Jake Owen - Startin With Me
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Artist: Jake OwenEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-07-25
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- The Bad In Me
- Something About A Woman
- Startin' With Me
- Yee Haw
- Ghosts
- Eight Second Ride
- Hard Not To Love You
- The Bottle And Me
- Places To Run
- Long Night With You
- You Can Thank Dixie
Music reviews of Startin With Me
Music Review: Owen's Frank But Sincere "Start"
Rating: 3 Stars
Prime Cuts: Ghosts, Places to Run, Startin' with Me
Hitting on his best buddy's baby sister, brawling in the local beer joint, and inebriating in the toxic woes of the bottle, countered by some mournful weal of repentance, "Startin' With Me" presents a conflicting Owen hell-bound for rebellion, yet cowering for righteousness. Following the precedence set by Waylon Jennings, Hank Jr. and David Allan Coe, this Florida native's major label debut is packed with rousing southern rock anthems aired with defiance and autonomy yet nodding to remorseful balladry every once in a while. Produced by Jimmy Ritchey, who helmed Mark Chesnutt's last CD "Savin' the Honky Tonks," this is a very much in-house project with Owens and Ritchey co-penning most of the songs with other Nashville notables such as Brett James, Chuck Jones and Casey Beathard. Formerly a professional golfer until an accident crippled his golfing prospect, Owen turned to country music. And with already a top 20 single, "Yee Haw," it looks like Owen have had made the right decision of leaving the 18-hole green behind.
Owen's more diabolical side is best expounded in the album opener "Bad in Me," a rousing Travis-Tritt-like rocking charmer with its thrumming electric guitar chords to boast. "Yee Haw," the lead single, is a silly romp about Owens shagging to the local tavern to pick up girls only ending up in a brawl. No shaft of unfathomable insights, "Yee Haw," is just a piece of three minutes catchy froth. While the spirited-drenched "Bottle and Me," is your typical cry-in-your-beer entry, set on a average bluesy lamenting swamp. Randy Owens of Alabama gets to guest on "You Can Thank Dixie," which offers a litany of praise for everything southern, and you guess it, it does not leave out the exoneration of southern whiskey. Nevertheless, despite the presence of Randy Owens, "You Can Thank Dixie" adds nothing novel to the oeuvre of countless odes to the south.
Of the songs that deal with Owen's assay for the higher path: "Startin' With You" is a soulful penitence from a wrenched soul seeking to amend his ways. Performed with a personal verve of sincerity, this ballad brims with soul-transforming potential. Also, quite poignant is "Places to Run," an understated acoustic guitar driven meditation of regrets and loss that edges with a quiet desperation impossible to quench. "Ghosts," a song Kenny Chesney had on hold for some time, is a hauntingly sad ballad that finds the rugged Owen in his most vulnerable mode. When Owen starts getting intimate, don't expect a Mill and Boon romance. Rather "Something About a Woman" finds Owen struggling to give expression, albeit wobbly, of his admiration to the lady of his life.
On the whole, high points are to be awarded for Owen's sincerity in crafting these paeans. There are no run of the mill tooth-decaying clichés here; Owen tells it as he sees it. And when it comes to the decumbence of life, Owen tells it all--warts and all. However, the major weakness of this project also resides in the songs. In the long haul, there's not much here that will set Owen aside from country music's crop of burgeoning southern rockers with a sensitive edge. With Owen joining the class of Trent Tomlinson, Bobby Pinson, Eric Church and Lost Trailers, there's actually not much that will set him apart. In country music easily saturated market, "Startin' With Me" though listenable, sadly will not start Owen on a path with grit and gravitas.
Description of Startin With Me
Tracks include: 1. The Bad In Me 3:27 2. Something About A Woman 3:13 3. Startin' With Me 3:56 4. Yee Haw 2:52 5. Ghosts 3:51 6. Eight Second Ride 3:03 7. Hard Not To Love You 3:20 8. The Bottle And Me 3:03 9. Places To Run 3:28 10. Long Night With You 3:57 11. You Can Thank Dixie (Duet With Randy Owen) 4:26Country CDs
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