15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Hard-Core-Honky-Tonk Is Back!!!,
December 31, 2002 Christopher W. Rolen (East Tennessee) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blake Shelton (Audio CD)
Take a minute, and turn on your favorite country (radio) station. OK? So, what do you hear?
Is it country music, or just pop? These days, it's hard to find good; honest, country music.
Blake Shelton is breath of fresh air in these days of techo-driven, tradition-bashing pop-country
music. It's hard to even call today's country, country! Could you hear Hank Williams singing
"I'M GONNA GETCHA GOOD", or Merle Haggard singing "SHE'S MY KIND OF RAIN"? I didn't think so...From the get-go, Shelton's album shows that he is no pop act. From the honky-tonk rouser
"EVERY TIME I LOOK AT YOU", a song that proves you can never forget a heartache - to the
depseration ballad "ALL OVER ME" (which was co-written by Shelton's hero, Earl Thomas Conley),
Shelton takes the listener on a journey of the heart. "SAME OLD SONG" and "I THOUGHT THERE WAS TIME" are the two stand-out songs on the album.
Both songs, penned by the legendary BUDDY BRADDOCK (who just...Read more
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Austin and beyond...,
July 31, 2001 By A Customer
This review is from: Blake Shelton (Audio CD)
Not even 24 hours after Blake Shelton's first CD was released and I was hooked. Austin is an extrodinary song, but Blake Shelton goes beyond with his other 9 tracks. The first track deals with how one reacts when they run into someone that they haven't seen for a while, but they still have feelings for. This is something I was just faced with so I was able to really relate. Track 5 is a song about breaking out of prison, sounds bad, but it is a great song. All in all.... Definately two thumbs up!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Future ACM and CMA new artist of the year,
December 9, 2001 "bigmavdaddy" (Omaha, Ne USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blake Shelton (Audio CD)
I liked the song "Austin" when I first heard it, then I heard it over and over and over, you get the point... then they released "All Over Me" and I heard it, and thought "Gee, I need to get this album". I cant stop listening to it. This guy has some kinda style that country music has been lacking over the past several years... I thought country was doomed when Billy Gilman came out, but Blake, you are the saviour, the chosen one to take your place beside the likes of George Strait and Alan Jackson. I just don't want to see Blake go down the same road as Billy Ray did. This is a curl up next to the fire and snuggle CD, nice for cold winter nights, or warm ones in the hot tub. Play it loud, play it proud. Thanks Blake.
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