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1. Watching Airplanes
2. We Touched the Sun
3. She's So California
4. Like It's A Bad Thing
5. Learning How to Bend
6. As Long as You're Looking Back
7. Wrecking Ball
8. Yesterday's Rain
9. Trying to Matter
10. Half of My Mistakes
11. Living Hard

1. Slippin' Away
(Featuring Vince Gill)
2. My Perfect Reason
(Featurig Dolly Parton)
3. I've Got A Thing About a Five String
4. The Cold Hard Facts of Life
5. Everything I Want (And Not A Thing I Need)
(Featuring Jon Randall)
6. Give It Away
7. I Never Once Stopped Loving You
8. The Lord Knows I'm Drinking
(Featuring Willie Nelson)
9. He's Got The Whole World in His Hands
(Featuring Vince Gill ad Jan Howard)
10. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
11. I'll Be Somewhere Listening
12. In The Garden
13. Using My Bible for a Roadmap
14. I Love to Tell the Story
15. If I Could Here My Mother Pray Again
16. Amazing Grace

DVD
Featuring a 30 minute DVD and music
performance video of "Slippin' Away" as seen
on TV
Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry
Scenes from the Ryman Auditorium
Guest appearances by Grand Ole Opry artists
and members
Inside stories on the career of Bill Anderson

1. Long Line of Losers
2. Feels Good Don't It
3.Ain't Dead Yet
4. Me and the Boys
(Duet with George Jones)
5. I Pulled a Hank Last Night
6. What's Your Point?
7. Bring it On
8. Cheaper to Keep Her
9. Slow Down
10. Now You're Talkin'
11. Best Mistake I Ever Made
12. Let's Start Livin'
13. Honky Tonk Junkie

PERFECTION...PURE PERFECTION!!!!!

WITH THIS CD, KEVIN COMES OF AGE

FAITH HILL

"THE HITS"

WB 44230-2

Produced by Byron Gallimore and Faith Hill
* Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw and Darran Smith
** Produced by Dann Huff, Byron Gallimore and
Faith Hill
*** Marti Fredericksen
**** Produced by Trevor Horn and Byron Gallimore
***** Produced by Dann Huff and Faith Hill
@ Produced by Scott Hendricks and Co-Produced
by Faith Hill
@@ Produced by Scott Hendricks

RASCAL FLATTS

"STILL FEELS GOOD"

LYRIC STREET D000038402

Produced by Dann Huff and Rascal Flatts

LEANN RIMES

"FAMILY"

CURB D2-78994

Produced by Dann Huff
* Produced by Tony Brown and Reba McEntire

1. Red Umbrella
2. Stronger (Live)
3. I Need You (With Tim McGraw) *
4. Lost
5. Mississippi Girl **
6. Cry ***
7. There You'll Be ****
8. The Way You Love Me
9. Breathe
10. The Secret of Life
11. Let Me Let Go
12. This Kiss
13. It Matters To Me @
14. Piece of My Heart @@
15. Wild One @@

1. Take Me There
2. Here
3. Bob That Head
4. Help Me Remember
5. Still Feels Good
6. Winner at a Losing Game
7. No Reins
8. Every Day
9. Secret Smile
10. Better Now
11. She Goes All the Way
12. How Strong Are You Now
13. It's Not Supposed to Go Like That

1. Family
2. Nothing Better To Do
3. Fight
4. Good Friend and a Glass of Wine
5. Something I Can Feel
6. I Want You with Me
7. Doesn't Everybody
8. Nothing Wrong
(Duet with Marc Broussard)
9. Pretty Things
10. Upper Hand
11. One Day Too Long
12. What I Cannot Change
13. Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore
(Duet with Bon Jovi)
14. When You Love Someone Like This
(Duet with Reba McEntire)

I HOPE THEY FOLLOW WITH A DVD
PACKAGE OF THE VIDEOS. A MUST FOR
NEW FAITH FANS.

TRIPLE PLATINUM AT LEAST BUT HOW
ABOUT SOME COUNTRY MUSIC?

