Keith Urban - Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing
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Free Music Review: Urban's songwriting and musicality are like a fine wine........it just gets better with age
Hit: 5 Stars
I have been a Keith Urban fan for years and I must say this is his best work to date. Never before has someone shown so much talent on a particular instrument. His songs go right to the heart of the matter, no matter what your age. They also highlight his own struggles in his life. His first self-titled album was good, but shallow in the sense of being autobiographical. His music today is much more a reflection of who he is as a person in his heart and soul. His intuition must sense what the public wants to hear and what will be a successful hit, because it seems like the more years he is on the country music scene, his music just gets better. His songs are not the stereotypical, depressing country that most artists get into these days. He focuses on living life in the now, loving someone with all you are, and just having a great time with the music. This is someone who is rooted in the music, and you can tell just by listening. And by the way, his concerts are great and worth every cent spent on them. I saw him at the Xcel and he performed for 2 1/2 hours! He gives so much of himself onstage and has such a good time, you cannot help but admire this brilliant singer/songwriter/musician! Way to go Keith! Keep making music!Free Music Review: Rice In Our Hair
Hit: 5 Stars
This is my 2nd set by Keith after the blockbuster 4-million seller "Be Here." My favorite track after my first few listenings is "God Made Woman." It's a stunning anthem with Chris McHugh's drums slamming the beat against thunderous guitars in what sounds like it out to be a slow song. It's kind of the country version of "Hey Jude" in that regard. I like the melodic "Everybody" & the upbeat "Got It Right This Time." The single "Once in a Lifetime" is a certain crowd pleaser wedding song, "I close my eyes & I see you standin' right there, sayin' 'I do' & they're throwin' rice in our hair." "Faster Car" is so infectious that it's hard not to just leave it perpetually on repeat, "I got a you-shaped hole inside I swear it gets deeper by the day, flickin' cigarettes out the window goin' nowhere in this lonely rain." "Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing" is an excellent set. It's musically inventive like the use of tin whistle & uillean pipes on "I Told You So." Urban's vocals are passionate and committed and the band is completely crackerjack. Bravo!Free Music Review: no repeat...
Hit: 5 Stars
If you are looking for a remake of "Be Here", "Golden Road" or any of Urbans previous albums you might be disappointed...
As a an Urban fan I am totally amazed at how he has made another great album that does not sound like the other albums he has recorded...
He keeps growing and evolving musically... His voice has gotten even better...
The theme is summed up quite well in the album title.... Courageously facing the struggles of fear in love/pain... as well as the joys in love....
I absolutely love the marriage of searing guitar and banjo and strings, piano.... His musicianship is brilliant in this album....
I believe for me that time tested this one will be my favorite just as the others are my favorite as according to the mood I am in...
The only part of this album that is the same to the others is his personality, style and ability to equal his other accomplishments in music...
Free Music Review: Keith has done it again!
Hit: 5 Stars
Keith Urban's follow up album to the mega-hit success of Be Here is nothing short of amazing, or AUSSOME!! Love, Pain, and the whole crazy thing touches a lot on love, the pain that one endures and eventually turns into the whole crazy thing (catchy title ey?). The crossover, feel-good tune like, "Once In A Lifetime" shows no signs of slowing. Songs like "Stupid Boy" and "Used To The Pain" touch on some of the darker, or painful sides of life but show with the right work a positive outcome is likely. Urban does this as he has on his previous records with his endearing vocals and soaring guitar work, building up at the end in an almost magical collage of sounds. The album also includes infectious rockers that have become a sort of trademark for Urban, "Once In A Lifetime," "Faster Car," "Raise The Barn," and "Shine" to name a few. This album is a must have for not only country music lovers, but for all music lovers!Free Music Review: This Pretty Boy Country Rock moves this Cowboy
Hit: 5 Stars
Now I'm a hardscrabble, no holds barred, put up or shut up kind of dude. So, I didn't think these poignant ballads and mid-tempo rockers would agree with my aggressive and in-your-face attitude. Boy was I wrong!
By the end of this CD, I was just twirling round the room thinking about how my life would have been different, if I hadn't been too proud to take that drama class I wanted to. So yes, there is some regret. I think I could have been a powerful performer along the lines of Rob Lowe in St. Elmo's Fire or Freddy Prinze Jr. in the ABC smash hit sitcom, "Freddie."
Not sure why a film star of Prinze's magnitude would take a sitcom role, but what do I know. I'm just a rough cat from the badlands of Brentwood.
Anyway, I want to thank Mr. Urban for giving me the courage to see that my life has been a waste. It's time for me to take that drama class. Look out Mr. Lowe!