Wide Open

Sawyer Brown | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Curb Mod Afw
• ASIN: B000000D4Z
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,573 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another fine album but no big hits, January 9, 2004

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wide Open (Audio CD)

Three singles were released from this album. My baby's gone is a song from the fifties that had been revived by the Judds on their 1984 album, Why not me? Old pair of shoes is a lovely ballad. It wasn't his child is actually a Christmas song, being about Joseph. It was not included on Sawyer Brown's own Christmas album when they eventually recorded one, but Trisha Yearwood covered it so if you've heard her excellent Sweetest gift album, you'll know the song. None of these singles did enough to make it on to a Greatest hits album, but they are worth listening to, as are the other tracks here.

The title track is an up-tempo rocking country song. It begins with an intro that reminds me of Eddie Cochran's Summertime blues, but that is where any similarity ends. Ax to grind and Running out of reasons to run are other great up-tempo sings. What am I going to tell my heart and Falling apart at the heart are sad but fine ballads. Perhaps the oddest song is Field hand, a love song in which the singer would gladly be the field hand if his woman were the field. I've come across many strange metaphors in country music but this is one of the strangest. Still, if you get used to the idea, it's a nice song.

Because of the absence of any major hits, this is an album that is easy to overlook, but it is full of wonderful songs that should appeal to Sawyer Brown fans everywhere.

5.0 out of 5 stars Sawyer Brown Wide Open, July 29, 2008

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Robert Riggs "The Music Connection Wholesale" (MULDRAUGH, KY USA) - See all my reviews
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Track Listings

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1. My Baby's Gone

2. Old Pair of Shoes

3. What Am I Going to Tell My Heart

4. Blue Denim Soul

5. It Wasn't His Child

6. Wide Open

7. Falling Apart at the Heart

8. Axe to Grind

9. Running Out of Reasons to Run

10. Field Hand

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best CD ever!, August 27, 2000

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"lel468" (Moody, AL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wide Open (Audio CD)

I love this cd. It is the best one that I have ever heard. Sawyer Brown rocks, and this album defintely shows that. I have always been a huge fan of this band. Mark Miller has such a pretty voice and their songs always seem to have a message. If you want to hear some catchy tunes and beautiful voices then this is the CD for you!