Tracy Byrd - No Ordinary Man [320](Big Papi) Country Music MCAD-10991

Tracy proves himself yet again to be the ultimate country singer with a wide variety of straight country music. Tracy has always been able to go from fun to serious without effort. On this album, Tracy shows he's got a sense of humor and is not afraid to pick a little fun at the way we live with songs like, Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous and Pink Flamingos. Even a country fried love song like Redneck Roses (co-written by Byrd and Byron Hill who also co-wrote Lifestyles and Strait's Fool Hearted Memory) shows a little bit of this.

Byrd shows his true diversity by including one of the most popular love songs and strongest male vocalist ballads of the decade, the No.1 Hit The Keeper of The Stars.

And of course, we can't forget one of everybody's favorite two-step songs The First Step which kicks the album off.

Produced by Jerry Crutchfield (also produced LeDoux), it's no wonder we got one of the best Rodeo songs of all time, No Ordinary Man. Co-written by Bryd, this song still stands today right along with LeDoux's best stuff and shows Byrd's appreciation for rodeo and rodeo athletes. The strength of Tracy's voice is evident during the breakdown of this song where he carries it a capello.

This is a solid album all the way through as we have come to expect from Bryd. Like his debut album, this one also makes our Best 100 of All Time list.

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