Andy Griggs - This I Gotta See
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Artist: Andy GriggsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-08-10
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- This I Gotta See
- My Kind Of Beautiful
- She Thinks She Needs Me
- Careful Where You Kiss Me
- Be Still
- I Never Had A Chance
- Hillbilly Band
- Why Do I Still Want You
- Long Enough
- If Heaven
- No Mississippi
Free Music Notes for This I Gotta See
Free Music Review: Excellent Album from Amazing Artist
Hit: 5 Stars
Andy Griggs stays at the top of his game with THIS I GOTTA SEE, which continues his winning streak of great albums. The CD is well-produced and is very deep in superb songs and potential hit singles. His magnificent voice, as always, is up front and center, and he sings the heck out of these tunes.
Prime Cuts:
"This I Gotta See" - Romantic uptempo ballad with nice imagery
"She Thinks She Needs Me" - One of the great love songs of the new millennium, giant sound, big vocals, lots of passion
"Be Still" - Another perfect romantic ballad, this one is a quiet-but-passionate powerhouse with some very pretty and intricate vocal arrangements
"Hillbilly Band" - Very fun rocking road song, especially when Andy says, "Naw, that's the Opry son."
"I Never Had a Chance" - Intense and blues-influenced, another amazing vocal performance
"If Heaven" - Maybe the best song on the album, a poignant ballad with moving and comforting lyrics for anybody who has ever experienced the loss of a loved one. It's touching without being mushy or overly sentimental.
"Long Enough" - Pure outlaw country, stomp your boots in the sawdust, gutsy declaration of love
"Why Do I Still Want You" - Sort of a blues/bluegrass fusion, great harmonies on this slow burner
Weaker Songs:
"My Kind of Beautiful" - a little bit too "leery" for me
"Careful Where You Kiss Me" - Too much information
"No Mississippi" - Too over the top with background vocals
Still, even the "weaker songs" are all done with a lot of energy, and would be pretty darn good for a lot of artists. For me, they just weren't "Andy" I guess.
I really love this CD overall and the incredibly good songs more than make up for a couple of mis-steps. If you like great country music, or even pop, blues, or traditional rock, you will probably like this album.
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Like many young male vocalists, Griggs, who had the blessing of longtime hero Waylon Jennings, faces a time-tested conundrum. His marketable hunk image and radio-friendly voice seems in many ways at odds with his obvious preference for the grittier musical approach that Music Row generally spurns. That dichotomy is writ large here. His vocal power surges on austere, direct material, like two numbers he co-wrote: the rocking novelty "Hillbilly Band" and sensual "My Kind of Beautiful." He journeys through male vulnerability with "She Thinks She Needs Me," a contrast with "Be Careful Where You Kiss Me," the sort of clich?d onstage crowd-pleaser that falters on record. Producer Gary Scruggs often favors spare accompaniments. While he shows admirable restraint on "Why Do I Still Love You" and Gretchen Peters's "If Heaven," sludgy overproduction hobbles "No Mississippi" and the throwaway title song. In the end, this mixed bag poses a question: what would Griggs do if he were allowed to record what he wanted, the way he wanted--the way Waylon did? --Rich KienzleCountry Music CDs
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