Track Listing

1. Ready to Run - Dixie Chicks, Hummon, Marcus
2. If I Fall You're Going Down with Me - Dixie Chicks, Berg, Matraca
3. Cowboy Take Me Away - Dixie Chicks, Seidel, Martie
4. Cold Day in July - Dixie Chicks, Leigh, Richard
5. Goodbye Earl - Dixie Chicks, Linde, Dennis
6. Hello Mr. Heartache - Dixie Chicks, Henderson, Mike [1]
7. Don't Waste Your Heart - Dixie Chicks, Robison, Emily
8. Sin Wagon - Dixie Chicks, Maines, Natalie
9. Without You - Dixie Chicks, Maines, Natalie
10. Some Days You Gotta Dance - Dixie Chicks, Johnson, Troy
11. Hole in My Head - Dixie Chicks, Lauderdale, Jim
12. Heartbreak Town - Dixie Chicks, Scott, Darrell
13. Let Him Fly - Dixie Chicks, Griffin, Patty

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4023 in Music
• Released on: 1999-08-31
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
After the roaring success of Wide Open Spaces--a blend of turn-of-the-century pop and country traditionalism--what do you do for an encore? Rather than deliver more of the same, the Chicks have chosen instead to up the ante in country radio with a follow-up that's both poppier and twangier than its predecessor, and just plain better too. Some of it we've heard before: "Hello Mr. Heartache," for example, adheres pretty closely to the honky-tonk model of "Tonight the Heartache's On Me." Mostly, though, the record lights out for new territories. "Without You" is driven by an in-your-face string arrangement that's downright fierce, and the rootsy "Sin Wagon" may rock harder--and with more solos--than any mainstream country since Buck Owens held forth. That's not to say Fly's perfect. A couple of songs miss the mark, particularly "Goodbye Earl," an abusive-husband murder song that's sure to get criticized (wrongly) for being anti-male but actually fails because it can't decide if it's a moral lesson, a horror movie, or a joke. Still, even in this failure, the Chicks are bravely pushing the envelope. If they push hard enough, maybe Young Country radio will open up some wider spaces. --David Cantwell

Rolling Stone
"... the most fun you can have on country radio these days, bringing a sisterly zest to their celebrations of hell-raising country gals who know how to rip out a man's heart and use it to fix a flat."