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Chad Brock broke through with "Ordinary Life," the second single from his self-titled 1998 debut, and he returns with this follow-up, another agreeable collection of bland pop-country. It is some measure of the state of country music that a performer as faceless as this one can be thought of as sufficiently traditionalist to attract cameos from George Jones and Hank Williams, Jr. on a boneheaded update of that boneheaded anthem "A Country Boy Can Survive," when the rest of his music adopts a crossover style that often makes it sound more appropriate for the adult contemporary rather than the country charts. But that remake did make the charts, and the title track, a Brock co-composition telling the story of how he met and married his wife, was a substantial hit by the time the album was released. The reason is that Brock is well-suited to the limited demands of country radio; on these sketchy songs, he references country music without really playing it. Somewhere in the mix a fiddle and steel guitar usually lurk, but not so you'd notice them, and the songs, two-verse specials with big choruses built on clichés ("You Had to Be There," "If I Were You"), outline the kind of sentimental, sometimes maudlin, common-man love stories typical of country lyrics, without ever getting specific enough to sound believable (and that includes the "true story" in "Yes!"). Brock sings in an artless, unaffected tenor that makes him seem more like an anonymous demo singer than a name recording artist. If this is the kind of harmless, homogenized music that country radio likes in 2000 (and it is), maybe that's just because it makes for little interruption in mood from the commercials that really pay the bills.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Norro Wilson, Producer - Jim Collins, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Chad Brock, Composer, Lyricist, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Larry Paxton, Bass - Mark Luna, Background Vocals - Gary Prim, Piano - Randy McCormick, Keyboards, Organ - Brian Tankersley, Mixer - Hank Williams, Masterer - B. James Lowry, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar - John Willis, Electric Guitar - Sonny Garrish, Pedal Steel Guitar - Eddie Bayers, Drums - BILLY SHERRILL, RecordingEngineer - BUDDY CANNON, Producer - J.T. Corenflos, Electric Guitar - RobHajacos, Fiddle - Jason Piske, AdditionalEngineer - Shannon Finnegan, Co-ordinator Production - Brady Barnett, AdditionalEngineer - Tony Castle, Digital Editor - STEPHONY SMITH, Composer, Lyricist, Writer, Background Vocals - Richard H. Kuschel, AdditionalEngineer - Sam Hewitt, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2000 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2000 Warner Records Inc.
Norro Wilson, Producer - Kim Tribble, Writer - Dave Robbins, Writer - Chad Brock, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Larry Paxton, Bass - Gary Prim, Piano - Dale Oliver, Writer - Randy McCormick, Keyboards, Organ - Brian Tankersley, Mixer - Hank Williams, Masterer - B. James Lowry, Acoustic Guitar - Dennis Wilson, Background Vocals - Sonny Garrish, Pedal Steel Guitar - Eddie Bayers, Drums - BILLY SHERRILL, RecordingEngineer - BUDDY CANNON, Producer - John Wesley Ryles, Background Vocals - J.T. Corenflos, Electric Guitar - Liana Manis, Background Vocals - RobHajacos, Fiddle - Jason Piske, AdditionalEngineer - Shannon Finnegan, Co-ordinator Production - Brady Barnett, AdditionalEngineer - Tony Castle, Digital Editor - Richard H. Kuschel, AdditionalEngineer - Sam Hewitt, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2000 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2000 Warner Records Inc.
Tim Nichols, Writer - Gilles Godard, Writer - Rick Giles, Writer - Norro Wilson, Producer - John Hobbs, Piano - Chad Brock, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Larry Paxton, Extra Bass - Paul Leim, Drums, Tambourine - Ted Hewitt, Background Vocals - Brian Tankersley, Mixer - Dan Dugmore, Banjo, Pedal Steel Guitar - Hank Williams, Masterer - B. James Lowry, Acoustic Guitar - BILLY SHERRILL, RecordingEngineer - BUDDY CANNON, Producer - Pat Buchanan, Electric Guitar - RobHajacos, Fiddle - Jason Piske, AdditionalEngineer - Shannon Finnegan, Co-ordinator Production - Melonie Cannon, Background Vocals - Brady Barnett, AdditionalEngineer - Tony Castle, Digital Editor - Richard H. Kuschel, AdditionalEngineer - Sam Hewitt, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2000 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2000 Warner Records Inc.
