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Lost Trailers

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There are a couple OK tracks on this disc but this is far and away NOT the same Lost Trailers that put out some of my favorite music of the past few years.

Gone are the well crafted, story like lyrics and any sound of Southern rock. Those great stories (Longfall, Pontchartrain, Love & War, West End, Dougherty County, Under FM Waves and SO many more) and great music (See above as well as Red Sun, Sitting on Top of the World and Down in the Valley) have been replaced by Gravy, Dixie Boy Special & I'm a Country Man and the same old radio friendly country sound you can hear from anyone.

The sad irony in this are the lyrics to Under FM Waves (from New Age Cowboy) and how they talk about how much great music resides off radio--and look at what has happened: songs to created to make it on radio (which granted, should make them big).

Try their other 3 available cd's (Story of the New Age Cowboy, Trailer Trash and Welcome to the Woods). They have some other very hard to find music out there but these 3 should be available (Trailer Trash is a mix of songs from Rock Band, songs that ended up on Welcome, etc).

P.S. to the last review--Ryder Lee is the lead vocalist. Geoffrey Stokes Neilson is the guitarist and lead songwriter.

Very dissapointing...The Lost Trailers are obviously hoping for Country Music airplane on this latest release. They certainly can no-longer be considered an alt.county band. The songs are terribly shallow - unlike anything they had released before.

Welcome to thew Woods was so good...this is lousy.

Why the change in music philosophy guys?

Let me start this by saying that the first time I heard the Lost Trailers album "Welcome To The Woods" I fell in love with their music. They had an amazing sound, powerful lyrics, and a magical combination of songs that I still listen to over and over and over. It's one of my favorite albums to this day.

So I was so excited to see this CD come out, and the day it was released I rushed down to my local record store, picked up the album, got to the car played it and was instantly completely disappointed. They had traded in their wonderful alt-country-rock/roots rock/southern rock sound for sold out country. I'm even a fan of most of the local original Country acts here in Texas, but the style of music that The Lost Trailers decided to produce on this album was a wretched style of sold-out-Nashville country that screams of hopeful radio singles and drunk rednecks screaming your music in a trashy bar.

I listened to the album 3 times completely through, hoping that I would be interested, or find some gem of a song that would keep my faith in the band but I didn't. So now the album sits in the bottom of my drawer and doesn't even rank a spot on the ipod.

If you want good music, this album isn't it. If you want to see what we all lost when The Lost Trailers sold out, go buy Welcome To The Woods, you'll be amazed at the difference. Don't buy this album unless your favorite artist is Toby Keith.

I bought the CD on spec, figuring its The Lost Trailers...the band who'd brought me Under FM Waves, Horse, and Fire on the Pontchartrain..it HAS to be good. I was wrong. It sounds like the very worst of 'pop country' out there. If you like that sort of thing, you'll enjoy this cd, if you prefer the story driven songs and interesting guitar work...save your money (( or if you are curious, you can buy my copy of the CD on ebay ))

This CD is the result of everything that is wrong with the music industry. As has already been mentioned, the Trailers have put out some great recordings that were the epitome of southern-fried rock. I can only assume that the label pushed them in the direction of pop country. The music on this CD is both shallow and overly sacharine and unfortunately, will probably be a big sucess. Just as disturbing as the music is the way the band is being marketed. Ryder Lee has been pushed to the front because he has a pretty face. Stokes Neilson was the heart and soul of this band and has been forced to take a back seat in order to improve the appeal of this band.

The Lost Trailers have sold their souls to the devil (money and fame).

I've always said that the one kind of country music I don't like is "soulless country." While The Lost Trailers have a mainstream sound and a few lyrical cliches on this CD, the lead singer definitely gives a sincerity to the music. There's also still somewhat of a rootsy edge on songs like "Gravy." This is a very well produced CD, and they rock live, too.

I love this new CD.The Lost Trailer's by their own admission ( thelosttrailers.com/myspace)have many influences among them are Alabama, Willie Nelson, Bruce Springteen and the Allman Brothers. The mark of great musicians is versatility and The Lost Trailers have shown they are capable of it. Whether the songs are lighthearted-like Call Me Crazy, Gravy and Dixie Boy Special or serious like Why me and All This Love, the lyrics are about real life situations, happy or sad and the music is inspired. In live performance they connect with their audience with personality, talent and energy and it shows in this CD. It is good listening!

