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$9.99
MPN: 711457
UPC: 886971145724
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Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates
Artists :
Kenny Chesney
Tracks :
Never Wanted Nothing More
Don't Blink
Shiftwork (Duet With George Strait)
Just Not Today
Wife And Kids
Got A Little Crazy
Better As A Memory
Dancin' For The Groceries
Wild Ride (Featuring Joe Walsh)
Scare Me
Demons
| Release Date: |
11 September, 2007 |
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Rca |
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Too often, established stars let things slide over time (even Johnny Cash recorded his share of duds). Kenny Chesney seems bent on avoiding that trap. He proves it on album #13, starting with its first hit single, "Never Wanted Nothing More," a basic, hard-hitting, decidedly unsubtle ode to fulfillment. Having spent ample time exploring Jimmy Buffett's Parrothead style almost to the point of overkill, it's a relief he invokes it only once, on the catchy "Shiftwork," a duet with George Strait. His interpretation of David Lee Murphy's "Just Not Today" captures the song's dream of deferring looming adult responsibility. The gritty "Dancin' for the Groceries," a chronicle of an exotic dancer who tolerates the job's indignities to sustain her kids, conjures up hard realities that too many of today's country singers ignore in pursuit of shallow radio fodder. He brings similar strengths to a bracing take on Dwight Yoakam's "Wild Ride" (enhanced by Joe Walsh's slash-and-burn guitar), to the elegantly understated vulnerability of "Scare Me," and to Bill Anderson and Jon Randall's cautionary "Demons." It's a well-known fact that some Nashville stars record albums with their focus more on demographics and radio than on creativity. Chesney focuses on what's always mattered most in country: the songs. --Rich Kienzle
Customer Reviews
okay
Rating: 3
i was a little disappointed with the cd because none of the songs really stood out as memorable
awesome
Rating: 5
this just might be my favorite kenny chesney cd of all time. i love it!
What happened?
Rating: 1
In the past I would say no problem to picking up a new Kenny Chesney album without listening to all the songs first. No more! The first two songs (and coincidentally first two singles off the album) are great and just the type of songs fans have come to expect from him. The album goes downhill from there. I mean, nosedives! Who would have thought a duet between George Strait and Kenny Chesney, two of country music's best male singers and overall entertainers, would be so horrible? The lyrics are dopey and the vocals from both men sound dispassionate. Kenny blew it with this one. I hope he recovers with his next release. I'm truly disappointed.
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