The Cotton Eye Joe Show is the third studio album by Swedishdance group Rednex. It has been independently released in 2009 in the Netherlands via Lek Records.[1] It marks the second release to feature original lead singer Annika Ljungberg, who rejoined Rednex and replaced the previous female vocalist Julie-Anne Tulley, when she departed from the group. On January 1, 2009, however Ljungberg again left the band after the release due to the ending of Ljungberg's management licence, when control of the Rednex brand returned to the band's founders.
Background
Following the releases of the previous albums in 2002 and 2003, their first and second compilation albums The Best of the West and Cotton Eye Joe, and the two single releases "The Chase" and the 2000 version of "Cotton Eye Joe", and a short break, the band returned in 2006 with their original lead singer Annika Ljungberg, who rejoined Rednex and replaced the previous female vocalist Julie-Anne Tulley.
Composition
Unlike the band's previous studio albums "Sex & Violins" and "Farm Out", which have as similar amount on dance/country, classic country songs and ballads, "The Cotton Eye Joe Show" is a more pop album with softer classic country songs.