Prime Cuts: All This Love, The Only One, Simple Life

An ominous start preceded the Lost Trailers tenure at BNA Records. A legal gaffe involving the writer of their vanguard single "Country Fried" refusing to license his copyright to BNA Records, resulted in the pulling of the plug on the single. Corollary to that, "Country Fried" stalled prematurely at the lower rungs of the Billboard charts and it was subsequenly excluded from the album. However, such a faux pas has not derailed the Lost Trailers in releasing what is quite a sturdy collection of songs that allow these guys to rock with a macho assertiveness and croon with a southern down home charm. The Lost Trailers is a five men band fronted by Stokes Nielson who has had a hand in co-penning or penning all but one cut. Nielson, with some vocal nuances of Travis Tritt, also co-produces the album with luminary Blake Chancey (who has also helmed CDs by Dixie Chicks, Jeff Bates, Rockie Lynne and Joy Lynn White among others).

One significant signage that sets the Lost Trailers apart is their biographical songs. Written after three of their trailers were stolen (hence the name of the group) and a failed record deal, "Why Me" is a lament of why bad things happen to good people. Performed with a palpable sense of personal urgency that renders this churning rocker as compelling, "Why Me" has hit potential. "Simple Life," also a biographical tune written after Nielson felt sequestered by the urban foliage while living in L.A., is a ballad that pleads for simplicity. "Simple Life," with its scanty clad production of some gentle guitar licks, trumps on its understated performance. While "The Only One," a track inspired by the damsel of Nielson's life, is a Roy Orbison-esque romantic mid-tempo rocker. On the other hand, on their sophomore single "Call Me Crazy," Nielson drops his romantic persona for some down and dirty fun performed with youthful abandon.

The only song not penned by Nielson is "All This Love," a track inked by three of Nashville's finest tunesmiths, Paul Overstreet, Jon Randall and Gary Nicholson. "All This Love," a slow grinding ballad about love lost, has a melody that rivets right to the heart. An ear and a heart opener, "All This Love" adds depth and dimension so often missing in country rock acts. However, there are a few cuts that are far too predictable as far as the oeuvre of country music is concerned. "Summer of Love" is your typical coming of age number that calls to mind Deana Carter's "Strawberry Wine." While the self-declarative "I'm a Country Man" and the extremely busy "Dixie Boy Special" are just displays of blatant machismo without much substance or character.

Overall, the Lost Trailers' debut record for a major label shows promise. Nielson's bluesy tenor packs a lot of personality especially when he sings of songs that emanate out of his own life. Especially on the ballads, Nielson shimmers with great sensitivity as well as assertiveness. However, the major weakness is the predictably of some of the lyrics. Other than "All This Love" (with its heart rendering word-plays) many of these tracks deal within the safe confines of most country songs: the longing for the rustic life, love found and lost, first love and youthful emancipation. Truth is there is nothing lyrically revolutionary about Nielson's paeans. Nevertheless, this is just their first major output, here's hoping that the future will take a better turn for these five young men after their lost trailers and legal clinker.

I am a big Country music fan and I am always looking for new people to listen to. I quite by accident came across the "Lost Trailers" and I have to say I was very pleased with my new find. This new self titled CD is just Great. I can't stop listening to it. It is rare to find a CD that you love ALL the songs on it, but with this one that is exactly what I found. I do have some I may love more than the others. This is a fun up tempo CD. My favorite is the last track- Simple life- has a great message, Why me is another one that tells a powerful story. I can't say enough how much I love this new CD- everyone should give it a try !

I'm not going to write a very lengthy review because when people write paragraphs on a product I don't bother to read it. What I'll tell you is that I am a seventeen-year-old avid music listener and The Lost Trailers could perhaps be my favorite band. Their music is rock with a bit of country in it. For those of you who do not like country, neither do I and I love the Trailers. Please Please Buy, I swear you won't be disappointed.