Melt

Rascal Flatts

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 29, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Lyric Street
• ASIN: B00006L7XO
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (110 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,973 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Country music's hottest boy band really doesn't do anything that hasn't already been done just as well or better by earlier country-pop "all-guy" bands like Diamond Rio and Restless Heart. Yet Rascal Flatts' pretty harmonies, so full of painful earnestness and pubescent yearning, are often very affecting, particularly coming from a trio that looks--and often sounds--like its members are still trying to grow their first chest hairs. And now and then, as on Marcus Hummon's rousing "Dry County Girl" and the Nickel Creek-like "Shine On" (cowritten by the three band members), these rascals even show fleeting innovation. But on too many of the remaining nine tracks the trio's youthful exuberance doesn't quite escape the confining shackles of generic production and overly predictable song fare. --Bob Allen

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Rascals are back!, October 29, 2002

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

I have to be honest here--it's been a long wait for me. More than two years for some new Rascal Flatts material. But the wait is over, and it was well worth it!

"Melt" opens with the top-ten smash which you've no-doubt heard, "These Days." The following tracks are of equally superb quality--from the emotionally powerful "My Worst Fear" to the harmony-ridden "Mayberry". Of course you've got some of those up-beat, perky songs: "Too Good Is True," "Love You Out Loud," "Fallin' Upside Down," and "You." You also have a few ballads: "I Melt", "Like I Am", and "My Worst Fear." But then we've got a couple of surprises: The two almost-bluegrass songs, "Dry County Girl" and "Shine On."

You might also be shocked by the presence of a mandolin on pretty much all of the tracks. Their harmonies are as excellent as ever, and Gary Levox's voice hits the high notes perfectly.

Rascal Flatts had been labeled a boy-band; take one listen to these guys, though, and you will know that that is not true. Just because an artist records one pop song ("See Me Through" on their first album) doesn't mean they're a pop artist. Faith Hill's still considered country, but isn't her latest supposed to be almost all blues?

If you're a pop fan, and are looking for another boy-band, then get lost. You will not find it here. They may not look the part, but these guys are country, through and through. "Melt" is one of the best albums to come out in 2002; it's also the best these guys've done so far. It makes me anxious to hear a THIRD album...

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent sophomore set by rising stars, Rascal Flatts, November 20, 2002

By	Kelley Hartsell "Kelley" (Irving, TX) - See all my reviews

I just bought this CD yesterday and have already listened to it more times then I can count. I loved their debut album and the first release off of this new album, These Days. The talent these three young men have is well showcased on this CD and their growth as entertainers is evident. This CD has a little bit of everything, upbeat songs, soulful ballads, and some thought-provoking songs as well. All in all, it is a wonderful album and I look forward to hearing the rest of the releases from this CD. So far, These Days is my favorite song on the album, but there are a few others which are really outstanding as well.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rascal Flatts , October 8, 2005

By	Michele A. Fink "Laurann's Mom" (Fleetwood, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

HI,
I was reading some of the reviews after clicking on an icon that I saw while reading a friend of my daughters Xanga page. I recently lost my daughter on Aug 9, 2005 Laurann Fink age 17 to cancer. This group Rascal Flatts have given me and my daughter so many memories together and after she has past. I guess my route to becoming a devoted fan is alittle unusual and mybe backwards. I am in my forties and have never had a favorite anything. I was never impressed very much or moved enough to be devoted to any one thing. In Dec 2004 shortly after my daughters last Chemo treatment and when we thought we licked the cancer, my daughter and her boyfriend forced me to listen to a song by Rascal Flatts. The song was skin, I thought for a long time it was called SarahBeth. I was sure they just wanted to see me cry and I did. It was as if this group came into our life and was there because they described the events of finding out that you have cancer to the hair falling out to how the girl closes her eyes to escape the reality to dream of herself how she was before the cancer. I would like to know who wrote the lyrics, I think Jay because this is was an extra song on their CD "Feels Like Today" that was recorded in their studio. ON Sept 18th at the York Fair I and my daughter Ann went to their concert that was rescheduled from Sept 12th due to Gary having a sore throat. We had a meet and great scheduled that my daughter Laurann & I were to go to, but due to her passing I took her closest sister, bone marrow donor and fan in her place to share in the memory. We gave Gary, Jay and JoDon a booklet about Laurann and 3 necklaces with Faith, hope & love symbol on it that Laurann designed as a tattoo that when she was cured she wanted to get. She never got to get the tattoo but over 150 of her friends have including me and her sisters. The meet and great was quick but the guys were very caring and took the time to at least look at her picture and say a kind word. They are their music and that is what makes them so special. At the concert they played "Skin" as on of thier new releases. I had Laurann go to their concert in Reading ,Pa in Feb 2005 and they did not play this song. A few days after Laurann Died the song "skin played on the radio several times a day. Prior to this it did not get play time. Laurann's cancer came back Jan4,2005 and until July 21, 2005 we thought we were still going for the cure. She was given 3 months to live that turned into less than 3 weeks. During this time from Jan 2005 until Aug 9, 2005 Laurann and I listened to all of the rascal Flatts CD's and DVD starting from the newest to the oldest. I love them all and every song. They gave me such strength to "See me through" that tough time and the even tougher time I have to go through until I see my daughter again. Those hours of listening while driving for hours in the car to medical teatments and doctor appointments are priceless. There songs have changed in meaning to me after my daughter passed but are still so special. These three sing from their hearts and are what you see and hear. That is why people Young and older are so attracted to them. How can you go wrong wanting to love and be loved as they sing about? I hope they got to read the booklet to know about Laurann and to know how much their music gave to us.
Michele Fink AKA Laurann's MOM