Alison Krauss & Union Station

Forget About It

Stop, don't buy it unless . . .

Review Score:

(6/10)
You are a confirmed Alison Krauss fan who needs to have everything she recorded. Actually the title track is very sweet and really shows Ms. Krauss voice to good effect. So does the first track "Stay" But the instrumentation is bland and uninteresting and the record as a whole is very bland, pushing into the realm of elevator music, especially after a few listenings.

Far better and more interesting is her greatest hits album "Now That I've Found You" which has not a weak track and is one of my favorite records. Indeed, I would not have bought this record had I not liked her greatest hits collection so much, or her contribution to the Jimmie Rodgers' greatest hits records.

I'm no bluegrass fan, and Ms. Krauss could sing the phonebook and I would probably pay good money to listen. But bland pop is bland pop even coming out of the throat of someone as talented as Allison Krauss.

Bottom line, if you want an Allison Krauss record to play two or three times and then put it away, go ahead and buy this record. If you want a CD to take to the desert island or into the nuclear fallout shelter, take Now That I've Found You.

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