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Need You Now – Lady Antebellum

Nashville, being the cradle of American country music, has been home to producing some of the best known country music acts we’ve known. There were days when country music used to be tales of everyday hardships with words of wisdom interspersed, with a certain rustic nature which endeared it to the soul. Now, it’s more of a mechanized production recycled pop filled with hues of plasticity. Hailing from the same cradle bed, Lady Antebellum has had some really big shoes to fill. They did it quite effectively with their debut self titled work. Their sophomore album “Need You Now” tries to do the same job, but then just doesn’t seem to match up somehow. But we aren’t saying this is below average work. The muted messages contained within “Hello World” do strike a chord in quite nostalgic ways. The lead single “Need You Now” has already stayed atop the charts with a straight five week stationary period, while the follow up, “American Honey” with its decipherable metaphorical statement of lost innocence also created a good amount of flutter on the charts. The album is mostly a mix of pop melodies pulled over classic country tunes, and has stuck to a fairly safe formula by sticking to tales comprising mostly of love, some amount of pain, and just a fleeting nod to story telling.