Norro Wilson, Producer - John Hobbs, Keyboards - Chad Brock, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Larry Paxton, Bass - Paul Leim, Drums, Percussion - Randy McCormick, Piano - Ted Hewitt, Background Vocals - Brian Tankersley, Mixer - Hank Williams, Masterer - B. James Lowry, Acoustic Guitar - John Willis, Electric Guitar - Sonny Garrish, Pedal Steel Guitar - BILLY SHERRILL, RecordingEngineer - BUDDY CANNON, Producer - J.T. Corenflos, Electric Guitar - RobHajacos, Fiddle - Jason Piske, AdditionalEngineer - Charley Stefl, Writer - Shannon Finnegan, Co-ordinator Production - Melonie Cannon, Background Vocals - Brady Barnett, AdditionalEngineer - Tony Castle, Digital Editor - Richard H. Kuschel, AdditionalEngineer - Sam Hewitt, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Gene Ellsworth, Writer - Brad Rodgers, Writer
© 2000 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2000 Warner Records Inc.
Craig Wiseman, Writer - Norro Wilson, Producer - John Hobbs, Organ, Percussion - Chris Farren, Writer - Chad Brock, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Larry Paxton, Bass - Paul Leim, Drums, Percussion - Randy McCormick, Piano - Brian Tankersley, Mixer - Hank Williams, Masterer - B. James Lowry, Acoustic Guitar - Dennis Wilson, Background Vocals - Sonny Garrish, Pedal Steel Guitar - BILLY SHERRILL, RecordingEngineer - BUDDY CANNON, Producer - John Wesley Ryles, Background Vocals - J.T. Corenflos, Electric Guitar - Liana Manis, Background Vocals - RobHajacos, Fiddle - Jason Piske, AdditionalEngineer - Shannon Finnegan, Co-ordinator Production - Brady Barnett, AdditionalEngineer - Tony Castle, Digital Editor - Richard H. Kuschel, AdditionalEngineer - Sam Hewitt, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2000 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2000 Warner Records Inc.
Skip Ewing, Writer - Norro Wilson, Producer - John Hobbs, Piano - Wes Hightower, Background Vocals - Chad Brock, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Larry Paxton, Bass - Paul Leim, Drums - Randy McCormick, Organ - Ted Hewitt, Background Vocals - Danny Wilde, Writer - Brian Tankersley, Mixer - Hank Williams, Masterer - B. James Lowry, Acoustic Guitar - John Willis, Electric Guitar - Eric Darken, Percussion - Sonny Garrish, Pedal Steel Guitar - BILLY SHERRILL, RecordingEngineer - BUDDY CANNON, Producer - J.T. Corenflos, Electric Guitar - John Jorgenson, Electric Guitar - RobHajacos, Fiddle - Jason Piske, AdditionalEngineer - Shannon Finnegan, Co-ordinator Production - Brady Barnett, AdditionalEngineer - Tony Castle, Digital Editor - Richard H. Kuschel, AdditionalEngineer - Sam Hewitt, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2000 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2000 Warner Records Inc.
Norro Wilson, Producer - John Hobbs, Piano - Jim Collins, Writer - Chad Brock, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Larry Paxton, Bass - Mark Luna, Background Vocals - Paul Leim, Drums - Brian Tankersley, Mixer - Dan Dugmore, Pedal Steel Guitar - Hank Williams, Masterer - B. James Lowry, Acoustic Guitar - BILLY SHERRILL, RecordingEngineer - BUDDY CANNON, Producer - Pat Buchanan, Electric Guitar - RobHajacos, Fiddle - Jason Piske, AdditionalEngineer - Shannon Finnegan, Co-ordinator Production - Brady Barnett, AdditionalEngineer - Tony Castle, Digital Editor - STEPHONY SMITH, Writer, Background Vocals - Richard H. Kuschel, AdditionalEngineer - Sam Hewitt, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2000 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2000 Warner Records Inc.
