Amigo

David Ball - Amigo

Amigo
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Artist: David Ball
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-10-02
Music Label: Dualtone Music Group
Soundtracks:
  1. Amigo
  2. Missing Her Blues
  3. She Always Talked About Mexico
  4. Riding With Private Malone
  5. Whenever You Come Back To Me
  6. Loser Friendly
  7. Linger Awhile
  8. Trying Not To Love You
  9. New Shiner Polka
  10. Texas Echo
  11. Swing Baby
  12. Just Out Of Reach
  13. When The Devil Wants To Wrestle

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Free Music Review: Outstanding traditional country
Hit: 5 Stars

I bought this album after realizing that "Riding With Private Malone" was recorded by the same man who sang "Thinkin' Problem." I was only six when the latter was a hit, so David Ball wasn't really on my radar until Private Malone came along. After discovering that the two songs were recorded by the same guy, I wanted to look into more of his music and was very pleased with what I found.

Some reviewers in the past have complained that Ball is "too country," but I personally consider that a good thing. Ball's sound falls somewhere between the neotraditionalist sound of George Strait and Mark Chesnutt and the classic honky tonk tradition of Hank Williams and Bob Wills.

There are some really fun upbeat tracks and some good old fashioned cry in your beer sad songs, as well as a few that strike a bit of a middle ground. Overall, this album may not be for fans of the more pop oriented brand of modern country, but for those who love the tradition of the genre you would be hard pressed to do better than this.

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David Ball's 1988 debut was sweet and melodic, complete with yodeling and a beguiling, light-on-its-feet traditionalism. Following his 1994 Top 10 single, "Thinkin' Problem," he wound up lost in the hat-act shuffle, which, had he stuck with it, would probably have destroyed his integrity as it had that of so many others. Amigo returns Ball to his Southwestern roots. The title song, which he co-penned with Kostas, has a '40s feeling that sets the tone for the entire record. Other Ball-authored material is just as fine, particularly "Missing Her Blues," the yodelfest "Texas Echo," and the gutsy gospel of "When the Devil Wants to Wrestle." Ball also includes a masterful interpretation of Merle Haggard's loungy "Trying Not to Love You" and demonstrates his flawless taste in vintage material, recasting the 1920s pop hit "Linger Awhile" as fetching, acoustic-driven Western swing and the classic "Just Out of Reach" as a waltz. He may not be swimming in gold and platinum discs nowadays, but with a package this artistically satisfying under his belt, who cares? --Rich Kienzle

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