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List Price: $11.98 | | Label: Arista
Salesrank: 1371645
Released: March 18, 2003 |
| Our Price: $8.50 |
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| Media: Audio Cassette |
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I'm Just a Girl Track Listing:
1. I'm Just a Girl
2. There's No Limit
3. You and Tequila
4. Me and the Radio
5. Cover of a Magazine
6. Wildflower
7. Twice as Worth It
8. Eddie
9. Waiting - Deana Carter, Dwight Yoakam,
10. Liar
11. Goodbye Train
12. Girls' Night
Editorial Review:
Import edition of the singer/songwriter's 2003 album, produced by Deana & Dan Huff & featuring an incredible duet with Dwight Yoakam - 'Waiting', includes one bonus track, 'Ordinary'. 13 tracks. BMG.
Description of I'm Just a Girl:
After a big but brief run in the late '90s with hits like "Strawberry Wine," Deana Carter faded back into the woodwork. But after divorce from both husband and record label she has bounced back admirably with this provocative, if slightly uneven, album full of quirky lyrics and some irresistible melodies. The album opens with its flaky pop-country title track that's so chock full of calculated down-home imagery it sounds like it was written for a truck commercial. Fortunately it's pretty much uphill from there. On stand-out songs like the vitriolic "Liar," the troubled "You and Tequila," and the comic "Girls' Night" Carter is as intriguing and cutely idiosyncratic as ever. --Bob Allen
I'm Just a Girl Reviews:
I never got the product 
2008-04-21 - I never got the product... I have emailed the company and haven't received an answer from them yet. It was supposed to be here no later than the 14th of this month. I would like to listen to it first before I review anything. Since I don't have it I can't very well do that.
Fine pop from former country chart-topper 
2006-12-13 - Carter has never seemed comfortable with the lightning bolt of country music stardom that accompanied her debut release, "Did I Shave My Legs For This?" Though her contributions to that album showed off her genetically inherited country music lineage, her follow-up LPs have played more to her childhood pop and rock influences. Her second album, 1998's "Everything's Gonna Be Alright," was broader and earthier, with plenty of Southern Rock influences that didn't impress country radio, and led to her departure from Capitol.
A 2001 one-off for Rounder found the singer dueting with her father (guitarist Fred Carter, Jr.) on a lovely, stripped-down set of Christmas songs, and in 2003 she resurfaced on Arista for this slick CD that pushes even further towards highly-produced pop. Listeners who insist on viewing Carter as a Country artist - even of the contemporary Nashville stripe - are likely to be disappointed. The innocence that made "Strawberry Wine" a hit is still to be heard in Carter's Southern voice, but the songs (all written or co-written by Carter) and production are contemporary pop, verging on bubblegum.
Her third release isn't nearly as consistent as her first two. The album's first single, "No Limit," and the lead-off title-track are ear-candy of the first-order, with deftly doubled vocals, arena-sized electric guitars and memorable melodic hooks. Carter sings of American pleasures so stereotyped that, much like their recitation in a Beach Boys song, they fly past clichéd to touching. Dan Huff's production is polished, but with interesting touches such as the dischordant electric guitar and strummed introducing "Me and the Radio."
The social commentary of "Cover of a Magazine" provides an ironic counterpoint to the Sixteen Magazine-styled CD art, and Carter provides a sweet, girlish balance to Dwight Yoakam's emotional wail on their co-written "Waiting." The power-pop "Liar" features memorable sunshine-pop touches, and "Goodbye Train" has the earthy lyrical and vocal hallmarks of its co-writer, Matraca Berg. The frenetic modern-rock production of the closer, "Girls Night Out," can't disguise its pale rhythmic imitation of Jim Carroll's "People Who Died," with half-baked lyrics and a repetitive chorus that doesn't really bear repeating.
Despite the pop potential of this release, Carter's been pigeonholed as a Nashville artist, and little here was going to fly high on country radio. It's a shame, because there's some excellent adult pop here, with a freshness and energy not found often in either L.A. or New York. [©2006 hyperbolium dot com]
dont waste your time
2005-01-30 - this cd is a waste of time. i think that almost anything is a better choice. shallow songs and a weak voice - - really, there is nothing there!
Pretty good
2004-02-13 - This album was released in March 2003. Beforehand, Deana Carter had just signed with Arista Records. This would be her first, and only album with them. She was dropped a few months after the release of this album. This is not her best album, not as strong really as her first two albums, but it has it's charms. "There's No Limit" is a great song, obvious choice for first single. It's catchy, and great guitar hook. The title track was the second single, didn't do nearly as well as the first (which didn't really do that great either). The song selection is not the best on this album, but there's some great songs. "Eddie" is a fun uptempo summertime type song. "Wildflower" and "Me and The Radio" are nice ballads. My favorite song is "Goodbye Train" which would have been a good single. "Liar" and "Girls Night Out" are not favorites of mine, and seem out of place. The album is a lot more pop than her first two, but there's still traces of country here and there. Overall, not her best, but still worth looking into.
I love Deana's Music 
2003-12-26 - This cd shows that Deana still has it! I'm just a girl is fresh, fun and has something for everyone. From the You and Tequila ballad of a lonely frustrated heart to the sentimental I'm Just a Girl anybody will love this cd!
