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There just isn't another country band as aw-shucks normal as Lonestar, the Tennessee quartet that quietly racked up hits across nearly a decade in its recording career. At the dawn of that career, they had a tougher Texas country streak to their music, but as the years rolled on, they smoothed out their rough edges, turning toward music that's country-pop but without any crossover aspirations. Their 2004 album Let's Be Us Again gave them one of their biggest hits thanks to such domestic-minded tunes as "Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)" and, especially, the number one country hit "Mr. Mom," and for their quickly released 2005 follow-up, Coming Home, they stick closely to that at-home aesthetic. Not only is the album named after coming home; all the songs celebrate long-term, stable relationships, working steady jobs, living in small little towns, painting an idyllic picture of the United Red States of America. The music is clean and shiny, relying on steady midtempo pop anthems, occasionally dipping into ballads and never breaking a sweat when the tempos get turned up. It's well done and professional and sometimes the sweetly earnest sentiments of the songs add up to some good old-fashioned country corn, such as on "Two Bottles of Beer," which is a nice spin on Rodney Crowell's "American Dream," and the album sparks to life with the bluegrass-inspired closer, "When I Go Home Again." It's not bad, and it's certainly listenable and the guys are likeable.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Jeremy Stover, Composer - Jeremy Stover, Lyricist - Brian Dean Maher, Composer - Brian Dean Maher, Lyricist - Dean Sams, Background Vocal - Brandon Kinney, Composer - Brandon Kinney, Lyricist - Justin Niebank, Producer - Robbie Cheuvront, Background Vocal - Lonestar, Performer
(P) 2005 BMG Music
Jeff Stevens, Composer - Jeff Stevens, Lyricist - Jack Sizemore, Composer - Jack Sizemore, Lyricist - Dean Sams, Background Vocal - Justin Niebank, Producer - Britton Cameron, Composer - Britton Cameron, Lyricist - Robbie Cheuvront, Background Vocal - Lonestar, Performer
(P) 2005 BMG Music
Dean Sams, Background Vocal - Justin Niebank, Producer - Rivers Rutherford, Composer - Rivers Rutherford, Lyricist - Aimee Mayo, Composer - Aimee Mayo, Lyricist - Robbie Cheuvront, Background Vocal - Tom Douglas, Composer - Tom Douglas, Lyricist - Lonestar, Performer
(P) 2005 BMG Music
Jeremy Stover, Composer - Jeremy Stover, Lyricist - Dean Sams, Background Vocal - Justin Niebank, Producer - Robbie Cheuvront, Background Vocal - Steve Bogard, Composer - Steve Bogard, Lyricist - Lonestar, Performer
(P) 2005 BMG Music
Dean Sams, Background Vocal - Justin Niebank, Producer - Tom Shapiro, Composer - Tom Shapiro, Lyricist - Robbie Cheuvront, Background Vocal - Richie McDonald, Composer - Richie McDonald, Lyricist - Bob DiPiero, Composer - Bob DiPiero, Lyricist - Lonestar, Performer
(P) 2005 BMG Music
Brett James, Composer - Brett James, Lyricist - Dean Sams, Background Vocal - Justin Niebank, Producer - Michael Britt, Composer - Michael Britt, Lyricist - Robbie Cheuvront, Background Vocal - Lonestar, Performer
(P) 2005 BMG Music
Dean Sams, Background Vocal - Danny Orton, Composer - Danny Orton, Lyricist - Justin Niebank, Producer - Jennifer Schott, Composer - Jennifer Schott, Lyricist - Robbie Cheuvront, Background Vocal - Lonestar, Performer
(P) 2005 BMG Music
Tommy Lee James, Composer - Tommy Lee James, Lyricist - Justin Niebank, Producer - Sara Evans, Background Vocal - Richie McDonald, Composer - Richie McDonald, Lyricist - Lonestar, Performer
(P) 2005 BMG Music
Dean Sams, Background Vocal - Justin Niebank, Producer - Don Pfrimmer, Composer - Don Pfrimmer, Lyricist - Robbie Cheuvront, Background Vocal - Richie McDonald, Composer - Richie McDonald, Lyricist - Frank Myers, Composer - Frank Myers, Lyricist - Lonestar, Performer
(P) 2005 BMG Music
Dean Sams, Background Vocal - Justin Niebank, Producer - Ron Harbin, Composer - Ron Harbin, Lyricist - Robbie Cheuvront, Background Vocal - Richie McDonald, Composer - Richie McDonald, Lyricist - Lonestar, Performer
(P) 2005 BMG Music
Brett James, Composer - Brett James, Lyricist - Dean Sams, Composer - Dean Sams, Lyricist - Dean Sams, Background Vocal - Justin Niebank, Producer - Robbie Cheuvront, Background Vocal - Lonestar, Performer
(P) 2005 BMG Music
Gary Baker, Composer - Gary Baker, Lyricist - Walt Aldridge, Composer - Walt Aldridge, Lyricist - Dean Sams, Background Vocal - Justin Niebank, Producer - Robbie Cheuvront, Background Vocal - Richie McDonald, Composer - Richie McDonald, Lyricist - Lonestar, Performer
(P) 2005 BMG Music
Albumbeschreibung
There just isn't another country band as aw-shucks normal as Lonestar, the Tennessee quartet that quietly racked up hits across nearly a decade in its recording career. At the dawn of that career, they had a tougher Texas country streak to their music, but as the years rolled on, they smoothed out their rough edges, turning toward music that's country-pop but without any crossover aspirations. Their 2004 album Let's Be Us Again gave them one of their biggest hits thanks to such domestic-minded tunes as "Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)" and, especially, the number one country hit "Mr. Mom," and for their quickly released 2005 follow-up, Coming Home, they stick closely to that at-home aesthetic. Not only is the album named after coming home; all the songs celebrate long-term, stable relationships, working steady jobs, living in small little towns, painting an idyllic picture of the United Red States of America. The music is clean and shiny, relying on steady midtempo pop anthems, occasionally dipping into ballads and never breaking a sweat when the tempos get turned up. It's well done and professional and sometimes the sweetly earnest sentiments of the songs add up to some good old-fashioned country corn, such as on "Two Bottles of Beer," which is a nice spin on Rodney Crowell's "American Dream," and the album sparks to life with the bluegrass-inspired closer, "When I Go Home Again." It's not bad, and it's certainly listenable and the guys are likeable.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:51
- Main artists: Lonestar
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BNA Records Label
- Genre: Blues/country/folk Country
(P) 2005 BMG Music
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