Over the course of four albums in nearly ten years, the public at large has proven largely indifferent to
Jessica Simpson the pop singer, stringing her along with a handful of charting singles but never quite giving her a big, undeniable pop hit, the kind that would justify her celebrity. Given that anemic track record, why wouldn't a good ol' Texas girl like
Jessica leave the city for the country? That's exactly what
Simpson and her omnipresent father/manager Joe have done with 2008's
Do You Know, featuring the title track duet with
Dolly Parton, the not-bad "Come on Over," and "Still Beautiful," a quietly insistent empowerment anthem. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine