Clay Walker-Live Laugh Love-(Retail)-1999-HHI

Artist......: Clay walker
Album.......: Live laugh love
Grabber : EAC
Encoder : LAME v3.90.3
Release Date: Aug-24-1999
Rip Date....: Apr-27-2004
Genre.......: Country
Quality : VBRkbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo
Playtime : 41:13 min
Ripper : Happy Hacker Industries
Supplier : HHI
CD Songs : 11
Label.......: Giant
Album Info..:

Clay Walker is a good journeyman singer. He has a strong voice, knows how to twist clichs to his advantage, and knows that straying too far from the clich╬╦£s will lose his wide audience. In turn, that means that he's enjoyable, but a little predictable, which is an accurate assessment of Live, Laugh, Love, his fifth album. The album never really distinguishes itself from its predecessors. Like those records, it's a safe blend of pop ballads, mild rockers, and polished honky tonk, all delivered in Walker's twangy tenor. Even if the ballads occasionally touch on adult contemporary (witness "Once in a Lifetime Love"), it's considerably more country than, say, Tim McGraw, but the music doesn't show enough imagination and isn't organic enough to stand apart from the neo-traditionalist pack. That said, it's hardly bad -- the material may be uneven, but "She's Always Right" has a good sense of humor and "Lose Some Sleep Tonight" is quite good, while the title track is an amusing twist on Faron Young's "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young," a calypso-ish number that is designed for yuppies into hat music. Ultimately, Live, Laugh, Love drags a bit too much to rank among Walker's best, but it has its moments. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine




Track Listing....:
01.She's always right [03:22]
02.Lonesome sleep tonight [03:07]
03.Holdin' her and lovin' you [03:24]
04.Cold hearted [03:59]
05.If A man ain't thinking [03:12]
('bout his woman)
06.Once in A lifetime love [04:31]
07.It ain't called heartland [03:41]
(for nothin')
08.Woman thing [02:53]
09.This time love [03:53]
10.The chain of love [05:05]
11.Live, laugh, love [04:06]
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41:13 min
55,7 MB