‘I Am Me’ Is A Great John Shanks Album

Joan Anderman of The Boston Globe reviewed Ashlee Simpson’s new album ‘I Am Me’, impressed much more with producer John Shanks than the singer herself. She writes, “Lindsay Lohan, Hilary Duff, and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have all utilized his services, but Shanks has outdone himself on ‘I Am Me,’ which leaps from the speakers with such spirited anonymity a listener is tempted to ignore the irony that saturates every funkified guitar riff and ersatz punk snarl: that Simpson’s audaciously titled musical statement of autonomy and defiance is somebody else’s clever idea.” Read more.