THIS MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT CD OF
LEANN'S CAREER TO DATE. THERE IS A
MATURITY BEEYOND HER YEARS. THIS
MAY BE TO WHAT THE NEWBIES SUCH AS
TAYLOR SWIFT HAVE TO ASPIRE. THE
DUET WITH REBA IS PRICELESS.

JOSH TURNER

"EVERYTHING IS FINE"

MCA B0008904-02

Produced by Frank Rogers

CARRIE UNDERWOOD

"CARNIVAL RIDE"

ARISTA/19 88697-11221-2

Produced by Mark Bright

SARA EVANS

"GREATEST HITS"

RCA 88697-08770-2

Produced by John Shanks (Previously unreleased)
* Produced by Sara Evans and Paul Worley
** Sara Evans and Mark Bright
*** Produced by Norro Wilson and Buddy Cannon

1. Everything Is Fine
2. Firecracker
3. Another Try
(Featuring Trisha Yearwood)
4. So Not My Baby
5. Trailerhood
6. Baby, I Go Crazy
7. Nowhere Fast
(Duet with Anthony Hamilton)
8. The Longer The Waiting [The Sweeter The
Kiss]
9. One Woman Man
10. Soulmate
11. The Way He Was Raised
12. South Carolina Low Country

1. Flat On The Floor
2. All-American Girl
3. So Small
4. Just A Dream
5. Get Out Of This Town
6. Crazy Dreams
7. I Know You Won't
8. Last Name
9. You Won't Find This
10. I Told You So
11. The More Boys I Meet
12. Twisted
13. Wheel Of The World

1. As If
2. Born to Fly *
3. I Could Not Ask For More *
4. Perfect *
5. Cheatin' **
6. Suds in the Bucket *
7. Saints & Angels *
8. You'll Always Be My Baby **
9. I Keep Looking *
10. No Place That Far ***
11. A Real Fie Place To Start **
12. Love You With All My Heart
13. Pray For You
14. Some Things Never Change

The Grand Ole Opry's newest son delivers
with this coming of age CD. Josh is one of
the few new traditionalists and is going to be
around for a long, long time.

Carrie's sophomore CD is bound to be as
successful as her debut. It has Country
touches including Carrie's cover of Randy
Travis' 'I Told You So' but is really a Pop
album recorded in Nashville but I guess that
is what radio and the young "Country" fans
want. A couple of queries..why did Mark
Bright not use Carrie's road drummer who, I
know, is a great studio player because I gave
him his first studio gig and why were such
average photographs used on the sleeve. I
wanted to like this CD because I like Carrie
as a person and perhaps it will grow on me
after a dozen listens. If it does, be sure I will
revise my comments.

Looking at the photographs, it seems like
Sara has become the Dottie West of the new
millennium. It seems hard to believe that she
has amassed this many hits but Sara is an
artist that has grown since her early promise
as the next traditionalist. However, what sets
Sara apart from the rest is a real Country
voice. I particularly liked the John Shanks'
produced tracks and the stand out Radney
Foster/George Ducas song, 'A Real Fine
Place To Start.'

GEORGE STRAIT

"22 MORE HITS"

MCA B0010258-02

Produced by Tony Brown and George Strait for
George Strait Productions
* Produced by Blake Mevis for Southwind
Productions
** Produced by Jimmy Bowen and George Strait
for Lynwood Productions
*** Produced by Jimmy Bowen for Lynwood
Productions and George Strait for George Strait
Productions

BROOKS & DUNN

"COWBOY TOWN"

ARISTA 88697-11163-2

Produced by Tony Brown, Ronnie Dunn and Kix
Brooks
* Originally cut by Kix Brooks and Bob DiPiero

MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY

"COWBOY SONGS VOL. 5"

NO LABEL DETAILS

Produced by Bobby Blazier & Jerry Hunter
For Blazing Saddles Productions & Ryan
Murphey

