to Johnson's breakthrough hit "Complicated") are entertaining but forgettable. Maybe, Johnson's also suffering from the second album slum: some of these melodies here are not as strong as her debut effort. Anyway, despite such criticism, there are enough songs here, especially the ballads, that warrant repeated listens to this worthy though not stellar album. Song "Little Bit Of This, Little Bit Of That" Little bitty baby Takes her first step Out in the big ol' world Falls on her butt And picks herself up Daddy says that's my girl You go to school Subtraction and addition You learn to give and take Sometimes you win Sometimes you lose You're gonna make mistakes It takes a little bit of this Oh with a little bit of that A little bit of good Yeah with a little bit of bad You know that Life's a contradiction And you can't Escape the fact You gotta take A little bit of this With a little bit of that Hoah Well two hearts and Opposite attraction It's just their luck They fall in love He wants it his way And she wants it hers Working out all that stuff It takes a little bit of this Hoah, with a little bit of that A little bit of good Yeah with a little bit of bad You know that Life's a contradiction And you can't Escape the fact You gotta take A little bit of this With a little bit of that It all makes sense Once you discover You can't have one without You can't have one Without the other It takes a little bit of this Hoah with a little bit of that Oh a little bit of good Yeah with a little bit of bad It takes a little bit of this Hoah with a little bit of bad A little bit of good Yeah with a little bit of bad Yeah You know that Life's a contradiction And you can't Escape the fact You gotta take A little bit of this With a little bit of that Hoah yeah A little bit of this That this that Hoah yeah Oh yeah A little bit of this A little bit of that A little bit of this A little bit of that Little bit of this

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