Comments on: Kellie Pickler — “100 Proof”

By: Barry Mazor

Barry Mazor — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:09:25 +0000

For many perfectly good performers, maybe even some of the best, given the slow moving playlists and the programming tendencies everybody’s talking about, the question is how far they can go and where without pop mainstream radio–which is not the be all and end all of making it in music. Gee, maybe even selling 100,000 or 400,000 records rather than 5 million is NOT failure. Maybe there are other sorts of sustainable country careers and ways to have them. I think we see plenty of sustaining alternatives even when, I note again, it’s tough all over.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:31:52 +0000

Ken said: “It’s unfortunate that this whole album hasn’t gotten more love from radio. There are some great authentic-feeling classic country songs on the album including this track”.

I think you answered your own question there Ken. The last thing most Top 40 AirHead Country Radio programmers are seeking after these days is “authentic-feeling classic country songs”. I just hope that this album doesn’t sink Kellie’s career at country radio.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:09:09 +0000

Just curious, Ben, what are your favorites from the album? You’re pickier about lyrics than I am, and a few of my favorites (“Unlock That Honky Tonk,” “Rockaway,” “Little House On the Highway”) aren’t anything special lyrically, but sonically I can’t get enough of them. Usually the way a song sounds matters more to me than what the words say.

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:42:42 +0000

I enjoy this song quite a bit, though it’s not one of my all-time favorites from the ’100 Proof’ album (and yes, what a great opening line). I would love to see radio paying more attention to Pickler for the excellent material on her new album, but it’s hard to be optimistic. I echo all of Ken’s preceding comment, particularly the closing sentence. At any rate, we’ll see how this single does for her.

By: nm

nm — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:26:56 +0000

I haven’t been the world’s most enthusiastic Kellie Pickler fan, but I definitely enjoy this album.

By: Ken Morton, Jr.

Ken Morton, Jr. — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:08:02 +0000

It’s unfortunate that this whole album hasn’t gotten more love from radio. There are some great authentic-feeling classic country songs on the album including this track. It’s not that Pickler needs heavy radio play to be successful by any means, but it would help cement her opportunity to deliver more really quality music like this down the road. The genre needs more Music Row-signed artists like Lee Ann Womack preaching the classic country gospel.