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I love Cowboy Mouth. Really getting rather tired of the Mouth's penchant for reissuing songs (Disconnected, Tell the girl you're sorry) especially when the original versions were better. Love seeing them live. This effort though is a bit lacking. No real great standouts here, but very listenable to overall. Maureen is probably my favorite track.
I'm sorry, but this stuff should've been on the radio 7 years ago. There is honestly not one thing original or refreshing about this. Disappointing.
Still a beautiful song about a hard time. But it works."Kelly Ripa" is quirky, uptempo and fun.
They are just that good.With the exception of two songs that were re-done from "Uh-Oh", these are all new songs. First of all, let me just state that if I had no idea what was on this album I still would have bought it because it is Cowboy Mouth.
The words are beautiful, though if you read the lyrics you wouldn't believe that it is a rock song. The CD starts off very stong.
"I Believe" is my new favorite song. "Maureen" is a departure from CM's typical upbeat rock focusing on the death of Fred's mom.
The actual new music however, shines. I've been waiting for this album for quite a while and was THRILLED to get my hands on it. Fred warns us a bit on the recent DVD that Griff really likes the heavy guitar sound and it is stronger here than on many of their other releases. Unfortunately, two of the songs on the cd are little-changed remakes from the UH-OH album and although it was nice to hear Regina get a momentary vocal on Tell The Girl You're Sorry, it was much less than she gets when the band plays live. "Kelly Rippa" may be fun on first listen but it gets old in a hurry. The band's core remains solid and the largely unexplained exit of Vance from the roster doesn't show any sign of hurting the band either creatively or musically.It's been a long wait since the band's outstanding Voodoo Shoppe cd to hear new music and "Fearless" is a mild disappointment, but keep in mind that even the worst Cowboy Mouth cd is light years better than just about anything else on the market. By Cowboy Mouth standards, this one isn't quite up to par, but in comparison to the dreck that's been released by the major labels in recent years, "Fearless" is a masterpiece.
This is a great album by one of the best bands in the history of rock and roll music. With a mixture of rock, southern rock, and punk rock Cowboy Mouth displays diversity as well as passion for their music. Buy this album. You will not regret it.
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