Your Man - 7986

Amazon.com The success of his debut, Long Black Train, had folks in Nashville making bets about Josh Turner's capturing 2004's CMA Horizon Award, but then Turner, whose resonant baritone-bass will rattle the screws out of your car stereo speakers, seemed to quickly fade from sight. Now, with his sophomore album, he proves he wasn't a fluke, even if nothing here immerses itself in the baptismal fire of temptation, death, and redemption with the power of Train. His duet with Ralph Stanley, "Me and God," which Turner wrote, somehow falls short, especially since Stanley sounds so weak that he might have fallen over at the microphone. Where Turner does bring home the bacon is in moving out of the gospel area and wisely choosing four songs from the pen of the underrated Shawn Camp: "Would You Go with Me," the irresistible bluegrass invitation to forever (with lyrics that sound Biblically inspired, despite the overly romantic tone); the hilarious "Loretta Lynn's Lincoln"; the bluesy "No Rush," which walks the same sexy path as Tony Joe White and Conway Twitty; and the frustrated-husband lament "Baby's Gone Home to Mama." Turner also scores points in tipping his hat to heritage, sometimes more subtle (reworking Don Williams's "Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy") than overt. But not always. When the South Carolinian launches into his own "Way Down South," a mandolin-and-electric-guitar paean to the geographical womb that formed him, that sound you hear in the background is the whoosh of cowboy hats, sailing through the Dixiefied stratosphere. --Alanna Nash Product Description For Josh Turner's 2nd album, YOUR MAN, he once again teams up with producer Frank Rogers to put together an album that shows his growth and maturity as an artist and also reflects the changes he has experienced as a person. Review ...utterly seductive...lets the rocking take a backseat to the balladeering -- Philadelphia Inquirer - 3 1/2 Stars Mission accomplished. -- Entertainment Weekly - B+ One of country's finest voices under 30....a baritone carved of solid granite -- Country Weekly - 1/30/06 - 3 Stars!! Several numbers have melody hooks that will have you pushing the repeat button.....no weaknesses among these 11 knockout songs. -- Albuquerque Tribune Turner has found his singing voice. He returns with an album that tops it's predecessor in many places. -- The Tennessean - 3 Stars - 1/23/06 Turner totally delivers on his early promise. -- Billboard - 1/24/06 Turner's not-so-secret weapon is a baritone as deep, rich and delicious as a slab of chocolate layer cake. -- USA Today - 3 Stars No Rush ...it s a sublime piano ballad gorgeous; it s sure to be one of the year s best seduction songs. -- New York Times - Critics Choice
ASIN: B000BBOVGW
VSKU: DBV.B000BBOVGW.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Josh Turner
Binding: Audio CD