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}} ''Blue'' is the debut album by American country singer LeAnn Rimes, released in the United States on July 9, 1996 by Curb Records.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Blue: Leann Rimes: Music )〕 It reached No. 3 on ''Billboard'' 200, and No. 1 on Top Country Albums. Singles released from this album include, in order of release: "Blue", "Hurt Me", "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)", "Unchained Melody" and "The Light in Your Eyes". These songs all charted on ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts between 1996 and 1997; "Blue" and "The Light in Your Eyes" both reached top 10, while "Hurt Me" fell short off top 40. "One Way Ticket" is Rimes's only No. 1 hit on the country music charts. When purchased at Target stores during the 1996 Christmas season, the album included a bonus single of "Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart", with "Unchained Melody" on the B-side.〔〔 "Unchained Melody" peaked at number three on the Country Songs chart while "Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart" peaked at number fifty-one on the same chart in 1997. ==Reception== The album was met with some positive reviews. Allmusic rated ''Blue'' four out of five stars. Shawn M. Haney, who reviewed the album, called it "a glorious free-for-all of sassy pick-me-up country", and stated that "perhaps people of any age or style of interest will feel youthful again after a good listen and a half."〔 Similarly, ''Entertainment Weekly'' gave the album a B+ and stated that "such raw, old-fashioned country music, with such a big, twangy, sexy voice at the center, wouldn't be making such a stir in bland '90s Nashville if LeAnn Rimes weren't 13. In other words, the hype machine has inadvertently coughed up a gem."〔 ''Los Angeles Times'' gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of four and said that "Rimes displays the unbridled power and freshness you'd expect from a teenager. In an ideal world, she'd bring all that to bear on songs that tap her youthful zeal. Instead, too many on this major-label debut require a level of experience that's clearly beyond her years. There's no question Rimes has been blessed with a magnificent voice. Let's hope she'll be given a few years--say, at least until she's out of high school--to let her natural talent mature."〔 In his Consumer Guide, however, Robert Christgau gave the album a "neither" score,〔 and said it "may impress once or twice with consistent craft or an arresting track or two. Then it won't." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blue (LeAnn Rimes album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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