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Like many young country music artists, Chris Cagle didn't grow up with country music so much as he did country-influenced pop and rock; his touchstones are the Eagles and Lynyrd Skynyrd, not Hank Williams and Merle Haggard. While his debut album Play It Loud unquestionably deserves to be filed under country, it's best to think of it just as much in the Southern rock category. Listening to it, music fans will be reminded most frequently of the Marshall Tucker Band and, especially, the Charlie Daniels Band. Cagle is most at home on up-tempo tracks like "Country by the Grace of God," "Rock the Boat," and the title track, also showing an affinity for swamp rock on "Love Between a Woman and a Man." Hence the leadoff track, "My Love Goes on and On," released months ahead of the album as Cagle's first single, is a good representation of his style, since it is another driving country-rocker. Necessarily, Cagle mixes in a few ballads, but they are not among the album's most impressive tracks. It may be that, with slower tempos and more emphasis on lyrics, such songs reveal Cagle's formulaic songwriting approach less flatteringly. The cliché-ridden, stereotypical declarations of romantic devotion would require a more distinctive balladeer to put it over successfully. The chief exception is the heart-rending "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out," actually Cagle's first song to be recorded (David Kersh cut it in 1997), which was added to the album for its Capitol Records reissue in June, 2001, along with another bonus track, "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me," and some multi-media content including the video for "Laredo," the album's second emphasis track and second chart hit. Cagle is an enthusiastic and engaging performer on his first album, but not yet a fully developed talent.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Don Pfrimmer, Composer - DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Wright, Producer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Craig White, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Cagle, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
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DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Wright, Producer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Craig White, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Cagle, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
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Jeremy Campbell, Composer - DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Wright, Producer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Craig White, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Cagle, Producer, MainArtist - Anna Lisa Graham, Composer
(C) 2001 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Nashville
Bryan Wayne, Composer - M. JASON GREENE, Composer - Robert Wright, Producer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Craig White, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Cagle, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
(C) 2001 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Nashville
DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - M. JASON GREENE, Composer - Robert Wright, Producer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Craig White, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Cagle, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
(C) 2001 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Nashville
DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - M. JASON GREENE, Composer - Robert Wright, Producer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Craig White, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Cagle, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
(C) 2001 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Nashville
Aimee Mayo, Composer - Marv Green, Composer - Chris Lindsey, Composer, Producer - Hank Williams, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Green, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Todd Gunnerson, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Hagen, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Droman, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Cagle, MainArtist
(C) 2001 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2001 Capitol Records Nashville
Randy Boudreaux, Composer - DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Wright, Producer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Craig White, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Cagle, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Dick Kaiser, Composer
(C) 2001 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Nashville
Kenny Mims, Composer - DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Wright, Producer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Craig White, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Cagle, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
(C) 2001 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Nashville
DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - M. JASON GREENE, Composer - Robert Wright, Producer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Craig White, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Cagle, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Jerome Earnest, Composer
(C) 2001 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Nashville
Taylor Dunn, Composer - DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Wright, Producer, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Craig White, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Northrup, Composer - Chris Cagle, Producer, MainArtist - M.C. Potts, Composer
(C) 2001 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Nashville
Chris Lindsey, Producer - Jon Robbin, ComposerLyricist - Hank Williams, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Green, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Todd Gunnerson, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Hagen, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Droman, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Cagle, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2001 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2001 Capitol Records Nashville
Album review
Like many young country music artists, Chris Cagle didn't grow up with country music so much as he did country-influenced pop and rock; his touchstones are the Eagles and Lynyrd Skynyrd, not Hank Williams and Merle Haggard. While his debut album Play It Loud unquestionably deserves to be filed under country, it's best to think of it just as much in the Southern rock category. Listening to it, music fans will be reminded most frequently of the Marshall Tucker Band and, especially, the Charlie Daniels Band. Cagle is most at home on up-tempo tracks like "Country by the Grace of God," "Rock the Boat," and the title track, also showing an affinity for swamp rock on "Love Between a Woman and a Man." Hence the leadoff track, "My Love Goes on and On," released months ahead of the album as Cagle's first single, is a good representation of his style, since it is another driving country-rocker. Necessarily, Cagle mixes in a few ballads, but they are not among the album's most impressive tracks. It may be that, with slower tempos and more emphasis on lyrics, such songs reveal Cagle's formulaic songwriting approach less flatteringly. The cliché-ridden, stereotypical declarations of romantic devotion would require a more distinctive balladeer to put it over successfully. The chief exception is the heart-rending "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out," actually Cagle's first song to be recorded (David Kersh cut it in 1997), which was added to the album for its Capitol Records reissue in June, 2001, along with another bonus track, "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me," and some multi-media content including the video for "Laredo," the album's second emphasis track and second chart hit. Cagle is an enthusiastic and engaging performer on his first album, but not yet a fully developed talent.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:05
- Main artists: Chris Cagle
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Nashville
- Genre: Country
© 2001 Capitol Records Nashville ℗ 2001 Capitol Records Nashville
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