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Josh Gracin - We Weren't Crazy (2008)

Year: 2008

Style: Country / Traditional Country

Country: United States

Quality: HQ VBR Mp3 / 44,1Khz / Joint-Stereo

Size: 69,50 MB

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Album Reviews:



Despite the success of contemporary vocalist Josh Gracin's self-titled debut album -- the set landed three Top Five singles (including "Nothin' to Lose," which hit the top spot) and went gold -- the former American Idol contestant (and fourth-place finisher in the second season) faces a bigger test on his sophomore effort for a number of reasons. First of all, this is a very fickle marketplace. Gracin began to record a follow-up album to be released in 2006, tentatively called I Keep Coming Back, but pulled the plug, citing a need to record all new material. Four years is a long time out of the limelight in popular music in the 21st century. Luckily for him, country audiences tend to be more loyal than rock & roll audiences, and are not as obsessed with next big things. Musically, Gracin knew what he was doing, apparently. Once more he teams with producer Marty Williams and engineer Bart Morris on some cuts and Brett James and Luke Wooten on others; there are also a few holdovers from the studio band on his debut -- namely bassist Mike Brignardello, backing vocalist Russell Terrell, and the ubiquitous steel guitarist Dan Dugmore. A nice addition here is veteran studio ace Matt Rollings on keyboards. Gracin is one of those big-voiced singers who gets to his upper tenor register somewhat effortlessly, and he makes the most of it on power ballads and big guitar storming anthems that have enough punch and enough story in them to carry the listener along for the ride. His voice drips with sincerity in everything he delivers, which is a real plus. The title cut, which was written by Gracin, is a standout. The enormously compressed guitars climb and wail, and Dugmore's steel has distortion careening over a multi-voiced chorus with a ringing 12-string and big drums. It's the album's first single, and it's a worthy one. Blair Daly's "I Don't Want to Live" follows the same basic formula, and it too works seamlessly with a nice lonesome fiddle touch at the tail end of the each line that trails into the beginning of the next. The breeziness of "Telluride," by Brett James and Troy Verges, with its neo-psychedelic guitar touches and shuffling pace, has one of those fairy-tale "poor but rich with love" storylines, and is another sure bet as a single and/or a video. Ultimately, this is formulaic contemporary country, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing; its fans are always hungry for more stories, more guitars, more catchy hooks and big choruses. Gracin does it better than most; if anyone has a chance of making lightning strike twice -- despite the long wait -- it's him.



About Josh Gracin:



Josh Gracin was born October 18, 1980, and grew up in Westland, MI. He performed at fairs, music competitions, and other venues as a young man, and did the vocal for a demo version of a song ("She Loves Me," written by Ken Salaets and Tim Barbor) in Nashville in 1996 when he was only 16 years old. His big break came when he appeared on the television show American Idol during its second season. A Lance Corporal in the United States Marines at the time he did the show, Gracin came in fourth, specializing in broad, country-influenced versions of pop songs like "Baby I Need Your Lovin'," "Piano Man," "Jive Talkin'," and "To Love Somebody." He also sang a Rascal Flatts song on the show, "I'm Moving On," a performance that was heard by the band's bass player, Jay Demarcus. Demarcus was impressed by what he saw and put Gracin in touch with Marty Williams, the producer of Rascal Flatts' first two albums. Williams was instrumental in getting the singer signed to Lyric Street Records. A first single, "I Want to Live," was released early in 2004, and he began work on his self-titled debut album produced by Williams, which was then released that June. Gracin contributed a song -- a version of "Three Times a Lady" -- to the American Idol Season 2 soundtrack CD. A debut album, the self-titled Josh Gracin, appeared in 2004, followed by We Weren't Crazy four years later in 2008.


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Tracklist:



01. Found

02. We Weren't Crazy

03. Invisible

04. Let Me Fall

05. I Don't Want To Live

06. Favorite State Of Mind

07. Telluride
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08. I Keep Coming Back

09. Sweet September

10. Livin' It Up

11. Unbelievable (Ann Marie)



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