Labor Pains

Michael Lee Austin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 2005)
• Original Release Date: November 7, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Alive
• ASIN: B000CAKVI4
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #339,169 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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"Austin’s vocals are easily the equivalent of a Travis Tritt or an Alan Jackson..." --neufutur.com, December 6, 2005

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"traditional country rock sound that isn’t often found... and would be a rare gem on CMT" --J. Sin, Smother Magazine, December 11, 2005

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fresh Voice, May 16, 2006

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Justus "Southern Sweetie" (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Labor Pains (Audio CD)

I had a friend reccomend me his CD, I thought I would not like it because I am an extreme country music fan, and I like the older singers, and it is hard for me to like the newbies. Well I was glad that I purchased this CD. He has the voice of the older singers but the beat of today's country music. I love the cd and my favorite song on there is "Next To The Man."

If you like a man who has the voice of the more traditional country singers with the pop of today's country newbies, then I suggest Michael Lee Austin's cd for your collection.

5.0 out of 5 stars Waiting for the Sun - or CD #2, February 7, 2008

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Richard Mclaughlin (Fontainebleau, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Labor Pains (Audio CD)

wonderful to have a bit of fun in your music. This is a great product and the VP of Alive Records said that he wanted to show a CD could go against the big-boys (read old & often uninventive music) and the beauty of the CD was bringing a challange - an unknown country music artist, on a new label, can compete head to head with country music superstar Kenny Chesney during a debut album.
And he can get great press.

Rock on.

5.0 out of 5 stars What a hoot!, January 21, 2008

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T. F. Welsh (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Labor Pains (Audio CD)

I've been a subscriber to Armand's internet marketing newsletters for a little while, and am not much of a country-pop music fan. Today's (1/21/08) video on his blog, talking about how he created the product and got it to #1 on Amazon, et al, through his marketing techniques definitely piqued my interest, so I had to amble on over here and check this out.

This whole "phenomenon" says so much about our culture...it is funny, sad, inevitable, frustrating, and curious. But mostly funny: I can say this because I was not one of the one-star folks who got suckered on this thing. For a former rock fan like me, it was as if I had been given the Spinal Tap CD and went crazy over how great these guys were, completely unaware of the brilliant hoax. What kind of review would I give the album THEN?

Way to go, Armand and Michael Lee! And I SURE am glad I'm not a country pop fan.....