My appreciation for country music was non-existent until I started to come home to it blasting from my new roommate's laptop a couple of years ago.

If I'd known I was moving in with a country music junkie, I would have reconsidered our living arrangements, not to mention our friendship. But, after a few months, well, it started to grow on me (though I'd never give my roomie the satisfaction of telling her this). And come last February, I found myself with a cowboy hat on at the Toby Keith concert -- and I had fun.

So now I'm puttin' on my cowboy boots and reviewing Lee Ann Womack's latest album, There's More Where That Came From.

From the singer who brought pop-country tune, "I Hope You Dance," to the radio (and the lyrics to the AIM profiles of a few too many) comes this incredibly dull album.

I can handle a few country songs about lonely, heartbroken, nostalgic nights, but Womack doesn't give listeners much of a variety on More. In fact until the upbeat, fiddle-filled tenth track, "What I Miss About Heaven," I couldn't tell you the difference between most of the songs. The first song on this album, the title track, made me think that this might be a relatively painless review. But, the next three tracks droned on without anything to catch my attention. The album picks up a little with "He Oughta Know That By Now" which is still about heartbreak, but a little more upbeat and fun than the rest. Womack quickly returns to her dreary ways with the next track.

Another listenable song on the album is "When You Get To Me," which has a kind of country-rock sound with some electric guitar and a sing-along tune that's catchy. If there's more where that came from, Lee Ann, I hope it's a little more creative and catchy next time. But, for now I'm taking off my cowboy boots.

-- Reviewed by Sarah Nolan