Pickler goes for "100 Proof"
Monday, October 31, 2011 – Kellie Pickler will release her third album, "100 Proof," on Jan. 24, 2012.
"I'm just happy to be making country music," said Pickler. "I hope everyone enjoys the new music as much as I've enjoyed making it."
Pickler set out to get back to her southern roots on "100 Proof" and make a traditional and fresh sounding country album. To help her achieve her goals she enlisted producers Frank Liddell (Miranda Lambert and Lee Ann Womack) and Luke Wooten.
The album-opener Where's Tammy Wynette, written by Jimmy Ritchey, Don Poythress and Leslie Satcher, sets the tone with a raw and sound. Pickler co-wrote 6 of the 11 songs, including Long As I Never See You Again which she wrote with famed songwriters Dean Dillon and Dale Dodson.
More news for Kellie Pickler
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- 02/17/16: Pickler returns to being Idol
- 10/14/15: Hill, Pickler join TV talk show
- 11/12/13: Pickler, Barnett offer new discs
- 10/15/13: Pickler hosts Headline Country
- 07/02/13: Country Hall welcomes Pickler (her costume anyway)
- 05/22/13: Pickler dances to victory
CD reviews for Kellie Pickler
High quality music found on Kellie Pickler's "The Woman I Am" evidences how the country singer's last album, "100 Proof," was no fluke. The title track, which Pickler co-wrote with husband Kyle Jacobs, explains how this woman will always have a whole lot of traditional country in her blood. "Sometimes I cry at night/Fall to pieces with Patsy Cline."
Many of this 12-song album's best material are also ones Pickler helped pen. They include the ...
Until now, Kellie Pickler has become known in country circles more for her bubbly, Dolly Parton-esque personality than for her singing. Granted, she has had some strong singles, notably the autobiographical I Wonder, but one could be forgiven for lumping her in the pile of most former American Idol contestants who hover in and around country music, but never really make an impact.
Somewhere after the release of her sophomore album, however, she started mentioning in interviews that she was ...
At this point, it's a law of television that the results of American Idol are not proportional to post-show success. Past winners are without record contracts, and, among the ranks of former sixth place finishers, Kellie Pickler (aka "Pickles") has gone from waitressing to amassing a handful of pop-country hits at only 22 years old. On her second effort, Pickler spreads her wings beyond vocals to songwriting half the 10 songs.
Things kick off with the mighty message song, ...
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