1. How 'Bout Them Cowgirls
2. Amarillo By Morning *
3. The Fireman **
4. Gone As A Girl Can Get ***
5. When Did You Stop Loving Me
6. Marina Del Rey *
7. Desperately
8. The Cowboy Rides Away **
9. Lovebug
10. Cowboys Like Us
11. She Let Herself Go
12. You'll Be There
13. Don't Make Me Come Over There And
Love You
14. What Do You Say To That
15. Drinking Champagne ***
16. You're Something Special To Me ***
17. Meanwhile
18. Adalida
19. If You Can Do Anything Else
20. Unwound *
21. If You're Thinking You Want A Stranger
[There's One Coming Home] *
22. Overnight Success ***

1. Cowboy Town
2. Proud Of The House We Built
3. Johnny Cash Junkie (Buck Owens Freak)
4. Cowboys Don't Cry
5. Put A Girl In It
6. Ballad Of Jerry Jeff Walker *
(Featuring Jerry Jeff Walker)
7. Tequila
8. Drop In The Bucket *
9. Drunk On Love
10. Chance Of A Lifetime *
11. American Dreamer
12. God Must Be Busy

1. Free Rein (Jessica's Song)
2. Close To The Land (America's Heartland
Theme)
3. The Wheel Comes Around (Morgan's
Song)
(Guest Vocal: Sonya Isaacs)
4. Dry Lightning
5. Out Of Line (Karen's Song)
6. Long And Lonesome Ride To Dalhart
7. Storm Over The Rangeland (The Ballad Of
Kit Laney)
8. Ride Out The Storm
9. Bluebonnets
10. My Country Under God (Sarah's Song)
11. America's Heartland Reprise/Simple Gifts
12. Wildfire
(With Lonestar)
13. Wildfire
(Vocal: Michael Martin Murphey)

Pure Country...Pure Magic. Listing to some of
George's early hits one wonders why the
writers are no longer enjoying hits. They don't
make them like Dean Dillon, Frank Dycus,
Whitel Shafer, Wayland Holyfield, Wayne
Kempand Sonny Throckmorton anymore.
This is a CD every Country fan needs to play
and play and play. 22 is an amicable number
and this is as amicable as it comes.

This is an interesting release on many levels
not least of which are the songwriting
pairings. Ronnie Dunn writing with Paul
Nelson, Larry Boone and Terry McBride and
Kix Brooks getting together with the legendary
Bob DiPiero. These co-writes especially by
Kix and Bob have breathed new life into
B & D's career. The CD must be a candidate
for Album of the Year.

It is hard to imagine a bad album from Triple
M and so this CD does not disappoint. If
Country radio wants to play Country music
they could start by putting this CD into major
rotation. This CD will live in my car for a long,
long time!!!

GARTH BROOKS

"GARTH BROOKS: THE ULTIMATE HITS"

PEARL 85420-6001-213-04

Produced by Allen Reynolds

TRISHA YEARWOOD

"HEAVEN, HEARTACHE AND THE POWER OF
LOVE"

BIG MACHINE BMR020302

Produced by Garth Fundis
* Produced by Matraca Berg, Jim Collins, Garth
Fundis

JERRY McCOMB

"MY SIDE OF TOWN"

