Country artist offers
love themes, familiar sounds on new album
By Jenny Jones
Summer
Reporter
Brad Paisley, one of country music's latest chart-topping
artists, two stepped his way into our lives with his first album,
"Who Needs Pictures." Now he's offering more of the same southern
twang in his new album, "Part II."
A collection of up-beat guitar songs mixed violin
ballads make Paisley's "Part II" enjoyable.
"Two Feet of Topsoil," track one, should remind
fans of, "Me Neither," from Paisley's first album. The songs have
a similar instrumental pace, which makes Paisley sound as though he's
an auctioneer taking bids on country love.
The album's title track, "Part II," is a tune
that describes the connection between Hollywood sequels and the way
one feels after a separation from his significant other. "Part II"
is a song that should definitely be listened to not only for its vocals,
but also for its integration of the piano and the violin.
While the album presents many songs that are
sure to make Paisley a more sought after artist, the track that has
already made it as a requested song is, "Two People Fell in Love."
This track puts a different twist on the traditional
love song by describing the miracle of life, which is made possible
"all because two people fell in love."
"Two People Fell in Love" is not the only track
on the album that qualifies as an unusual love song, however. "Come
on Over Tonight" includes every cliché in the book when Paisley
admits his use of these typical phrases and says that it is inevitable
he is truly in love.
Along with the album's conventional themes, Paisley
brings together three major long-time country stars, George Jones,
Bill Anderson and Buck Owens, in the album's last track, "Too Country."
It makes a great addition, completing the album.
