Between Raising Hell & Amazing Grace

Big & Rich | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 5, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000OCXM6I
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,874 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Lost In This Moment

3. Between Raising Hell And Amazing Grace

4. Faster Than Angels Fly

5. Eternity -- featuring John Legend

6. When The Devil Gets The Best Of Me

7. Radio Intro

8. Radio

9. You Never Stop Loving Somebody

10. High Five

11. Please Man -- featuring Wyclef Jean

12. You Shook Me All Night Long

13. Loud

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

At the height of their 2004 "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" fame, Big & Rich's one lament was that radio didn't know what to do with them, even though they sold two million copies of their debut album, Horse of a Different Color. Their follow-up, 2005's Comin' to Your City, likewise failed to score a Top 10 single, but still went platinum. Now comes their third album, and their first single, "Lost in This Moment"--an overtly emotional ballad about getting hitched--is selling like Gatorade at a chili cook-off. Are Music City's most likeable lunatics playing it safe? Well, it sounds that way. And if that's a disappointment, given their initial rollicking (and much needed) assault on staid Nashville, there's more bad news. Big Kenny's loopy songs of peace, love, and hippified unity (especially the overblown "Eternity," featuring John Legend) now sound so familiar, replete with Pentecostal blathering ("Brothers and sisters..."), you can sing along the first time you hear them. The duo sequences the album like a vinyl disc of old, with a virtual A-side (ballads) and B-side (rockers). Not surprising, the B-side wins, even if "Radio" owes too much to the self-aggrandizing hullabaloo of Comin' to Your City and Wyclef Jean drops by to rap a few country clichés. It takes an awfully long time for this album to be fun, but it eventually does, with an AC/DC cover ("You Shook Me All Night Long") and a Brooks & Dunnish turbo-tonker ("Loud"). Fans of Big & Rich already understand that they take their spirituality as seriously as their sinning. But next time, here's hoping they spend more time in Saturday night, and less in Sunday morning. --Alanna Nash

Product Description

On their third album, Big & Rich bust down the doors of country music with new sounds, new energy and new audiences. The title Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace describes not only this collection but also Big & Rich themselves. Thank heaven for Big & Rich!

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!, June 8, 2007

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t-rav (Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Between Raising Hell & Amazing Grace (Audio CD)

I'm a big B&R fan so maybe I'm a little biased but I find it hard to believe some of the people ripping on the slower songs on the album and saying there are no "rowdy" songs to go with them. First off, listen to the lyrics of these songs. Some amazing song writing then you add in the trademark harmony these guys have and it's some of the best stuff they have made to date I think. The lyric "I might be passing out on Friday night but come Sunday I'll be passing the collection plate" on "Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace" is classic B&R song writing and relates to them very well. If you see any of the various DVD packages and internet interviews and videos watch them and you'll see what I mean.

"Loud" and "Radio" are classic "rowdy" songs in my opinion, even "High Five" too. I'll crank those songs up in the car and I get the same rush as I do listening to something like "Comin' to Your City." And who ever said Wyclef Jean is country? They don't proclaim that anywhere nor do they with soul artist John Legend. So since Kenny Chesney has recorded with Uncle Cracker that means they think he's country too? Give me a break, this is nothing new. Country artists have featured people from other genres on their albums long before Big & Rich have.

Muzik without predjudice people, who cares about genres? I listen to what I think good music is and I think anyone whether you are country, pop, rap, rock, or whatever if you make good music that people like that's the whole point. Go see Big & Rich in concert sometime and I promise you you'll find one diverse group of folks there and you will hardly ever sit down into your seat from the energy they bring on stage. They can still slow it down with the best of them with the ballads too but can't please everyone anymore. Some say they are too rocked up now some say they are too slow. Just enjoy that they can do both and they do it VERY well!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Album, June 8, 2007

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Ryan (Niceville FL) - See all my reviews
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I loved the album! To those that are concerned there are not enough fast songs I recommend they consider the digital versions of the CD as there is a deluxe edition with several more fast songs!

Another great cd showing that genres do not matter anymore that music is music and should be enjoyed by all!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Country Music Without Prejudice, June 5, 2007

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S. Smith "Music Lover" (Colonial Beach, Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Between Raising Hell & Amazing Grace (Audio CD)

Big and Rich state that they sing "Country music without prejudice" and with this album they prove that. They bring in other genres of music and show that country music can exist outside the small sphere of standard country riffs.

And, not only do Big and Rich draw an adult crowd of fans, but children as well. My almost four-year-old nephew is their biggest fan and well on his way to knowing all the lyrics to this amazing album.

Big and Rich are the future of music as the genres are more and more combined into one world of music.