PARALLEL NO CAT #

Produced by Paul T. Riddle

DISC 1:
1. Ain't Goin' Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up)
2. Friends In Low Places
3. Shameless
4. Two Of A Kind, Workin' On A Full House
5. The Beaches Of Cheyenne
6. If Tomorrow Never Comes
7. Papa Loved Mama
8. More Than A Memory
9. Good Ride Cowboy
10. In Another's Eyes
(The Duet With Trisha Yearwood)
11. The Fever
12. Midnight Sun
13. Learning To Live Again
14. Longneck Bottle
(Featuring Steve Wariner)
15. To Make You Feel My Love
16. We Shall Be Free
17. The Dance
DISC TWO:
1. Calling Baton Rouge
2. Two Pina Coladas
3. The Thunder Rolls
4. That Summer
5. The River
6. Beer Run
(The Duet With George Jones)
7. Unanswered Prayers
8. Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
9. Workin' For A Livin'
(The Duet With Huey Lewis)
10. What She's Doing Now
11. When You Come Back To Me Again
(From Frequency)
12. Standing Outside The Fire
13. American Honky-Tonk Bar Association
14. The Change
15. Rodeo
16. Wrapped Up In You
17. Leave A Light On
DVD:
1. Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
2. If Tomorrow Never Comes
3. The Dance
4. Friends In Low Places
5. Unanswered Prayers
6. Two Of A Kind, Workin' On A Full House
7. The Thunder Rolls
8. Rodeo
9. Shameless
10. Papa Loved Mama
11. What She's Doing Now
12. The River
13. We Shall Be Free
14. Learning To Live Again
15. That Summer
16. Standing Outside The Fire
17. Ain't Goin' Down ('Til The Sun Comes Up)
18. Callin' Baton Rouge
19. American Honky-Tonk Bar Association
20. The Fever
21. To Make You Feel My Love
22. The Beaches Of Cheyenne
23. The Change
24. Two Pina Coladas
25. Longneck Bottle
(with special guest Steve Wariner)
26. In Another's Eyes
(the duet with Trisha Yearwood)
27. Wrapped Up In You
Beer Run
(the duet with George Jones)
28. When You Come Back To Me Again
(from Frequency)
29. Good Ride Cowboy
30. More Than A Memory
31. Workin' For A Livin'
(the duet with Huey Lewis)
32. Midnight Sun

1. Heaven, Heartache Ad The Power Of Love
2. This Is Me You're Talking To
3. They Call It Falling For A Reason *
4. Nothin' 'Bout Memphis
5. We Tried
6. Let The Wind Chase You
(With Keith Urban)
7. The Dreaming Fields
8. Cowboys Are My Weakness
9. Help Me
10. Not A Bad Thing
11. Nothin' About You Is Good For Me
12. Drown Me
13. Sing You Back To Me

1. Wagon Wheel
2. Slow Me Down
3. We Were Something
4. Next Time I Leave
5. This Town Needs A Bar
6. Miss Mexico
7. I Can Live With That
8. Day One
9. You're Killin' Me
10. Cold
11. Not Tonight
12. Perfect

The problem with the word "ultimate" is that
something is going to be left out that
happens to be one of your favorites. It's like
"Greatest Hits" and "The Best Of." For me. it
was that delicious duet with Trisha, "Squeeze
Me In." However, I must own up to nitpicking.
This is an excellent coverage of the first
phase of Garth's career and the start of part
two. This is, of course, at #1 ans the more
remarkably so because it is only available
through WalMart. DEFINITELY THE ALBUM
OF THE MONTH.

Trisha's debut CD for Big Machine is an
excellent affair. However, it may be too good.
Country music has gone on to a greater level
of mediocrity and quality may be hard to
sustain. One can only hope. The only
negative thing about the CD is the
photography. Why were such unflattering
photographs chosen and why did the
package designer chop off fingers?. Trisha is
not an amputee!! That apart, this is Trisha's
best CD in an illustrious career.

Jeremy is managed by .P. Williams who
looks after Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and the
other Blue Comedy comedians. He is also
the first artist to be released on J.P.'s Parallel
label. In addition, Jeremy is represented by
Bobby Cudd at Monterey Peninsular Artists
and has Vanessa Davis . All of this is good
for a fledgling artist. However, Jeremy's best
asset is the fact that he is a damn fine
singer, a damn fine writer and HE IS
COUNTRY. I am gonna go out on a very
stable limb and say, Jeremy McComb is
going to be up there in 2008. He is in the
same real country area as Luke Bryan and
Rodney Atkins AND I LOVE IT!!

