Southern Voice

Southern Voice has a decidedly mellow tone to it throughout most of its 12 tracks, the majority of which never really move past mid-tempo. This pattern is broken up only by the two songs chosen as lead singles: Business Doing Pleasure with You and Southern Voice. These songs were undoubtedly tapped by the label to market an album that, while it doesn't quite reach the territory of "dark" (though the theme of Good Girls and parts of I'm Only Jesus certainly qualifies), contains a number of, in McGraw's words, "flawed characters" that explore a sizable amount of pretty heavy territory and give the album a pretty dominant somber tone.

That being said, the album is strongest when immersed this heavy subject matter and those songs seem to have an underlying power combined with an atmosphere of reverence and immediacy, due part to excellent production, but mainly because McGraw is the master of conveying emotion and these songs involve very emotional subject matter. On first...Read more

This has been described as a dark album and it is, but there is plenty here to break it up.

I love "Mr. Whoever You Are", "You Had To Be There", "Forever Seventeen", "Still", "Love You Goodbye" and "Good Girls". I like stuff on the dark side myself.

"Ghost Town Train", along with "It's a Business Doing Pleasure With You" and "Southern Voice do a good job of keeping it moving. I especially appreciate the fact that Tim can lighten it up, sound wise anyway, and do age appropriate/place in life songs. He's way past the country boy stuff, as I am.

Bottom line, he picks great songs and delivers them in such a way that draws me in like no one else can. He's evolving and growing and I'm loving the journey!

Plain and simple...one of Tim's best Cd's ever. Trust me you will enjoy it. Each song is better than the one before and there's not a bad one in the whole group. I have not been a big fan of Tim's past few CD's but he has certianly redeemed himself in my eyes with this one. Way to go Tim!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!