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Originally Posted by estranged4life
but why does Rick Rubin get another "production" credit when he almost always sits on a couch in the studio and gives his opinion (He rarely turns the knobs these days...Metallica come attest to that since they are working with Rick Rubin on their followup to "St.Anger"...Minus the therapist.)
None-the-less it should be worth a listen to see if they have indeed growed musical.
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Did you read the sleeve notes on the Neil Diamond album? Rubin was really tough on Diamond, listening to his songs, telling him if he thought they were crap, making him go back and rewrite stuff and improve stuff over and over again, until he was satisfied and thought they were good enough. Obviously Rubin brought in a whole heap of friends this time to help get the sound he wanted with the Dixie Chicks. Whatever he does, it seems to work.
I do find it weird though, that after so many years working in the business as musicians the Dixie Chicks aren't capable of writing 10 or 12 songs all by themselves. I imagine it's pretty easy to come up with something good when you have the likes of Mike Campbell, Pete Yorn and Gary Louris (one of my favourite ever songwriters) working with you.
Anyway this should be interesting.
Since Rubin has worked with both Tom Petty and Natalie Maines now, both friends of Stevie, I hope something clicks in her mind and she finally realises her next record should be with him. I'm not sure she's smart enough to take his constructive criticism though. I mean kudos to Neil Diamond, a long established, well respected and hugely successful songwriter, for letting Rubin push him around like that, because the finished product is spectacular, the best thing Neil has done in years. Stevie, on the other hand, definitely does not like to be told what to do, in terms of her songwriting I think.