Wright, once regarded as a singer and performer, has become a songwriter of consequence here. Performer and producer focused on getting this beautifully articulated, brutally poignant, 11-song cycle across as directly as possible. Crowell’s production is simple yet elegant. This period also resulted in her memoir, Like Me, published on the day of this release. Eventually, Crowell gently coaxed her to make Lifted Off the Ground for Vanguard, which he produced.
After an initial meeting in which she played him her songs, Wright dropped demos into his mailbox, and insisted he email her comments on them. Wondering where these songs were taking her, she cold-called Rodney Crowell, whom she barely knew. Songs came furiously, demanding to be written.
In the intervening years, Wright endured a personal crucible that drove her to write in order to remain sane. After releasing 2005’s excellent Metropolitan Hotel on the independent Dualtone, she vanished. In the late 1990s, Chely Wright had number one singles and Top Ten albums.
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