Ana Popovic - Hush! (2002) VBR

Ana Popovic - Hush!

Year 2002

Tracks
1. Love Fever 4:29
2. Mended 4:23
3. Hometown 7:09
4. I Won't Let You Down 4:22
5. The Hustle Is On 2:43
6. Downtown 4:24
7. How Lonely Can A Woman Get 3:59
8. Walk Away 3:22
9. Girl Of Many Words 3:54
10. Minute 'Till Dawn 5:14
11. Bring Your Fine Self Home 5:12
12. How The Mighty Have Fallen 4:39

There's certainly pressure on Ana's second album to show she's not a flash in the pan. But, the reality is that she won a W.C. Handy award and that is not an accomplishment to be slighted. She definitely has a Bonnie Raitt / Susan Tedeschi sound to her. The music is vibrant and upbeat and not necessarily 'bluesy' but I had trouble accepting that Bonnie Raitt was a blues star when Nick of Time put her over the top. Popovic is the real deal. Enjoy the music and ignore the occasional critic that expects her to walk on water to prove her success is due to her talent and not her looks.
Though this is one of the early works by Ana Popovic, it already has all the features which characterize her works today - great songs, great voice and a killer guitar sound.
I love this album, maybe even more because it is not so acoustically perfect like those made on mega-dollars budget. That's been replaced with a great atmosphere and biting guitar.