LeAnn Rimes - Whatever We Wanna (CD)

All Music Guide

Only 23 years of age and Whatever We Wanna was already Leann Rimes' 16th album release in the summer of 2006, although this included the hits albums and oldies compilations. For a supposed country music star, she had now had hit albums in an RB style and Whatever We Wanna was most definitely veering toward gaining her a rock audience. Not credible rock in the sense of Stevie Nicks or Pat Benatar, but AOR country crossover as Shania Twain and Faith Hill had successful managed before her, especially the song A Little More Time which could indeed have been Shania singing rather than Leann Rimes. The rock angle gets heaviest of the album's opening song Satisfied as well as the title track, but Leann Rimes slows it all down to her usual country influenced ballad style on Strong, This Life, Some People and For The First Time which was reminiscent of a Heart power ballad. As would be expected on a song featuring Brian McFaddon, formally of Westlife, Everybody's Someone was also a slow ballad ...introduced by a piano, and surprisingly as a guest duettist on her album, McFaddon's sugary voice opens the first verse. Leann Rimes had a cowriting credit on nine of the fifteen songs and the release of Whatever We Wanna was delayed in the US due to the ongoing success of her previous album This Woman. - Sharon Mawer, All Music Guide Read more Less