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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
I miss the fun Tim......., March 29, 2007
I seem to be in the minority here, but I really preferred Tim McGraw with more fun catchy tunes. I loved "I Like It I Love It" andd such similar soongs. If you prefer that side of Tim McGraw, this cd may not be for you either.
Tim McGraw's music peek was hit with Live Like You Were Dying. That was such a profound lyric, especially with what he'd just been through with his own father. That is a serious song of his that I really like. This cd does not have a track that even comes close to Live Like You Were Dying.
Maybe it's growing up and getting older, but this cd seems to be too blah. The songs are slow tempo and some are WAY TOO country. Tim McGraw was a master of the catch phrase songs. He and Kenny Chesney have made a career out of those. Last Dollar is the only catch phrase songs on the cd. And I really miss the fun side of Tim. So this cd is not my favorite at all.
I'd say the cd is half good and half bad (6 good and 7 bad for me).
There are some great songs:
1. Last Dollar
2. Let It Go
3. Nothin' to Die For
4. Suspicions
5. Train #10
6. Comin Home
There are also some that I will habitually skip because they are too gloomy and depressing:
1. Kristofferson
2. The Whiskey and Me
3. Put Your Lovin on Me
4. I'm Workin
5. Between the River and Me
6. I Need You with FAith Hill (Oh for the love of Mary, we get it, you guys love each other but stop torchering us with it!)
7. Shotgun Rider
For me, Tim McGraw's best overall cd was Everywhere. There was a great balance of fun and sweet songs. Live Like You Were Dying and Set This Circus Down were also great, as was Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors. This one just doesn't measure up.
Of course, music is subjective, and you're certainly allowed to disagree. But if you're one of those people who has fun with the catchy Tim hits of the past, you might also be disappointed with this long awaited cd.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
DON'T BE FOOLED BY (EXTRA TRACKS), November 14, 2007
THIS CD IS NOT THE LATEST RELEASE OF "LET IT GO" CONTAINING THE SONG "IF YOU'RE READING THIS...".
THIS CD IS LISTED AS "LET IT GO (EXTRA TRACKS)", WHICH BY AMAZON DEFINITION MEANS, EXTRA TRACKS ARE BONUS SONGS NOT INCLUDED ON THE STANDARD CD RELEASE. IT IS A INCORRECT LISTING OF THE ITEM. IT IS THE STANDARD RELEASE VERSION.
I RATED IT A 1 STAR, BECAUSE I DID NOT GET THE VERSION LISTED THAT I WANTED, I.E. THE VERSION WITH (EXTRA TRACKS). A AMAZON ERROR, NOT TIM'S FAULT.
AS FAR AS TIM MC GRAW, HE'S ALWAYS A 5 STAR !!!
DON'T BE FOOLED, AS I WAS, REGARDING THE (EXTRA TRACKS VERSION).
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12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Don't let it go..., March 27, 2007
With his last two albums, Tim McGraw has been crafting the best music of his career. Gone is the "Indian Outlaw," the guy "likes it, loves it, and wants some more of it." Here is a McGraw who knows a good lyric when he hears it, who knows how to choose a song. He manages to make un-commercial material radio-ready, to take a song and make it his own.
On LET IT GO, he does it yet again. The album isn't quite as edgy as its two predecessors, but what it lacks in edginess, it makes up for in lyric and performance. One of McGraw's best qualities is his ability to take other artists' material and transform it into his own stuff; he does so here with Big Kenny's "Last Dollar," Lori McKenna's "I'm Workin'," Eddie Rabbit's "Suspicions," Anthony Smith's "Kristofferson" and "Shotgun Rider" (also co-written by Sherrie Austin and Jeffrey Steele), and the ever-reliable Warren Brothers' "Between the River and Me" and "Train #10" (the latter a co-write with McGraw).
There's not a song on here that lags too far behind...all of 'em (including the duet with Faith Hill, "I Need You") are high-caliber songs, performed wonderfully by McGraw and his band. However, if you want some highlites, I'd have to go with the stone-cold country of "Kristofferson" (an off-handed tribute song that, strangely, works) and "Shotgun Rider"; the exquisite "Whiskey and You;" the whimsical "Last Dollar"; and the revenge rocker "Between the River and Me" (McGraw's version is indeed noteworthy, but pales next to the original found on the Warren Brothers' WELL-DESERVED OBSCURITY album). Basically, it's hard to go wrong with this album, which may indeed be one of the best of McGraw's career. It's a thinking-man's commerical country album, bridging the gap between radio and alternative...and nobody does that better today than Tim McGraw.
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