Let's Be Us Again

Lonestar

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 25, 2004)
• Original Release Date: May 25, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bna Entertainment
• ASIN: B00020W0F6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #14,733 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Lonestar has sold the bulk of their 8 million albums on the strength of two things: lead singer Richie McDonald's straight-to-the-heart, emotive vocals, and crossover songs that express the Hallmark sentiments of tongue-tied Romeos and Wal-Mart dads. The premier target of these valentines is the stay-at-home mom who needs only one thing more than sleep, and that's serious romance and appreciation--something more than flowers on Mother's Day and a once-a-month restaurant dinner with the kids in tow. Let's Be Us Again, which again balances power guitar and pedal steel in the quest for radio airplay, hits that button time and again. The title song doesn't match up to the anthemic pop ballad "Amazed," but it does strike an emotional chord. McDonald and company strive mightily to put the intimacy back into long-term relationships with "That Gets Me," "What I Miss the Most," and "Summertime." Where the album disappoints is in its over-the-top paeans to family, first in the insufferable "Let Them Be Little," then in the nice but unconvincing "Women Rule the World," and finally in the trite "Mr. Mom." It's times like these that Lonestar seems most guilty of pandering, if not treacle. Buyer beware: sugar buzz ahead. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Already There (at the top of my list that is), September 21, 2004

By	CountryLover188 "CountryLover188" (Laurel, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews

this cd rocks. i love lonestar becausse they are sensitive to women and understand them unlike some artists -cough- -cough- toby keith. once again i love this cd and theres not much more to say. my favorite songs are lets be us again, women rule the world, mr mom, and a lot of other tracks.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Their best ever album, July 20, 2004

By	r.w.kitchener - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

What a great album this is! My favourite is T.G.I.F. plus all the other tracks! They just seem to get better with each album they do!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love These Guys, November 11, 2005

By	Steven Resnick (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

I don't really listen to country music but Lonestar is one of the bands or country artists that I will listen too. They're very easy to listen too they aren't full of that twang when they sing and I enjoy most of their songs. Let's Be Us Again is the best song on the CD because during that time I had just gotten out of a long relationship and that song spoke to me even though we will never be together again it's worth listening too. Cause that song gives you hope that someday maybe you could be together again. I do also enjoy Lonestar over Rascall Flatts because well his voice sounds way better and not as high as the lead singer of Rascall Flatts.