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Montgomery Gentry -
Back When I Knew It All
Album Review By: Brianna
Nightingale, CSO Staff Journalist
6/26/08
 While
promoting their current album, Back When I Knew It All,
and touring across the country, Montgomery Gentry recently
performed at LP Field on Wednesday night during the CMA
Fest. They performed a few songs including their first
single, “Back When I Knew It All,” which is at number 6 at
the time of this review. The more I listen to this song, the
more I enjoy and appreciate it. The lyrics are clever and
really do make the listener reminisce and take the time to
think about the past.
Back when
the world was flat
And mom and daddy didn’t have a clue
That was back when a pitcher of beer
And a couple of shots made me bulletproof
Back when God was a name I used in vain
To get a point across when I got ticked off
Lord, I’m learnin’ so much more than
Back when I knew it all.
This album opens with “The Big Revival,” a
strong, traditional sounding Montgomery Gentry cut with a
unique beginning. If most of the songs on this album were
played independently, fans would certainly be able to tell
they were recorded by this band because of each song’s
style. Most of them are strong, proud country songs we are
used to hearing from Troy and Eddie.
“I Pick My Parties” and “Long Line of Losers”
are mid tempo songs bursting with amusing lyrics. “Long Line
of Losers” tells how “I was born with a shot glass in my
hand” and “my bloodline made me who I am.”
“Grandma,
she got drunk and left
All her kids on her momma’s front steps
Nobody’s heard from her since she hightailed”
Terri Clark, David Lee Murphy and Tom Shapiro
wrote “I Pick My Parties,” which features vocals by Toby
Keith.
Two of my favorites on the album are “It
Ain’t About Easy” and a well-written song about appreciating
all life has to offer called “One Trip.” The melodies in
these two songs as well as the messages they portray are
important and straightforward.
Continuing to prove that they aren’t afraid
to sing about any subject, Montgomery Gentry included “Now
You’re Talkin’,” which describes a man and a woman who find
pleasure in each other’s company the first night they meet.
Eddie Montgomery co-wrote two of the tracks
on this album, “One In Every Crowd” and “God Knows Who I
Am;” the latter was written with Gary Hannan and Phil
O’Donnell, two of the co-writers on the album’s first
single, “Back When I Knew It All.”
Montgomery Gentry’s style is certainly
unique; in fact they’ve included an array of songs on this
album that, as already mentioned, would stand out to
faithful fans. With a few cuts that were co-written by
Eddie, the group has put together a fine compilation of
songs that give them one more great album to add to their
collection.
Related
Links:
Official Website
MySpace
Photographer: Chapman Baehler
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