I love the upbeat rock on this CD - It is mellow yet invigorating.  It is great music for all ages!  Keep up the great work Clear Blue Betty!
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Great stuff guys. This album was really refreshing. It was in my car's cd player all week. I look forward to the new album which I'll pick up real soon. 

Thanks 
Pete
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Clear Blue Betty is a relatively new band, having formed in 2002.  They are a hard-working lot who perform often and exercise ambitious self-promotion.  They're also very positive and likeable as individuals.  Never Been A Rebel is their first release and was recorded by Jake Johnson at Paradyme Studios.  The production, like the band at this point in its development, is straightforward and polished with little risk-taking or flash.  As such, this album is a very accurate documentation of Clear Blue Betty in 2004; AAA radio material which they do fairly well.  
They mix things up tempo-wise, going from ballads to mid-temp pop/rock to more grooving numbers, and finally switch to mandolin on the recording's best track, "Rome", which adds flavor much in the fashion of Steve Winwood/s later recordings.  Rythmically, Clear Blue Betty has a very sturdy foundation.  Sies is rock solid on bass and Tony Kille's drumming is effective and steady; accurate timing without too many fills.  This foundation brings Fleetwood Mac clearly to mind, one of those great rhytmic machines that can be taken for granted for its lack of flash.  Check out the album's other standout track, "Go Back".  If this were a Fleetwood Mac song it would probably be a hit.  The background vocals are pushed to the back of the mix and are layered, giving them that ghostly dimension at which Fleetwood excelled...
..."Keep Me Away from Myself" is another gem on the disc, chiefly because the band turns up the heat a little and Koth tries something different with his solo.  This kind of energy feels good and could be a direction the band might want to further explore.  "Where Love Lives" is a smooth ballad that recalls the Indigo Girls, "Kiss Me" sounds an awful lot like something 10,000 Maniacs may have come up with, and "Rome" is a fene number- uplifting, catchy, and radio-ready.
Clear Blue Betty is Beth Kille's show and rightly so.  She has a strong stage presence, a pleasing voice, and a direct and charismatic persona.  There is star power here and she's fortunate to have an ace rhythm section that seems capable of handling whatever she throws at them...  ...As a first album Never Been A Rebel has appeal, especially for those fans of Fleetwood Mac, et al.  Clear Blue Betty, with the support and encouragement of their fans and peers, has the potential to be brilliant.  This is reason enough to get out and see the band, cheer them on to greatness, and pick up a copy of Never Been A Rebel.
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Oh my god I loved it!It is the bst ever!My mom personally knows them so I get free CDs. which is sweet. You have to get their CD. Its the BEST!!!!
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