A Few Questions

Clay Walker

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 2005)
• Original Release Date: September 9, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony Special Product
• ASIN: B000BYAC30
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #40,832 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Few Questions

2. Everybody Needs Love

3. Sweet Sun Angel

4. Jesus Was a Country Boy

5. I Can't Sleep

6. Coming Back Again

7. Heaven Leave the Light On

8. I'm in the Mood for You

9. When She's Good She's Good

10. This Is What Matters

11. Countrified

12. I Don't Want to Know

13. I Can't Forget Her

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A thoughtful, soulful, intelligent album, October 30, 2003

By	Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

This review is from: A Few Questions (Audio CD)

I wasn't wild about the musical end of this album -- Walker and his production are both a bit thin -- but the lyrical content is quite striking. Although Walker only wrote a couple of the songs, this album has a very personal feel, and a sense of cohesion and depth that is all too rare in contemporary pop and country. It opens with the title track, which is one of those lofty efforts that I call "issue songs," a subgenre I don't generally care much for, as it seems opportunistic and contrived. However, on this track (which was also the album's lead single), Walker may surprise a few folks with his sincere questioning of our world's injustice and imbalances, not merely deploring when "bad things happening to good people," but also questioning the privelege and affluence he enjoys as a modern American. Even more surprising is that the album actually continues along in the same vein, for song after song. Walker returns to the issue of American materialism and spiritual drift on songs such as "Everybody Needs Love," the potentially controversial "Jesus Was A Country Boy" (where he sings, "I bet he never had a million dollars/or wore a lot of fancy clothes...") and, most effectively, on "This Is What Matters," where Walker encourages the world to turn off the cell phones and fax lines, and kick back with nature, family and friends for awhile. The album is dedicated, not surprisingly, to "the good Lord," but Walker eschews the self-serving "told you so" smugness that many self-styled Christians drape themselves in, and actually seems to be searching for both answers and for a personal philosophy that will allow him to live life as a good, whole human being, one who is engaged with other people and with the world around him... He's not parading his religion, he's actually exploring his spiritual values, and it's an interesting effort, made all the more thought provoking for the highly commercial context.  This isn't the greatest Nashville-style country I've ever heard, but it is a substantive, earnest album, notable amid an ocean of crass, cynical, individualistic self-involvement. Good for Clay!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He's back and better than ever!, September 21, 2003

By	DanD - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This review is from: A Few Questions (Audio CD)

It's safe to say that Clay Walker has one of the countriest voices in the music business today. He was made to sing country music--which is good, for those of us who're his fans.

"A Few Questions" is a powerful CD, full of good music and good times. It also has a wide range of material--from powerful, emotionally-charged ballads like the title track, "I Don't Want to Know," "I Can't Forget Her", and "I Can't Sleep"; to country-rockers like "Everybody Needs Love", "Swee Sun Angel," and "Countrified"; to sexy rock/country blends like "I'm In the Mood for You" and "When She's Good She's Good" (but when she's bad she's better); and laid-back country tunes like "Jesus Was a Country Boy", "Heaven Leave the Light On," and "This is What Matters."

Walker doesn't display his songwriting ability on this album as much--which may or may not be a good thing. Let's just say that the album is great the way it is. There are a few flaws--"Coming Back Again" is a bit awkward, and even good tunes like "Everybody Needs Love" and "Sweet Sun Angel" are a bit cliched. Still, Clay Walker delivers a good album with his excellent voice.

There is no question about it: "A Few Questions" is one of the best albums of the summer (or fall, depending on your point of view). Just...ah, heck, just buy this album, because it's worth every penny you spend!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CD full of #1 Hits, September 17, 2003

By	TarHeelCWFan (NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Few Questions (Audio CD)

This is a great cd, with 13 songs to sing along to. Clay shows off his writing ability again, as co-writer of Jesus Was A Country Boy and I Can't Sleep. All of his songs are great. Once again I have to say `my favorite song is the one that is playing now.' This is really the album to get. Wonderful!! Thanks Clay Walker and Band for a #1 Album.