THE WRECKERS

"WAY BACK HOME: LIVE FROM NEW YORK
CITY"

WARNER BROS. 302780-2

Produced by Ned Doyle
DVD Producer: David May
DVD Associate Producer: Raena Winscott

LAURA BRYNA

"TRYING TO BE ME"

EQUITY EMG-3013

Produced by Roger Sarchet
* Produced by Kyle Lehning and Roger Sarchet

TRACE ADKINS

"AMERICAN MAN,
GREATEST HITS VOLUME II"

CAPITOL 09463-76927-2-1

Various Producers
* Produced by Frank Rogers

CD:
1. The Good King
2. Love Me Like That
3. Way Back Home
4. Damn That Radio
5. Crazy People
6. Cigarettes
7. My, Oh My
8. Different Truck, Same Loser
9. Tennessee
10. Lay Me Down
11. Leave The Pieces
12. Stand Still, Look Pretty
13. Rain

DVD:
1. The Good King
2. Love Me Like That
3. Way Back Home
4. Damn That Radio
5. Crazy People
6. Cigarettes
7. My, Oh My
8. Different Truck, Same Loser
9. Tennessee
10. Lay Me Down
11. Leave The Pieces
12. Stand Still, Look Pretty
13. Rain

1. Life Is Good
2. Maybe She Fell
3. Set It On Fire
4. Room 228
5. Same Dog
6. Make A Wish *
7. Out The Window
8. 640 Battlefield Drive *
9. According To The Radio
10. She Can't Save Him
11. No Man's Land
12. Smoke From A Bridge You Burned
13. (Bonus) I Don't Have A Thing To Wear

1. Ladies Love Country Boys
2. I Got My Game On *
3. You're Gonna Miss This *
4. Honky Tonk Badonkadonk
5. Hot Mama
6. Rough & Ready
7. Arlington
8. Songs About Me
9. Chrome
10. I Wanna Feel Something
11. Swing
12. American Man *
13. I Came Here To Live

In many ways, this is the CD/DVD that should
have come first because it actually gets the
listener to understand what the Wreckers are
about. However, it is indicative of how
Jessica and Michelle view themselves and
how the label views them that a live album
was released so early in their career. This
may be because the duo could have their feet
in several musical camps. A good CD with
perhaps only one negative and that is the
production of the drums which sound very flat
at times.

Laura first came to my attention through her
manager/producer, Roger Sarchet: he and I
go way back. Her debut CD has some good
touches and she reminds me at times of
Helen Reddy. Musically the CD is right in the
groove for 2007 Country and well produced.
Overall, the CD is workmanlike without being
stellar.

It speaks volumes that Trace has now
reached his second Volume of Greatest Hits.
Trace's brand of bravura Country in the
tradition of honky tonk music. This is a
welcome addition to any collection and
boasts four new recordings produced by
Frank Rogers.

KEITH URBAN

"GREATEST HITS"

CAPITOL 509995-07685-2-3

Produced by Dann Huff and Keith Urban
* Produced by Matt Rollings and Keith Urban

1. Romeo's Tune
2. Got It Right This Time (The Celebration)
3. I Told You So [Radio Edit]
4. Stupid Boy
5. Better Life
6. Making Memories Of Us [Radio Edit]
7. Once In A Lifetime [Radio Edit]
8. Tonight I Wanna Cry
9. You're My Better Half [Radio Edit]
10. Days Go By [Radio Edit]
11. But For The Grace Of God* [Radio Edit]
12. You'll Think Of Me [Radio Edit]
13. Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me [Radio Edit]
14. Raining On Sunday [Radio Edit]
15. Where The Blacktop Ends* [Radio Edit]
16. Your Everything* [Radio Edit]
17. Somebody Like You
18. Everybody [Radio Edit]

It seems only yesterday that Keith or rather
keith was leading The Ranch and getting
no-where. Now, Keith is one of music's major
stars and a multi-award winner. It couldn't
happen to a nicer guy. I still have that signed
photograph, mate, and I value the warm
comments. I think that as his career develops
he will become a bigger force outside of
Country music and be recognized for not only
his songwriting and singing but also for his
fine picking.