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List Price: $19.97 | | Label: Sony
Salesrank: 4763
Released: September 9, 2008 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Editorial Review:
Deluxe edition Two CD set. 'Come on Over' the first single from her highly-anticipated 2008 Country album, was written by Jessica, Rachel Proctor, and Victoria Banks. It has already made history as the highest chart debut by a solo artist with no prior history on the Country chart as it races up the charts. The album was produced by Grammyr Award winning songwriter Brett James (Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts) and famed producer John Shanks (Alanis Morissette, Bon Jovi, Keith Urban). Jessica had a hand in penning almost every song on the album, joining some of the best songwriters in Nashville (Troy Verges, Hillary Lindsey). Even more noteworthy is that the title track, "Do You Know," was written for Jessica by one of her musical idols, Dolly Parton, who also graces the track with her own unique vocals.
Do You Know? (Deluxe Version) Reviews:
Jessica Simpson is yester year ... Try Danny Nova - Crushing The Stone 
2008-09-30 - The investors really need to find a new investment that has talent. Because Jess cant sing or dance. Ugh its frustrating to want to buy a great cd and have this crap on the shelf. Simpson could sell make up but she is not talented enough for the music industry. And i say this because there is so much undiscovered talent out there.
Here's a great CD for you - Danny Nova - Crushing The Stone. CD - Baby for free listen. This guy is being compared to Steve Perry, Robert Plant ... And is playing Carnegie Hall November 15th. He's being critically acclaimed, too. Nova is pro animal and civil rights.
Jessica Simpson is so yester year ! Is this clear enough for you?
JESSICA SIMPSON "DO YOU KNOW" 
2008-09-28 - There's ALOT of negative reviews on Amazon over this album, and more than half (and yes, I have counted) are "reviews" where people either don't even talk about any of the songs on the album and just say how Jessica Simpson is awful at Country music, can't sing, should get singing lessons, should quit singing all together etc. OR they mention how bad her single "Come On Over" is and that she can't sing and so on...
I have actually bought the album and listened to it a good amount to be able to actually talk about it and I will say that there is ONE thing that isn't great (and I say great because other than this ONE thing, everything else is absolutely BRILLIANT!) and that is the last song on the album, which is the title track with Dolly Parton, the song starts off alright and then the last couple of minutes REALLY let the song down, they are filled with Jessica practically shouting her notes and Dolly Parton repeatedly saying "do you know" which do NOT sound well together, and if that doesn't let the song down enough, the drums just sound like a noise that doesn't fit the song either. As I said, for me, this is the ONLY negative thing about this album, I personally think Jessica agreed to have Dolly Parton sing on the song simply because of who she is and how successful and very well known she is in Country music, the album was also originally going to be called "Sipping On History" which I have no doubt was changed to "Do You Know" as it was written by Dolly Parton.
Right, the positive...I own all 5 of Jessica's Pop albums and have been a fan of hers for nearly 10 years now, and her 6th album (her first Country album) is EASILY her best album to date, she proved on her previous 5 albums that she is right up there (vocally) with Mariah Carey and Tina Arena and that she can actually write her songs. This album though, takes Jessica Simpson to a new level, the lyrics, the vocals and the music are all put down in a fine art on her first Country album.
The album starts with the lead single "Come On Over" which is a very catchy song, the lyrics are fun and her voice sounds great, most people know this song by now. "Remember That" is the next song and also the next single, I can see why as it's simply a great song, I like how it ends too, it's different to most songs. "Pray Out Loud" is a catchy midtempo song about (you guessed it) praying out loud, Jessica's always talked about her belief in God and it's all here in this song. "You're My Sunday" is next and is not only my favourite song on the album, I'd also say it's my favourite song of Jessica Simpson's, I think the lyrics are great but it's her voice that really makes this song. "Sipping On History" is about you could be 80 years old and looking back and what a great life you have made with your partner, her voice also sounds great. "Still Beautiful" is the most uptempo song on the album, it's VERY catchy and the lyrics are really positive. "Still Don't Stop Me" and "When I Loved You Like That" (the 2nd being the "ballad of the album") both show Jessica's voice at it's best, as does "Might As Well Be Making Love" which shows some of Jessica's best notes to date. "Man Enough" is the one song where her voice and music really go well together, the guitar sounds great here.
As someone who has been a fan of Jessica Simpson's for a long time, I am glad that Jessica has said she isn't going to make a Pop album again, as this is the music that fits her much better and also, for someone who has been a fan of Jewel's for years aswell, it's a big compliment to Jessica to say that her first Country album surpassed Jewel's.
Noooooooo---She Needs to go away
2008-09-28 - You have got to be kidding. Jessica couldn't make it in pop so now she is trying country music. She needs to go away.
horrible
2008-09-28 - It seems like in all these songs shes either very loud almost like the music is up to loud and shes trying to be heard over it or you cant hear her and she never satisfys. Choosing the country scene makes her look desprate, but to make matters worse she sucks at it.
The looks there but the voice isnt.
Please stop trying to ruin country music for everyone jessica
Honey Country 
2008-09-25 - I have been Jessica's fan since I heard "I Wanna Love You Forever" which was in her very first album. Now this album, was a disappointment for me at first. The songs sounded so mainstream country. Or is it pop country? I Don't Know, Jessica! Anyhow, after listening to it many times, I started to find it as an OK album. There's some great songs, such as "Come on Over", "Remember That", "Pray Out Loud", "Still Beautiful", and "Might As Well Be Making Love". Also the last song "Do You Know" (with Dolly Parton) is a good one but it's too long (about 5 minutes!!!). I like country music. I'm a big fan of the artists like LeAnn Rimes and Emmylou Harris. This isn't good old country music. This is country music with sweet lyrics. Jessica has a beautiful voice but I would leave the country music out of her carriere. Her three first albums were great. "A Public Affair" was good too, and the Christmas album was one of the greatest ones I've ever heard. But this...this is too sweet for country music. It isn't bad but I would have liked to hear a better album than this. "Man Enough" has so awful lyrics - they are the worst lyrics I've ever heard. Also "You're My Sunday" and "Sipping on History" are terrible ones. Stay out of country Jessica, and make a good pop album again...please!
Stars: Still Beautiful, Come on Over, Pray Out Loud
