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A prudent man would not open his album with a song featuring the verses "Now I'm the first to say I don't know what I'm doing/And I ain't gonna preach what I don't know/I ain't no deep theologer, no PhD psychologer/I'm making this shit up as I go." But Pat Green clearly knows no such caution, and on What I'm For, his eleventh album, he seems determined to Make A Statement while offering up a commercially polished product that might allow him to make a dent on the charts outside his native Texas for a change. The first two songs, "Footsteps of Our Fathers" and "What I'm For" are clearly intended as Statements of Purpose issued from some blue-collar soapbox about unity and acceptance among the common people, and "In It for the Money" makes it clear that Green considers himself an artist and doesn't think much of folks willing to sell out for a royalty check. However, Green sounds a bit more engaged when he's singing "Country Star," a presumably satiric number in which he goes on about the joys of free drinks, hot babes, hanging out with Faith Hill and all else that comes with landing a record on the top of the charts, and for all his rootsy sincerity, producer Dann Huff has made this Green's most radio-ready album to date, so slick you could skate on it when you cue up tunes like "Lucky" or "Feeling Pretty Good Tonight." And while Green and his band sound game on these sessions, these tunes are far from the best in his songbook, full of clever phrases that don't always cohere into real songs; for all the care that went into the production and the arrangements, it's sadly ironic that songwriting turns out to be the Achilles' Heel of What I'm For. Maybe Green wasn't kidding -- maybe he did make this stuff up as he went along.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Russell Terrell, Background Vocal - Brett James, Composer - Dann Huff, Producer - Pat Green, Performer - Pat Green, Composer
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment
Russell Terrell, Background Vocal - Allen Shamblin, Composer - Marc Beeson, Composer - Dann Huff, Producer - Pat Green, Performer
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment
Bobby Pinson, Composer - Bobby Pinson, Lyricist - Russell Terrell, Background Vocal - Dann Huff, Producer - Pat Green, Lyricist - Pat Green, Performer - Pat Green, Composer
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment
Russell Terrell, Background Vocal - Justin Andrew Pollard, Composer - Justin Andrew Pollard, Lyricist - Dann Huff, Producer - Pat Green, Lyricist - Pat Green, Performer - Pat Green, Composer - Patrick Davis, Composer - Patrick Davis, Lyricist
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment
Russell Terrell, Background Vocal - Dann Huff, Producer - Pat Green, Lyricist - Pat Green, Performer - Pat Green, Composer
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment
Russell Terrell, Background Vocal - Brett James, Composer - Dann Huff, Producer - Pat Green, Performer - Pat Green, Composer
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment
Russell Terrell, Background Vocal - Danny Orton, Composer - Danny Orton, Lyricist - Dann Huff, Producer - Pat Green, Performer - Mark Beeson, Lyricist - Mark Beeson, Composer
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment
Russell Terrell, Background Vocal - Dann Huff, Producer - Pat Green, Lyricist - Pat Green, Performer - Pat Green, Composer - Patrick Davis, Composer - Patrick Davis, Lyricist
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment
Russell Terrell, Background Vocal - Dann Huff, Producer - Walt Wilkins, Lyricist - Walt Wilkins, Composer - Pat Green, Lyricist - Pat Green, Performer - Pat Green, Composer
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment
Russell Terrell, Background Vocal - Dann Huff, Producer - Lari White, Composer - Lari White, Lyricist - Chuck Cannon, Lyricist - Chuck Cannon, Composer - Pat Green, Lyricist - Pat Green, Performer - Pat Green, Composer
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
A prudent man would not open his album with a song featuring the verses "Now I'm the first to say I don't know what I'm doing/And I ain't gonna preach what I don't know/I ain't no deep theologer, no PhD psychologer/I'm making this shit up as I go." But Pat Green clearly knows no such caution, and on What I'm For, his eleventh album, he seems determined to Make A Statement while offering up a commercially polished product that might allow him to make a dent on the charts outside his native Texas for a change. The first two songs, "Footsteps of Our Fathers" and "What I'm For" are clearly intended as Statements of Purpose issued from some blue-collar soapbox about unity and acceptance among the common people, and "In It for the Money" makes it clear that Green considers himself an artist and doesn't think much of folks willing to sell out for a royalty check. However, Green sounds a bit more engaged when he's singing "Country Star," a presumably satiric number in which he goes on about the joys of free drinks, hot babes, hanging out with Faith Hill and all else that comes with landing a record on the top of the charts, and for all his rootsy sincerity, producer Dann Huff has made this Green's most radio-ready album to date, so slick you could skate on it when you cue up tunes like "Lucky" or "Feeling Pretty Good Tonight." And while Green and his band sound game on these sessions, these tunes are far from the best in his songbook, full of clever phrases that don't always cohere into real songs; for all the care that went into the production and the arrangements, it's sadly ironic that songwriting turns out to be the Achilles' Heel of What I'm For. Maybe Green wasn't kidding -- maybe he did make this stuff up as he went along.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:50
- Main artists: Pat Green
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BNA Records Label
- Genre: Country
(P) 2008 Sony Music Entertainment
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