The Dixie Chicks & Download Album

August 30, 2009 Leave a comment

The Dixie Chicks are a country music group, presently comprises Martie Maguire, Emily Robison and lead singer Natalie Maines. The group have already sold 30.5 million albums in the United States, making them the best-selling female group in the country.

Dixie Chicks
Dixie Chicks performing at Frank Erwin Center on 4 December 2006 in Austin, Texas during the Accidents & Accusations Tour.
Background information
Origin	Dallas, Texas, USA
Genre(s)	Alternative Country Country Bluegrass Folk Country Rock
Years active	1989–present
Label(s)	Open Wide/Columbia
Website	DixieChicks.com
Members
Natalie Maines Martie Maguire Emily Robison
Former members
Laura Lynch Robin Lynn Macy

The group formed in 1989 in Dallas, Texas, and was originally composed of four women performing bluegrass and country music, busking and touring the bluegrass festival circuits and small venues for six years, without attracting a major label. After the departure of one bandmate, the replacement of their lead singer, and a slight change in their repertoire, the Dixie Chicks achieved massive country music and pop success, beginning in 1998 with hit songs like "Wide Open Spaces", "Cowboy Take Me Away", and "Long Time Gone". The women also became well-known for their independent spirit and controversial comments on subjects such as war and politics.

During a London concert ten days before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, lead vocalist Maines said, "we don’t want this war, this violence, and we’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas" (the Dixie Chicks’ home state). The statement offended people who thought it rude and unpatriotic, and the ensuing controversy cost the group half of their concert audience attendance in the United States and led to accusations of the three women being un-American, as well as hate mail, a death threat, and the destruction of their albums in protest.

As of 2009, they have won thirteen Grammy Awards, with five of them earned in 2007 including the coveted Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Taking The Long Way.

Albums

Initial Lineup:

With Natalie Maines:

1998: Wide Open Spaces
1999: Fly
2002: Home
2003: Top of the World Tour: Live
2006: Taking the Long Way

Top-ten singles

Year	Song	Chart Positions
Year	Song	US Country	US	CAN Country
1997	"I Can Love You Better"	7	77	3
1998	"There’s Your Trouble"	1	36	3
1998	"Wide Open Spaces"	1	41	1
1999	"You Were Mine"	1	34	3
	"Tonight the Heartache’s on Me"	6	46	4
	"Ready to Run"	2	39	3
	"Cowboy Take Me Away"	1	27	1
2000	"Goodbye Earl"	13	19	5
	"Cold Day in July"	10	65	7
	"Without You"	1	31	—
2001	"If I Fall You’re Going Down With Me"	3	38	—
2001	"Some Days You Gotta Dance"	7	55	—
2002	"Long Time Gone"	2	7	—
2002	"Landslide"	2	7	—
2003	"Travelin’ Soldier"	1	25	—
2006	"Not Ready to Make Nice"	36	4	17
2006	"The Long Way Around"	—	—	5

Download Album :

Dixie Chicks – Essentials [2008]
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Tracklisting
1. The Neighbor
2. The Long Way Around
3. Everybody Knows
4. Not Ready to Make Nice
5. I Hope
6. Travelin’ Soldier
7. Landslide (The Sheryl Crow Remix)
8. Long Time Gone
9. If I Fall You’re Going Down With Me
10. Without You
11. Cold Day in July
12. Goodbye Earl
13. Cowboy Take Me Away
14. Ready to Run
15. You Can’t Hurry Love
16. Tonight the Heartache’s On Me
17. Wide Open Spaces
18. There’s Your Trouble
19. I Can Love You Better