If it wasn't for you / Caylee Hammack.
Material type:![Music](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/MU.png)
- performed music
- audio
- audio disc
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Dr. James Carlson Library | CD | COUNTRY Hammack, Caylee | Available | 33111009915303 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Caylee Hammack's skill is how she undercuts bravado with humility, a quality that's evident throughout her 2020 debut album If It Wasn't for You. Splashy and slick on the surface, the kind of contemporary country album designed to sneak its way onto genre-ambivalent playlists, If It Wasn't for You cycles through heartbreak, love, and swagger in its 13 tracks. Hammack is drawn to time-honored country tropes -- the titular "Redhead" is fiery and defiant, and she's drawn to small towns and kin -- but her approach is quintessentially modern, finding a sweet spot between Miranda Lambert's flintiness and Maren Morris' omnivorous genre-hopping. Much of the pleasure of the album lies in hearing Hammack effortlessly slide between elastic reggae beats, barebone acoustic numbers, disco-fied honky tonk, and breezy pop; no matter the surroundings, she sounds like herself, a singer who relies equally on passion and playfulness. If It Wasn't for You dazzles with its style and color, so much so that it takes a moment to realize that the hooks don't always sink in fully. When the tunes do catch hold, it's just as likely to be for a cornball reason (the absurd "Preciatcha") as it is for craft ("Family Tree"), a tendency that does mean If It Wasn't for You is a bit uneven underneath its confident veneer. Nevertheless, there are enough pleasures on that surface to make this worth a listen. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Caylee Hammack; with accompaniment.
Compact disc.
Just friends (2:49) -- Redhead / (featuring Reba McEntire) (2:44) -- Looking for a lighter (3:05) -- Preciatcha (3:02) -- Sister (3:20) -- Just like you (3:27) -- King size bed (3:08) -- Forged in the fire (3:16) -- Family tree (3:30) -- Mean something / (featuring Ashley McBryde & Tenille Townes (3:15) -- Small town hypocrite (4:03) -- Gold (1:47) -- New level of life (3:31).