Blue (LeAnn Rimes)

Blue is LeAnn Rimes' debut studio album that was released on July 9, 1996 by Curb Records.
==Tracklisting==
#Blue 2:47
#Hurt Me 2:53
#One Way Ticket (Because I Can) 3:42
#My Baby 2:49
#Honestly 3:21
#The Light In Your Eyes 3:20
#Talk To Me 3:11
#I'll Get Even With You 3:18
#Cattle Call 3:07
#Good Lookin' Man 3:11
#Fade To Blue 3:03
==Chart Performance==
"Blue" debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 with 123,000 copies sold in the week ending of July 27, 1996. In its second week, the album peaked at #3 on the chart with 129,500 copies sold.
==Critical Reception==
"Blue" was met with some positive reviews from critics.
Allmusic rated it four out of five stars. Shawn M. Haney, who reviewed the album, called it "a glorious free-for-all of sassy pick-me-up country" and stated that "perhaps people of any age or style of interest will feel youthful again after a good listen and a half."
Similarly, Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B+ and stated that "such raw, old-fashioned country music, with such a big, twangy, sexy voice at the center, wouldn't be making such a stir in bland '90s Nashville if LeAnn Rimes weren't 13. In other words, the hype machine has inadvertently coughed up a gem."
Los Angeles Times gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of four and said that "Rimes displays the unbridled power and freshness you'd expect from a teenager. In an ideal world, she'd bring all that to bear on songs that tap her youthful zeal. Instead, too many on this major-label debut require a level of experience that's clearly beyond her years. There's no question Rimes has been blessed with a magnificent voice. Let's hope she'll be given a few years--say, at least until she's out of high school--to let her natural talent mature."
However, in his Consumer Guide, Robert Christgau gave the album a "neither" score and said that it "may impress once or twice with consistent craft or an arresting track or two. Then it won't."
Category:1990s albums
Category:Country
Category:LeAnn Rimes albums