If you are only a Leann Rimes country fan and do not wish to have her do any other style....then DO NOT buy this and DO NOT criticize it. This album begins where her 4 tracks from COYOTE UGLY left off.....it is Rimes dream to make a pop album of all different styles....she has done it! What a great cd it is!!! The catchy and upbeat LIFE GOES ON is a testimonial to where she is at.....legal problems with her father embezzling money from his own daughter, legal problems with her record company, becoming a woman....she deserves so much credit for handling this with dignity and coming back with an album she executive produced...plus she had a hand in writing a handful of the tracks...we have funk in TIC TOC...we have the power ballads...THE SAFEST PLACE, DAMN, YOU MADE ME FIND MYSELF...lots of upbeat numbers too.....if you loved her COYOTE UGLY songs....buy this one and experience her divine gift of song! Way to go Leann!