When the Sun Goes Down

Kenny Chesney | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 3, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bna Entertainment
• ASIN: B00017LV7S
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,165 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great modern country album!, January 11, 2005

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DanD - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When the Sun Goes Down (Audio CD)

I've never been a huge Kenny Chesney fan. His early music was immature and radio-friendly to the core. His latter-day music, however, has an edge to it--for example: few artists would have the nerve to record a song as brutally honest as "Anything but Mine;" still fewer would put it out as a single (and the controversy this song may or may not cause isn't even intended to sell the record, as evidenced by the fact that it's already won awards and been named Country Album of the Year, and established Chesney as a serious artist). I respect Chesney for that, and so I decided to buy the album.

This is great music right here. Unlike a lot of contemporaries, Chesney is a great writer--he doesn't write much, but the four songs he wrote or cowrote on here ("I Got Back", "Keg in the Closet," "Bein Drunk's a Lot Like Lovin You," and "Old Blue Chair") are four of the best. And his choice of covers is nearly impeccable..."There Goes My Life" still brings a tear to my eye, while "The Woman With You" strikes to the bone with any working man or woman.

There are few duds on here. "Outta Here" it a bit cliched, and the title track follows a oft-repeated Buffet vibe...but it's catchy as hell. Even "When I Think About Leaving," which begins like any other song you've ever heard, quickly turns poignant and sentimental. Chesney's voice has matured, his writing and song selecting capabilities have matured...WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN just may be the album of his career (though, thankfully, not the last). It's great country music, plain and simple, from a guy who knows what he wants and what his fans want, and delivers on both levels.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy this at Target for the extra tracks, January 27, 2005

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Country Fan (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: When the Sun Goes Down (Audio CD)

Great album, but if you purchase it at Target, you get a bonus CD with 5 cover songs. (I'm on Fire, Come Monday, etc.)

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kenny's the best!, March 7, 2005

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Billy J. Hobbs "Bill Hobbs" (Tyler, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When the Sun Goes Down (Audio CD)

When this Luttrell, Tennessee, lad broke on the country scene, it appeared he was just another in a large crop of look-alikes and sound alikes. Now, as he's grown up a bit, Kenny Chesney certainly is one of country's superstars, as witnessed by the recent CMA success.

With "When the Sun Goes Down" there's no debate. He's hot and heavy, making the sophisticated (and not so sophisticated) TV talk shows and showing a depth that is not common with a lot of modern musical superstars.

In "I Go Back" and "The Woman with You," Kenny shows a depth of perception and performance that highlights this CD. His driving, rock-hard productions blend cleverly, creatively, and certainly the best of good rock and high-end country, a juxtapositioning of entertainment that catches you where it should. He feels at home, no matter where, and his numbers indicate he knows where he's going and it's going to be all the way-his way. He's maturing as a song-writer ("I've read a lot of books and wrote a few songs," he says.) Besides what appears to be a lot of personal, autobiographical lines, he goes with leaps and bounds into some social significance ("Some People Change"), as well. Coupled with his singing ablility on the CDs, Kenny's hunky videos are also worth watching, as he rolls out a sensuousness that clearly makes him a cut above the rest.