I'm About To Come Alive

I'm About To Come Alive is David Nail's debut CD, and he has set a pretty high bar for future releases. While country is not my main genre of music, I know that I like this CD. Nail sings in a smooth tenor that is very expressive and earnest. He is at his best on the slower, bluesy tracks such as "I'm About To Come Alive" and "Clouds". Both of those songs also benefit from the background vocals of Natalie Hemby. She lends her voice to five of the 11 tracks, and she and Nail produce very good harmonies on the choruses of these songs. What makes this CD is the genuineness of Nail's delivery whether he is singing about relationships as on the songs already mentioned or about more general topics such as a yearning for specific places as on "Mississippi" and "Missouri" or chasing his dreams on "Again". He sings in a way that one cannot help but know that these songs mean something to him. This CD also avoids falling into an instrumental rut. The opener "Mississippi" features a...Read more

Country newcomer David Nail's MCA Nashville debut album, I'm About To Come Alive has finally arrived after much delay and not a moment too soon. At a time when the music industry is more interested in turning out paint-by-numbers hit singles instead of investing in career artists, Nail's collection of non-traditional country songs is more than just a little refreshing. No, this ain't your daddy's country music. Instead it is a fresh take on contemporary country that has a warm, inviting feeling that makes you want to crank up your car stereo and go on a road trip, or dial up your iPod and let the real world melt away as the lyrics blur the lines between fantasy and reality.

This is not a random selection of songs trying to become digital downloads, but instead it is an album of music that takes the listener on a journey. It is an album to be listened to in its entirety from beginning to end. However, that is not to say that there are not singles to found here, such as...Read more

This entire album was slow and had the feel of old time country music. He has a beautiful voice, no doubt, but there is not one up beat song on the entire album. You could slow dance to every one. I like a mixture of up beat and slow songs on an album, so this one just wasn't for me. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys the slow songs, but if you aren't a fan of older country or you don't enjoy slow songs, this one probably isn't for you.