Picks and Pans Review: Quick Cuts

By Chuck Arnold, JOEY BARTOLOMEO

UPDATED 09/14/2009 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 09/14/2009 at 01:00 AM EDT

>JOHN FOGERTY The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again Fogerty's countrified latest harks back to his 1973 solo debut, The Blue Ridge Rangers, lovingly covering golden oldies like Rick Nelson's "Garden Party."

    

PITBULL Rebelution The Miami emcee already has two club-banging hits from this disc: "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" and "Hotel Room Service." But nothing else here beats those.

    

JACK INGRAM Big Dreams & High Hopes On the country singer's new CD, there are some modest pleasures—such as the ballad "King of Wasted Time"—but it never completely takes off.

    

BRANDI SHEARER Love Don't Make You Juliet This singer-songwriter's smoky, sultry vocals bring a moody allure to her rainy-day mix of pop, folk and a touch of jazz.