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(63 customer reviews) 40 of 51 people found the following review helpful
Keith's Best From The Second Phase Of His Career,
December 3, 2004 James E. Bagley "Jim Bagley" (Sanatoga, PA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Toby Keith, Greatest Hits 2 (Audio CD)
For over ten years, Toby Keith has been one of country music's most perceptive analyzers of damaged relationships. It wasn't until he left Mercury Records and joined DreamWorks Records in 1999, however, that he reached country's upper echelons by infusing a lot more attitude into his music.
Greatest Hits 2 concentrates on Keith's most successful singles from his first three DreamWorks albums (1999's How Do You Like Me Now?, 2001's Pull My Chain, and 2002's Unleashed) . Most of them - like "How Do You Like Me Now," "I'm Just Talking About Tonight," "I Wanna Talk About Me," and Who's Your Daddy - are full throttled romps that showcase Keith's twisted humor. There's also a couple of change of pace ballads ("You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like That" and "The List") that add some substance to the proceedings.
For the Keith fan who already has the hits, there are three new recordings. "Go With Her" and "Stays In Mexico" are uptempo cautionary tales that sizzle and bite...Read more
33 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Attitude, love, drinking...sounds like Toby Keith!,
November 9, 2004 DanD - See all my reviews
This review is from: Toby Keith, Greatest Hits 2 (Audio CD)
Ok, some people are gonna look at this CD and see: TOBY KEITH. Their first thought: arrogant, grandstanding, flag-waving redneck. Others will look at it and think, A brilliant singer/songwriter who isn't afraid to speak his mind.
Doesn't matter which side of the fence you lean on. True, this album features Toby's attitude more than anything else (he's written better tunes than these--"Stays in Mexico" has to be the worst song he's ever wrote, even if it is infectious). Two ballads ("When Loves Fades" and "Rock You Baby") are not included on here. The two ballads that are ("You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This," actually a very well-written song, and "My List," which Keith didn't write) are indeed among his better material. The rest of the stuff..."The Angry American" was appropriate for its time (who didn't want to put a boot in a certain part of Osama bin Laden's anatomy?), but hasn't aged too well. "How Do You Like Me Now?!" is now belittled by the attitude of the rest...Read more
16 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Outstanding,
October 16, 2005 William D. Shingleton "Wishful Thinking Is No... (United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Toby Keith, Greatest Hits 2 (Audio CD)
I can't say that I'm a huge Toby Keith fan, but I am a fan of country music and I think this is one of the best albums to come around in a long, long time. If you are a Toby Keith fan, you will find all of the big hits he's had over the last few years on this album - everything from How Do You Like Me Now to Mockingbird, with new live versions of You Ain't Much Fun Since I Quit Drinkin' and I Should Have Been a Cowboy at the end.
For people who aren't familar with Toby Keith, this is an excellent introduction of the kind of music that he's producing now. Earlier in his career Toby Keith's hits were a little more low-tempo and sounded (both in terms of instruments and lyrics) like old-school country songs. The shift in Toby Keith's music since he moved to Dreamworks is that now he is far more likely to use a rock guitar than a steel one. The content, however, has not changed - Keith is still singing about drinking and cheating in the best tradition of Hank Williams...Read more
