Love, Shelby is the seventh studio album by Shelby Lynne

Shelby Lynne

Shelby Lynne is an American singer, songwriter and actress. The success of the 1999 album I Am Shelby Lynne led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, even though she had been active in the music industry for some time...

, released on November 13, 2001 on Island Records

Island Records

Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...

. The follow-up to her acclaimed I Am Shelby Lynne

I Am Shelby Lynne

I Am Shelby Lynne is the sixth studio album by Shelby Lynne, released on April 10, 1999 in the United Kingdom, and on January 25, 2000 in the United States...

, this album found Lynne collaborating with producer Glen Ballard

Glen Ballard

Glen Ballard is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill , which won Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album", and "Album of the Year" amongst others, and is ranked by the Rolling Stone amongst The 500 Greatest Albums of...

, who became widely known for his work producing Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette

Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination...

's Jagged Little Pill

Jagged Little Pill

Jagged Little Pill is the third studio album by Canadian recording artist and songwriter Alanis Morissette. It was Morissette's first internationally released album, and her first studio album after the three year hiatus following her break with MCA Records. The album marked a shift from her style...

and recordings by the Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was...

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The style of the album contrasted with Lynne's previous album, with a more pop-oriented sound. Reviews of the album were also less enthusiastic than those of the earlier album. Reception ranged from supportive writings in Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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and Village Voice to negative reaction from critiques including one in The Austin Chronicle noting, "The edges have been sawed off Lynne's sound."

Most of the album's songs were either written or co-written by Lynne, and the album closes with a cover of John Lennon

John Lennon

John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...

's song "Mother

Mother (John Lennon song)

Mother is a song by British musician John Lennon, first released on his 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. An edited version of the song was issued as a single in the United States on Apple Records, catalogue 1827, about three weeks after the album. The single runs about fifteen seconds...

", which Lynne had performed during a Lennon tribute shortly after the September 11 attacks in New York City

New York City

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. The song "Killin' Kind" was released as a single, tying into the soundtrack for the film adaptation of Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones's Diary is a 1996 novel by Helen Fielding. Written in the form of a personal diary, the novel chronicles a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a thirty-something single working woman living in London. She writes about her career, self-image, vices, family, friends, and romantic...

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Track listing

1. "Trust Me" - 3:44
2. "Bend" - 4:05
3. "Jesus on a Greyhound" - 5:05
4. "Wall in Your Heart" - 3:35
5. "Ain't It the Truth" - 4:19
6. "I Can't Wait" - 3:36
7. "Tarpoleon Napoleon" - 4:40
8. "Killin' Kind" - 4:27
9. "All of a Sudden You Disappeared" - 3:39
10. "Mother" - 5:03

Singles

• Wall In Your Heart - Release Date: January 15, 2002 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005UOGN

1. Wall In Your Heart
2. Star Broker
3. Close To You