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*** Lee Ann Womack, “Some Things I Know,” Decca. Some routine material stops the singer with the fetching Dolly Parton quaver short of delivering a consistently first-rank follow-up to her striking 1997 debut. But revealing moments outweigh the predictable and the majority of her song choices--including the two she co-wrote--exhibit enough ambition to keep her stock high as one of Nashville’s brightest new properties.

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Albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor), two stars (fair), three stars (good) and four stars (excellent). The albums are already released unless otherwise noted.

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Albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor), two stars (fair), three stars (good) and four stars (excellent). The albums are already released unless otherwise noted.