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Trace
Adkins - Greatest Hits Collection, Volume I
CD Review by Cheryl Harvey
Hill
 CD
Review:
Gold,
platinum or chrome ... whatever the color, the songs on Trace Adkins
new CD are truly worthy of the title, "Greatest Hits". Over
the years, Adkins has received as much, if not more, press for his
escapades in life than he has for his music and so we tend to forget
just how great his compilation of greatest hits really is. This CD is
sure to nudge your memory, touch your heart and get you boot-scootin'
towards the nearest honky tonk.
His very first album in 1996, Dreamin' Out Loud, set the bar high
when it went platinum and produced multiple hit songs. One of the
biggest hits of 2002, "I'm Tryin'", demonstrates that true
talent -- like fine wine -- is consistently perfect and only improves
with age. His powerful, baritone voice has only gotten better over the
years and the quality of his songs have kept pace. He is able to convey
a depth of passion that few of his peers can muster.
In the past decade I have seen several artists greatest hits CD's that
were peppered with not-so-great hit songs and even some that never were
a hit. That is certainly not true of this album. Adkins gives you twelve
first-rate, readily identifiable, genuine hit songs with a bonus of two
new tracks.
If you are investing in great music then you can smile with confidence
as you part with your dollars on this purchase because you are getting a
true bargain and a rare find; an album that exemplifies a greatest hits
collection.
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Then
They Do
(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing
The Rest Of Mine
Chrome
I'm Tryin'
There's A Girl In Texas
Every Light In The House
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Don't
Lie
I Left Something Turned On At Home
Big Time
Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone
Help Me Understand
More
Welcome To Hell
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Then
They Do, a book based on his current single to be released
simultaneously with the greatest hits CD. "Then They Do",
shares it's title with a book of stories related to the song. The book,
available from Rutledge Hill Press, includes a single CD with an
exclusive version of the song.
Rating: Buy
it!
 Website
Review by Jim Weaver:
Nice, very nice. Take out that FLASH file on the main page and it would
be great. There are a few things MIA here though; contact/booking info
page, links page. I know what I'm about to say is very self-serving but
I don't have a problem with that... There are quite a few websites out
there like this one, since we are small operations we don't get
paid to feature artists like some sites do, the very least these artists
could do is provide reciprocal links on their sites so while we're
driving our web traffic to them, maybe we'll get some new traffic back.
Nuff said.
Rating:
Pretty Good!
Please visit the website
for yourself.
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