Dixie Chicks Albums - Taking the Long Way, Home, Fly, Wide Open Spaces, Top of the World Tour: Live, Thank Heavens for Dale Evans (Paperback)

Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Chapters: Taking the Long Way, Home, Fly, Wide Open Spaces, Top of the World Tour: Live, Thank Heavens for Dale Evans, Little Ol' Cowgirl, Shouldn't a Told You That. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 44. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Taking the Long Way is the seventh studio album by the American Country female band Dixie Chicks. It was released on May 23, 2006 in the U.S. and on June 12, 2006 worldwide. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. It sold over 2 million copies in the U.S., being certified 2x platinum by the RIAA as of July 11, 2007. It won 5 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year in February 2007. The first song released from the album was the charity single "I Hope" on September 2005. The song received its debut performance on the Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast telethon on September 9, 2005 and was later made available as a digital download single with proceeds to benefit the Hurricane Katrina relief. The first physical single from the album, "Not Ready to Make Nice," was released in March 2006. On May 18, 2006, the whole album was leaked onto various file sharing mediums. Taking the Long Way was the first studio album the band released since the controversy that erupted over them in 2003 following Natalie Maines' remarks critical of United States President George W. Bush. The controversy and the Chicks' reaction to it is the major theme at the first tracks of the album. The first track is "The Long Way Around" which is a manifesto to non-conformity, presented with allusions to The Byrds' "Wasn't Born to Follow" as well as the Chicks' own "Long Time Gone" and "Top of the World." The second track is "Easy Silence," a testimonial to the protagonist's husband, who affords her an island of quiet comp...http: //booksllc.net/?id=4443328