Single reviews

Single Review: ‘Stop, Drop and Roll’ – Tracy Lawrence

13 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: ‘Stop, Drop and Roll’ – Tracy Lawrence
Songwriters: Casey Beathard, Brandon Kinney Following the 2011 stripped-down release, The Singer, Tracy Lawrence is readying a new full production album due to be released early in 2013. Mentions of the new music being “more edgy” had me wondering if he would abandon his familiar sound altogether to keep up with the current rock-influenced country Read More

Single Review: ‘Southern Comfort Zone’ – Brad Paisley

13 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: ‘Southern Comfort Zone’ – Brad Paisley
Songwriters: Brad Paisley, Kelley Lovelace, Chris DuBois Over his career, Brad Paisley has released singles in broadly three categories: novelty songs, love songs, and message songs. His strength has been in making the novelty songs not too gimmicky, the love songs not too sappy, and the message songs not too preachy. New single, ‘Southern Comfort Read More

Single Review: ‘You Go Your Way’ – Alan Jackson

13 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: ‘You Go Your Way’ – Alan Jackson
Songwriters: Troy Jones, Tony Lane, David Lee Alan Jackson has released a third single, ‘You Go Your Way,’ from his Thirty Miles West album. ‘You go your way/and I’ll go crazy’ ends the chorus, but Jackson’s telling of this tale reveals not a hint of any descent into ‘crazy.’ Instead, we get a matter-of-fact performance Read More

Single Review: ‘Cruise’ – Florida Georgia Line

13 years ago Liv Carter 1
Songwriters: Tyler Hubbard, Brian Kelley, Chase Rice, Jesse Rice, Joey Moi After signing with Republic Nashville, country duo Florida Georgia Line sent their single, ‘Cruise,’ back to country radio. After just a few weeks, the song is, if you’ll forgive me, cruising up the charts making good use of the last few days of summer. Read More

Single Review: ‘Can’t Shake You’ – Gloriana

13 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: ‘Can’t Shake You’ – Gloriana
Songwriters: Tom Gossin, James Slater, Stephanie Bentley Having come agonizingly close to a #1 hit with ‘(Kissed You) Good Night,’ trio Gloriana tries again with new single, ‘Can’t Shake You.’ With the subject being that one person who lingers in your mind long after a break-up, ‘Can’t Shake You,’ could be the next chapter in Read More

Single Review: Outta My Head – Craig Campbell

13 years ago Liv Carter 3
Songwriters: Michael Carter, Brandon Kinney, Cole Swindell After his impressive, self-titled debut album, Craig Campbell is ready for the sophomore release challenge. He starts out strong with first single, ‘Outta My Head.’ You can sanitize your surroundings of the material reminders of that lost love but you can’t run from your memories, such is the Read More

Single Review: Beer with Jesus – Thomas Rhett

13 years ago Liv Carter 3
Songwriters: Thomas Rhett, Rick Huckaby, Lance Miller Following his debut single, top 15 hit ‘Something to Do with My Hands,’ Thomas Rhett gets a little more serious on the follow-up. From the hypothetical of ‘if you could have a conversation with a historical figure…,’ he imagines what he would do if he could have a Read More

Single Review: I Like Girls that Drink Beer – Toby Keith

13 years ago Liv Carter 3
Songwriters: Toby Keith, Bobby Pinson There is a difference between releasing material geared toward an audience and pandering to it. While Toby Keith has been good at doing the former, he is often guilty of the latter. As such, he has been populating too many of his songs with beer-swilling ‘dudebros.’ And now, apparently, he Read More