The Reason Why

LBT's harmonies soar on their fourth release. The first single "Little White church" is sassy and fun with its cheeky lyrics and contagious hand claps. "Life Rolls On" is probably the second-most singable song on the CD and is really positive. I love Phillip's husky vocals on "All Over Again" and "Kiss Goodbye", it is awesome how they switch up leads and everything clicks so well. Karen owns "Shut Up Train", a very simple bluesy song, that is so haunting. And "You Can't Have Everything" is a fantastic COUNTRY song that Kimberly sings like a bird and the pedal steel is over the top. "Lean Into It" has a great message and "Why Oh Why" with its great guitar riffs and tight harmonies. One of the best new CDs this year.

As anyone whos been following the music of Little Big Town since 1998 should know, this is one of those rare country bands whose lineup has never changed, and who incorporate sounds of old-time Americana in their work to such an extent that you could easily mistake their recordings for something circa 1986. Of course, this may or may not be a good thing depending upon their target audience, but things have definitely improved on "The Reason Why", which is on their fourth label (hopefully they stick to this one for a while), and noticeably their most slickly produced work to date.

Listen, theres a wide country audience out there that gives equal credit to the likes of George Strait, Brad Paisley & Miranda Lambert, and honestly, Little Big Town is neither better nor worse than those acts. What they do have in spades, perhaps even more than Rascal Flatts & Montgomery Gentry do, is some great harmonizing. Comprised of Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, and...Read more

There have always been some of Little Big Town's songs that I don't care for as much as others so I have never bought one of their cds. But, I love everything on their newest cd, The Reason Why. All of their voices are so strong and inflected with emotion, that it is hard to choose who is the most talented. The songs are at times very upbeat and fun and then they become beautiful and haunting and I appreciate the variation. It is obvious much effort and time have gone into this cd and I think the results are well worth the wait. From the very first catchy lines and music of The Reason Why, you will be hooked. I know I was.