Customer Reviews

One Road Man

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4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
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I just got this CD last week and enjoy it very much. Four stars is pretty good but Chris has lots of albums that are 5 stars. I do like this album as it is consists mostly of remakes. "Life Is A Highway" is great and Chris can really sing it to make it his own. "The Fever", a song written by Aerosmith is okay but Garth Brook's version is slightly better. "Bang A Drum", a duet with Jon Bon Jovi is great and even better than Jon's version. This album is so diversified that there is something for everyone and I highly recommend it.

I think the best song on this CD is "The Borderline". It is about a cowboy and a sheriff after a group of men. The second best is easily "Bang a Drum". This is the song with John Bon Jovy in it. I never thought I would ever hear these two sing together. If you have heard The Fever by Garth Brooks, Chris also sings it. I think it was origionaly Chris' song though.

I bought this because I knew Life is a Highway and Bang a Drum. These two are very good, but there are so many others that outweigh them. I really liked the title track, One Tonight, Runaway Love, Old Paint, and Johnny Horton's Ole Slew Foot. I was disappointed with Chris's version of The Fever since it sounds like Garth Brooks' 95 version and brought nothin' new to the song. However, thats the only problem I had with it; this CD has stayed in my changer for a while.

Chris LeDoux has done it again and proved his versatility in song styles. From "Old Paint" to "The Fever" every song on this album is done up in classic LeDoux style. It may just be his best yet ... but with a singer as talented as Chris, it just gets better and better. If you buy only one CD this year, make it this one! I come from a ranching background, and Chris sings it like it is. He IS country, from ranching to rodeo, he's lived it, and as a result, he is able to put more into his songs than just incredibly vocal talent ... with every word, you can hear the heart and soul behind the music. Chris LeDoux is what every "country singer" should strive to be!

As a Chris LeDoux fan for more than 25 years and a longtime member of his fan club (and Chris is my favorite singer ever), I've got to say this CD is a bit different. First, it continues the unfortunate trend of Chris not writing his own songs (but at least the sappy love songs of earlier Capitol/Liberty CDs are gone). Second, he recorded some non-country songs--"Life Is A Highway" and "Bang A Drum"--but I think they work. Third, it's good and loud--remember, he always said he sang cowboy rock 'n' roll--but also reflective ("One Road Man" and "One Ride In Vegas"). "The Borderline" is by far the best song on the CD. All in all, it's a different LeDoux CD, and it's quite good.

Chris LeDoux really knows how to rock, but at the same time, the words to his songs can really get to your heart. He is so awesome. Chris sings about what he knows and you can feel the energy from his music. Definitely 5 stars!

i bought it in basic training and loved Old Paint & One Road Man, this will always be in my cd changer

his duet with jon bon jovi shoould have been a #1 hit too bad radio doesn't play this truley talented man if you don't have this one get it!

Suffice it to say that my college roommate hates country music but she'll listen to this one all day long.

It is like he left the good old country an went to the dammed old rock an roll . I wish he would go back to the country, just like one of the other guys said. But he is still the best there is. He was the world champion BAREBACK rider in 1964 , so he has been there.