James LeBlanc, Writer - Walt Aldridge, Writer - Norro Wilson, Producer - John Hobbs, Piano - Chad Brock, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Larry Paxton, Bass - Paul Leim, Drums - Randy McCormick, Keyboards, Organ - Brian Tankersley, Mixer - Hank Williams, Masterer - B. James Lowry, Acoustic Guitar - Terry McMillan, Percussion - Dennis Wilson, Background Vocals - John Willis, Electric Guitar - Sonny Garrish, Pedal Steel Guitar - BILLY SHERRILL, RecordingEngineer - BUDDY CANNON, Producer - John Wesley Ryles, Background Vocals - J.T. Corenflos, Electric Guitar - Liana Manis, Background Vocals - RobHajacos, Fiddle - Jason Piske, AdditionalEngineer - Shannon Finnegan, Co-ordinator Production - Brady Barnett, AdditionalEngineer - Tony Castle, Digital Editor - Richard H. Kuschel, AdditionalEngineer - Sam Hewitt, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2000 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2000 Warner Records Inc.
Norro Wilson, Producer - John Hobbs, Organ, Piano - Hank Williams, Jr., Writer, FeaturedArtist - Chad Brock, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Larry Paxton, Bass - Paul Leim, Drums - Randy McCormick, Keyboards - Dan Dugmore, Additional Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar - Hank Williams, Masterer - Paige Levy, Contributor - B. James Lowry, Acoustic Guitar - Terry McMillan, Percussion, Harmonica - JOHN GUESS, Mixer - BILLY SHERRILL, RecordingEngineer - BUDDY CANNON, Producer - GEORGE JONES, FeaturedArtist - Pat Buchanan, Electric Guitar - RobHajacos, Fiddle - Jason Piske, AdditionalEngineer - Shannon Finnegan, Co-ordinator Production - Brady Barnett, AdditionalEngineer - Tony Castle, Digital Editor - Richard H. Kuschel, AdditionalEngineer
© 2000 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1999 Warner Records Inc.
Verlon Thompson, Writer - Norro Wilson, Producer - John Hobbs, Keyboards, Piano - Chad Brock, Lead Vocals - Larry Paxton, Bass - Paul Leim, Drums - Brian Tankersley, Mixer - Dan Dugmore, Pedal Steel Guitar - Hank Williams, Masterer - B. James Lowry, Acoustic Guitar - Dennis Wilson, Background Vocals - BILLY SHERRILL, RecordingEngineer - BUDDY CANNON, Producer - John Wesley Ryles, Background Vocals - Pat Buchanan, Electric Guitar - Liana Manis, Background Vocals - RobHajacos, Fiddle - Jason Piske, AdditionalEngineer - Shannon Finnegan, Co-ordinator Production - Brady Barnett, AdditionalEngineer - Tony Castle, Digital Editor - Mark Wills, FeaturedArtist - Richard H. Kuschel, AdditionalEngineer - Sam Hewitt, Assistant Mixing Engineer - BILLY DEAN, Writer - Chad Brock (Duet With Mark Wills), MainArtist
© 2000 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2000 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
Chad Brock broke through with "Ordinary Life," the second single from his self-titled 1998 debut, and he returns with this follow-up, another agreeable collection of bland pop-country. It is some measure of the state of country music that a performer as faceless as this one can be thought of as sufficiently traditionalist to attract cameos from George Jones and Hank Williams, Jr. on a boneheaded update of that boneheaded anthem "A Country Boy Can Survive," when the rest of his music adopts a crossover style that often makes it sound more appropriate for the adult contemporary rather than the country charts. But that remake did make the charts, and the title track, a Brock co-composition telling the story of how he met and married his wife, was a substantial hit by the time the album was released. The reason is that Brock is well-suited to the limited demands of country radio; on these sketchy songs, he references country music without really playing it. Somewhere in the mix a fiddle and steel guitar usually lurk, but not so you'd notice them, and the songs, two-verse specials with big choruses built on clichés ("You Had to Be There," "If I Were You"), outline the kind of sentimental, sometimes maudlin, common-man love stories typical of country lyrics, without ever getting specific enough to sound believable (and that includes the "true story" in "Yes!"). Brock sings in an artless, unaffected tenor that makes him seem more like an anonymous demo singer than a name recording artist. If this is the kind of harmless, homogenized music that country radio likes in 2000 (and it is), maybe that's just because it makes for little interruption in mood from the commercials that really pay the bills.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:17
- Main artists: Chad Brock
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Records - Nashville
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2000 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1999, 2000 Warner Records Inc.
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