Sugarland - Love on the Inside

“Sugarland’s third album, finely crafted with producer Byron Gallimore, is proof positive that singer/songwriters Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush are on the cusp of superstardom. Hooky and infectious first single “All I Want to Do,” currently No. 3 on Hot Country Songs, is a tantalizing tease of the album’s breadth. Steamy “What I’d Give” finds Nettles growling her way through a honey-do list that would get any man’s blood pumping, while “Keep You” finds her convincingly pleading a seemingly no-win situation. “Joey,” a foreboding throwback written with Bill Anderson, leaves one wondering about the title character’s fate. “Genevieve” starts acoustic and slow, building into a rollicking ode to a favored beau, and “Steve Earle,” about the oft-married song poet, is hilarious and refreshingly raw from a production standpoint. —Ken Tucker”