Big Time

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Author: Adkins, Trace

Format: Import

Release Date: 21-10-1997

Details: Product DescriptionThis was Trace’s sophomore effort. In 1997 it delivered the big hit « Nothin’ but Taillights. »Amazon.caAfter many years on the Gulf Coast and then the Nashville dance-hall circuit, Trace Adkins finally released his debut album,Dreamin’ Out Loud, in 1996. Not only did he score three No. 1 hits, but critics responded warmly to his gorgeous baritone, his tasteful sense of understatement, and his neo-honky-tonk instincts. Adkins, though, is not much of a songwriter–he cowrote two songs on his debut and two more on his followup,Big Time. As a result, he’s only as good as the songs he sings, and the 10 new tunes on the new album are a pretty lackluster bunch. The title track is one verbal and music clich after another (« A sip of champagne by candlelight … let ’em dance until the cows come home » he sings over a generic Brooks & Dunn ripoff), and it sets the tone for the whole project. « See Jane Run » is meant to parody the naivet of first-grade readers but merely reproduces it. « Nothin’ But Taillights » has the misfortune of appearing in the wake of the much better, similarly-named title track on the new Clint Black album. Adkins can still be an appealing singer when he gets the right material, as he proves on a haunting, unplugged version of the old hymn, « Wayfaring Stranger. »–Geoffrey Himes

UPC: 724385585623

EAN: 0724385585623

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: New