THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF 2000

following the Dixie Chicks acquired their fourth state No. 1 Along with the lovestruck ballad “Cowboy just take Me Away,” the trio loudly reminded the world of their audacity with “Goodbye Earl.” more than a banjo-tinged stomp, frontwoman Natalie Maines graphically narrates an abusive relationship (“She’d placed on darkish Eyeglasses o