Comments on: Your Take: Cherry Picking

By: Stormy

Stormy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:42:20 +0000

On a related note–I heard about a Drive By Trucker album today. I bought said album today. I enjoyed said album. Isn’t that the way it should be?

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:28:44 +0000

Matt, I’m glad to hear that as Cris N. at Country Weekly was right on when he reviewed Chris’s debut album and described it as so full of filler he was surprised the disc didn’t float away! Its nice that the current single from Chris has finally hit the Top 20 at country radio. If his new album is as good as you say, then maybe he can have the career his talent deserves. Country radio desperately needs another Keith Whitley type these days.

Some of my favorite No skip albums:
Lane Turner – Right On Time (sadly unreleased)
The Woodys – Teardrops and Diamonds (Amazingly good!)
Kimber Sparks – Its Her Turn (Aussie album)
Harmony James – Tailwind (Aussie album)
Trish Murphy – Girls Get In Free (Although “St. Christopher” makes my finger twitch a little)
Willie & The Wheel! (Now that is m kind of music!)

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:55:43 +0000

I Just got Chris Young’s new record and it really feels like a “no filler” album.

By: Lanibug

Lanibug — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:25:38 +0000

I will have to add one more –

Satisfied by Ashley Monroe

By: Mayor Jobob

Mayor Jobob — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:23:15 +0000

Holy crap I almost forgot David Ball! “Thinkin’ Problem” and “Starlite Lounge” are two of the best country albums of the 90’s, no filler and upbeat from start to finish! I’m done now. Goodnight

By: Mayor Jobob

Mayor Jobob — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:18:52 +0000

P.S. suck it up you big babies, this ain’t youtube.

By: Mayor Jobob

Mayor Jobob — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:18:10 +0000

Garth Brooks feels like Hank Williams compared to today’s music. His first album is still the only one I listen to all the way through. I don’t cherry pick on Dierks Bentley’s first THREE albums. Same with Mark Chesnutt’s first THREE, except for “Daddy’s Will” on Almost Goodbye. Others:
“Don’t Rock the Jukebox” – Alan Jackson
“Guitar Town” – Steve Earle
“Red & Rio Grande” – Doug Supernaw
“Loving Proof” – Ricky Van Shelton
among others….

By: Razor X

Razor X — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:10:41 +0000

No, no, I said “honestly” and “accurate.” I suggest you consult a dictionary, since it appears you are unfamiliar with their meanings.

Sucks to lose the debate, doesn’t it, Jon?

By: J.R. Journey

J.R. Journey — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:01:11 +0000

That his singles were for sale is also irrelevant to this argument since they also had music videos and were ‘art’ in their own right.

I always thought Garth Brooks got too much criticism … Being the top-selling artist of all time, he is of course under fire and is an easy shot, but I honestly believe he deserves everything he’s accomplished and his music merits all those sales. I’d say that a few other artists should be selling like that too – but I can also understand demographics and public taste enough to know that my own taste don’t align with the mainstream much, and really never have. So Garth Brooks is the only artist who appears anywhere near the ‘top-selling artists of all time’ list that I even remotely interested in. The Beatles, Elvis, whoever else is up there don’t interest me at all. Never have. You have to go all the way down in the 20s and 30s, to another country artist like George Strait, Reba, or Alabama to find another artist who’s music I like nearly as much.

And this is coming from a person who has fully been exposed to almost every other artform that’s available to me When I was a kid – like under 15 – country music was still ‘hip’, then around the time I got to adult age, it became redneck and uncool again, and I’ve always attributed a lot of that to the absence of Garth Brooks. I still think he will come back and change the whole genre around again. The discussion we were having about artistic impact on the forums, had it included Garth Brooks, would have basically been a moot point for me – I’ve already realized he is the single-most important figure in country music history since Hank Williams. At least that’s how it appears from my own listening and studying…

By: Zayn Jones

Zayn Jones — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:35:46 +0000

The state of the music industry should force artists & labels to put out albums with no filler. Four hits & filler worked in the past, but can’t anymore. There is a way around the crap, now.

Two records that are 100% solid..

Miranda Lambert – Kerosene
Miranda Lambert – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

I’ll take a guess on number three..

Miranda Lambert – Revolution (Sept. 29)