Comments on: Album Review: Chris Young — Neon

By: Barry M

Barry M — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:03:02 +0000

Join the National 5 Year Moratorium Against Singing New Songs About Beer. Bottled, canned or on tap. Join now..

(Any other liquid is acceptable..Old songs about beer may or may not be grudgingly accepted.)

By: Matt Bjorke

Matt Bjorke — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:46:17 +0000

You do know that the universal ‘hate’ for “Save Water, Drink Beer” means it’ll be a single at some point. ;-)

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:10:16 +0000

So happy about this site, BTW. I really missed a place to talk about country music! If you all need any help with anything in terms of getting things going, feel free to shoot me an email… I’m not sure what I could do, but I’d really like to see this place last.

Anyway, my favorite tracks on this album, upon first listen, are “Don’t Leave Her (If You Can’t Let Her Go)”, then “Tomorrow”, then “Neon”. The first two are the kind of stuff I really wish Chris would stick to; he’s so good at interpreting songs with actual emotional depth and conflict, and he even carries the 80′s-power-ballad chorus melody of “Tomorrow” pretty well. “Neon” isn’t particularly original, but it just sounds like a classic 90′s country hit, which I’m always a sucker for.

“When She’s On” and “You” are fun, nice-sounding numbers that don’t aim very high but accomplish what they set out to in a fun way. Nice, safe singles if he wants to go that way. “Flashlight” is one I’ll have to take a few more listens to to get a better read on, but is at least original in its presentation.

The overall song quality is a step up from “Voices” on this album, but I still wish he would take some more risks… “pleasant” is the perfect adjective to use, but I think he’s capable of “classic”. I just don’t think songs like “She’s Got This Thing…”, “I’m Gonna Change That”, “Old Love Feels New”, “Save Water…”, etc., are catchy and good enough to demand radio play or interesting enough to be album cuts for an artist of his caliber.

It’s still one of the best releases of the year, I just always have such high hopes for Chris Young!

By: Jeremy Dylan

Jeremy Dylan — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:29:47 +0000

After I got over my minor disappointment that he hadn’t, in fact, covered the John Mayer song of the same name, I’ve grown to really dig that title track.

By: Hoggy from Oz

Hoggy from Oz — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 01:15:43 +0000

I really like the title track. Spot on review in my opinion :)

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:46:09 +0000

The title track is probably one of my favorite new songs I’ve heard all year.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:09:01 +0000

I enjoyed this album. The first three cuts were all good, but I didn’t like “Save Water, Drink Beer” any more than you did. But it gets back on track pretty quickly. I really liked “Flashglight” and the title track.