My Town

Montgomery Gentry | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 27, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• Copy Protected
• ASIN: B00006GO90
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #206,083 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Town

2. Break My Heart Again

3. Scarecrow

4. Bad For Good

5. Speed

6. Hell Yeah

7. Lonesome

8. Why Do I Feel Like Running

9. Free Fall

10. Lie Before You Leave

11. For The Money

12. Good Clean Fun

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

With their third release, Montgomery Gentry, the only duo to seriously challenge Brooks & Dunn, again marry the sinewy muscle of Southern rock with blue-collar pride and passion, but dig deeper to showcase the music behind the machismo. Drafting such players as Allman Brothers/Rolling Stones alum Chuck Leavell and John Mellencamp/Joe Ely /Storyville vet David Grissom, the Kentucky pair turn the title song into a sweeping anthemic declaration of place and belonging, and then smoke their way through "Why Do I Feel Like Running," in which a restless man regrets his "gypsy bone." Part of their appeal is the ease with which these ultra-manly men reveal their vulnerability and pain, Eddie Montgomery letting it show in every word from his strong-as-oak baritone, and Troy Gentry showcasing it on the jilted lover's plea "Lie Before You Leave." That said, MG, who count on attitude to lift the more clichéd bar-band tunes, have yet to make the album of their career, and they move a little more toward pop each time out, no matter what the blistering electric guitars and driving banjos hope to convey. Keep your eye on these guys. They could go either way. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hell yeah!, August 27, 2002

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DanD - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Town (Audio CD)

Montgomery Gentry scores yet again with this awesome third album. "My Town" is what the boys are all about, and what YOU should be about--great country music.

You've all heard the title track, but check out the cool piano intro. "Scarecrow" has bluegrass edge--it's not, though, just to let you know--with some smooth mandolin playing. "Bad For Good" combines both of the guys on vocals--as do a couple other songs--and could quite possibly be the new Montgomery Gentry anthem. "Speed" is a mournful tune written by Nashville great Jeffrey Steele, about needing something fast to get over a broken heart. "Hell Yeah"--refered to in the review title, in case you missed the similarity--asks us what music means in our lives, whether it's Johnny Cash or Bruce Springsteen. "Free Fall" deals with the depression after a break-up, and "Lie Before You Leave" is a man's plea to his soon-to-be ex. "For The Money", probably the best track on the album--in my opinion--combines an important message--live life to be alive, not to make money--with some excellent harmonies.

Both Eddie Montgomery and Troy (T-Roy) Gentry are great singers, and they deliver their country style raw and un-abashedly. They make no appologies for their music, because they are country, and that is what they sing. "My Town" expresses this feeling--if the title track of their last album, "Carry On", did not--and you get what you want with this album. Montgomery Gentry rides again. Hop aboard.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Carrying On in the Hillbilly Shoes of the great ones..., September 20, 2002

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G. G. Decker "colonelrambo396" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Town (Audio CD)

In the third installment, T-Roy and Eddie belt out another album in the Rock and Roll and Blues and Country style of Charlie Daniels.

You fans out there probably recall "While the World Goes Down the Drain" and "Carryin' On" as two great songs that will never make it to air. Well, this album has them too. I'd be seriously (and pleasantly) surprised to hear "Bad for Good" or "Hell Yeah" on my local country station. Perhaps not as shocked as I'd be to hear "While the World Goes Down the Drain," but still surprised.

But that's something to like about the pair. They sing songs they like, and they don't worry about whether the DJs approve of the lyrics. It's refreshingly cajun styled in a world of vanilla flavored pop.

My Town is a solid album. It paces itself well, alternating between foot-stompin' lung-busters to the ballady I-been-there-too hurtin' songs for which country music is famous. This harkens back to the days of Daniels and Skynrd, when the "skip track" button was still years away, and the whole album had to be good.

I'll be watching these guys closely. They give every impression of taking up the torch of the country-rock fusion (We all love Charlie Daniels, and he still gives a heck of a show, but he won't be around forever)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST ALBUM AFTER THE DEBUT CD!, March 27, 2004

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Nawaf H. Al Taher "Saudi_Red_Neck" (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Town (Audio CD)

5*s. Highly recommended!

Nawaf