Five years after establishing herself as a better-than-average radio act, Terri Clark, Nashville's only cowboy-hatted woman, makes a left-of-center bid for singer-songwriter respectability and alt-country seriousness with Fearless. Cowriting with Mary Chapin Carpenter, covering Jann Arden, and dueting with Emmylou Harris, Clark uncovers a surprising intelligence. In time, as she adds more subtlety to her chameleonlike vocals, she may become a contender. B+


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