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Truth About Men

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This CD is wonderful. Thank you Tracy for recording again after too long of an absence on the charts. "Drinkin' Bone" and the "Truth about Men" are good ol' honky tonk songs. Country music has wandered away from its roots. Some of the artists seem to be changing to songs that are not in the title of "country" - REAL honest to goodness country music. That is just sad in my opinion. This new CD by Tracy has well been worth the wait! I give it 5 stars! Dee Haskins

Though there are some "weak" songs on this album (How'd I Wind Up in Jamaica being the worst), Tracy Byrd delivers some top notch material on his latest. Tony Martin, possibly Nashville's best song writer, continues to be a gold mine for the Byrd. The song, "Somewhere I Wanna Go", co-written by Martin, is the best ballad Tracy has ever recorded. The concrete lyrics with such a powerful tune make this song worth the 15 dollars alone. If released as a single, the song will not need a video. You can visualize the entire song in your mind. You will find yourself listening to this one over & over.

Tracy sings, "She just took a deep drag off that Marlboro Light, and said shut the door behind you when you go", on a song titled "When You Go." The song is about a man and what is going through his mind as he is getting ready to "say goodbye for good" to his wife. If you are a fan of true country, you'll love this one.

Overall, the album is great. The Nashville big wigs always have to throw in their 2 cents and make artists record "junk" they normally wouldn't. However, Tracy's "junk" is a heck of a lot better than most of the country songs that are topping the charts.

For Country Music fans, especially fans of Tracy Byrd, this is a MUST have CD! Tracy Byrd has given off great music in the past years but his CD's just keep getting better and better! This CD is filled with EVERYTHING. Fun and goofy...to heart-touching tear jerkers...and smooth and crisp romantic country songs.

A few songs will catch you off guard with the first sentence, and make you think WHAT?! But the song gets better. For example, his song "You Feel Good"...starts off with "I like sleeping in the nude when it's hot and the moon is cool". The song is definately a Husband and Wife song...Another romantic...yet upbeat song is "Baby put your clothes on". It's a nice dancing song! And one of my favaorites is "Making memories of us". The lyrics just steal your attention..."I want to sleep with you forever I want to die in your arms in a Cabin by a meadow where the wild bees swarm..." Tracy Byrd truly has an amazing voice for all these songs! They send chills throughout your body!

In addition to these, there are wonderful down-to-earth songs like "Tiny Town". And all songs are truthful...especially "The Truth About Men!" The first time I heard this song I thought it was AWFUL because of what it said, now I find it hilarious! I just hope whoever I end up marrying is different than the MAJORITY of men! Haha! WONDERFUL CD GO BUY IT!

first off if i could i would have given this 3.5 stars... i liked it mostly for the up tempo songs i mean the truth sbout med is great then rounds of jose quervo will get you dancing and howd i wind up in jamica is done well. The problem is with this album was the ballads for some reason they just sounded all alike and rather hollow to me had too much of a down home senttimental quality to them the best was tiny town. i would recomend it but if your looking for Tracy Byrd power ballads this is not the album

I never listened to Country music at all until I got kicked out of my house and I had to live with some hillbillys that listened to country all the time. Around then, it just grew on me.

I learned and discovered all kinds of great artists such as Johnny Cash, Alabama, Alan Jackson, and Tracy Byrd. The first song I heard by him was "Drinking Bone". Not only is that a catchy tune but it is also a great drinking song (Duh). Another song I heard on the radio that caught my attention was the title-track. It really does tell the truth about men. If you want to check out some good modern country then pick this up.

This is the only Tracy Byrd album that I own at the moment, aside from his the 20th Century Masters version of his greatest hits. T-Byrd...great voice, and talented, who deserves a little more airplay and attention. This is REAL country!

This is an ablum full of truths. The truth about guys (the title track, obviously); the truth about good lookin' gals ("Baby Put Your Clothes On"); the truth about honky-tonkin' ("Drinkin' Bone"); the truth about getting drunk ("How'd I Wind Up In Jamaica" and a live version of "Ten Rounds With Jose Quervo"); the truth about love's good side ("Making Memories Of Us" and "You Feel Good"); the truth about relationships that don't work ("When You Leave" and "Somewhere I Wanna Go"); the truth of single moms making a living ("That's What Keeps Her Getting By"); and the truth about growing up in a small town ("Tiny Town").

Not all of the songs on this album shine; "Ten Rounds" is getting a little old, and "Making Memories of Us", though written by Rodney Crowell, is pretty bland. "That's What Keeps Her Getting By" has a sort of complicated chorus, while "You Feel Good" lacks any originality. But don't blame Tracy Byrd for the songwriting, for he didn't do any of it. Instead, congradulate him on his expert delivery of these ten (eleven counting the unnecessary bonus track) tunes. These are indeed powerful songs of ordinary life. That's what country music is all about.

That, and telling the truth about men.

Prime Cuts: Tiny Town, Somewhere I Wanna Go, Making Memories of Us

Tracy Byrd may sing about "Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo," but his career seems to have nine lives. After a successful stint with MCA Records in the early 90s, his commercial appeal waned towards the close of the decade. He continued to have some hits, but more misses. Thanks to RCA Records, his career was revitalized: In 2002 Byrd returned to the pinnacle of the Billboard country singles chart with "Ten Rounds." "Ten Rounds" is a jovial drinking song, not dissimilar to Garth Brooks' buoyant "Pina Colada," with an island feel to it. "Ten Rounds" resurfaces again on this album as a live version, though Byrd's performance here bears little variance to the studio version.

So, how do you follow up such success? Sticking to the adage, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," Byrd returns this time with the equally infectious drinking song "Drinkin' Bone." And to capitalize on country music's obsession with "island influenced music" (a la Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney), Byrd shows up again with "How D'I Wind Up in Jamaica." Both are radio friendly ditties and Byrd certainly has reaped the rewards. Both songs were top 10 hits. However, for me, both songs are safe and tiresome. I had wished Byrd had tackled something more substantial or at least different.

Thankfully that's where the drinking "island influenced" songs end. Much better is the maudlin ballad "Tiny Town." A paean to small town values; here we hear more depth to Byrd as an artist as he movingly breathes meaning into each syllable on this excellent Keith Stegall (writer and producer for Alan Jackson) masterpiece. Rodney Crowell's "Making Memories of Us" is another ballad worthy of repeated plays.

Another gem comes towards the end of the album. "Somewhere I Wanna Go," a piano led heartbreak opus filled with rich imageries. Insightful, vivid and sung with great passion, heartbreak has never sounded better. Cracking up the pace, "Baby Put Your Clothes On" shows us the lighter side of Byrd. "Clothes," a much welcomed Paul Overstreet co-write, finds Byrd singing blissfully about romancing his better half. Unadulterated delight captured in song!

Trying to move away from the stereo typed love songs, Byrd recorded the title cut. Though it was supposed to be a comical take on the male species, I find it insipid, cliché and lack lustrous. The additional vocal support from Andy Griggs, Blake Shelton and Montgomery Gentry doesn't help either. I was also disappointed that "Lately (I have Been Dreaming about Babies)," a minor hit for Byrd, released just before this album, was not included. "Lately," in my opinion, is one of the best ballads Byrd has had ever recorded. Not dissimilar to Gary Allan's no.1 "Tough Little Boys," "Lately" chronicles the feelings of a man from falling in love to marriage to thinking of starting a family.

Nevertheless, this is a good Tracy Byrd album, though Byrd's not at his best. While I await Byrd's tour de force, in the meantime, this will do.