No More Looking over My Shoulder

Travis Tritt

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 13, 1998)
• Original Release Date: October 13, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B00000DAGS
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #62,091 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
In a tale of two Travises, No More Looking Over My Shoulder finds our Skynyrd-tonk hero torn between Nashville cliché and touching artistry--divided, almost perfectly, between the first and second halves of the 10-song collection. Unfortunately, it's the fluff that fronts the album, dominated by trite party music ("Rough Around the Edges," "Girls Like That") and schmaltzy ballads ("For You," "If I Lost You"). Then, though, things come to life. Tritt shines with Bruce Springsteen's macho-but-tender "Tougher Than the Rest" (an appropriate selection), demonstrates his Southern-boy restless streak with the roadhouse-soulful "Start the Car," and delivers some legit, downbeat depth with "Mission of Love," a weepy waltz about the struggles of the broken family. The best advice is to listen to this album back-to-front, or not at all. --Neal Weiss

Entertainment Weekly
...[A] gritty blues cover of Jude Cole's "Start the Car" ... recall[s] why Tritt's still the only cat in the Southern-rock bag still scoring hits.

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Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Identity Crisis?, May 12, 2002

By	jekyllnhyde "jekyllnhyde" (NJ) - See all my reviews

I'd have to pretty much agree with Amazon's appraisal on this one. Travis has always had a bit of a split personality on his albums, but somehow it seems more obvious here. On the one hand, we have the "I'm so macho" Travis on tracks like "Rough Around the Edges" & "Tougher Than the Rest" (the latter written by Springsteen & actually a pretty nice mid-tempo tune despite the phony bravado). On the other hand, we have the "I'm really just a softy" Travis on ballads like "If I Lost You", "For You" (downright dreary & depressing), & "I'm All the Man". "Rough Around the Edges" & "Girls Like That" basically sound like recyclings of songs like "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" & "Bible Belt" from his previous albums. It seems that when he runs out of ideas, he resorts to this type of tune. "Mission of Love" is a standard traditional-style country ballad with a modern theme, but he does a nice job on it. Far and away the best track on the album is his cover of the great Jude Cole blues-rocker "Start the Car". A great choice for Travis to cover.
Travis had a great string of albums to kick off his career, but somehow this one doesn't measure up. The formula's starting to sound a bit tired.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Moving and still country, October 8, 1999

By	Stacy Billingsley "The Shadow" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

He just keeps moving your feet and touching your heart

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Title Song, December 12, 2001

By	"cowboysredsox" (Myrtle Beach, SC United States) - See all my reviews

This is not his strongest album, but it's very, very good. The love ballads are enjoyable, particularly "The Road to You." Worth the money just for the title song that deals with the liberating power of forgiveness.