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| 1. Bob Away My Blues |
| 2. Are You Sure Waylon Done It This Way |
| 3. Hand In The Fire |
| 4. Outside Intro (To Galaxy Song) |
| 5. Galaxy Song |
| 6. When I Said I Do |
| 7. Been There |
| 8. Dixie Lullaby |
| 9. Where Your Love Won't Go |
| 10. Love She Can't Live Without You |
| 11. Burn One Down |
| 12. Who I Use To Be |
| 13. Harmony |
| 14. No Time To Kill |
| 15. Something That We Do (Instrumental) |
"When I Said I Do", the initial single, is the highlight of this one. Clint's wife, Lisa, sang background vocals on a couple of his earlier hits, "Like The Rain" and "Half Way Up", as she does here. However, on "When I Said I Do", Lisa's voice is almost as powerful as her husband's. Other guest vocalists are Steve Wariner on "Been There"(Steve is not only Clint's co-writer on this one, but the lead guitarist); Bruce Hornsby on "Dixie Lullaby", on which he also plays piano; Eric Idle on "Galaxy Song", which Idle wrote; Kenny Loggins on "Harmony"; and Waylon Jennings on "Are You Sure Waylon Done It This Way", Clint's remake of the classic Waylon song "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way".
Clint also remade two of his classic hits, "Burn One Down" and "No Time To Kill", for D'lectrified. "Burn One Down", despite being all acoustic like the rest of the songs on the album, is transformed into an up-tempo rocker with some nifty saxophone playing by Edgar Winter and a bluesy harmonica solo by Clint. Clint's friend and longtime lead guitarist, Hayden Nicholas, did some clever guitar picking on the updated version of "No Time To Kill", which is decidedly more up-tempo than the original. Bruce Hornsby also did some awesome piano work on this one.
These songs are just the highlights of what is an altogether excellent record.
... Read more ›Most impressive about this album is two things, first Clint's debut as a producer and he makes the most of the opportunity. Second not one electric instrument was used on the recording - a real masterpiece.
Songs like When I said I do, recorded with his wife, Lisa Hartman Black, will make you understand why Clint Black is considered one the top male vocalist of the 1990's.
Steve Warner, Bruce Hornsby, Waylon Jennings and Kenny Loggins also make vocal appearances. Couple at that with the remakes of No time to kill and Burn one down and you have a sure fire winner on your hands.
The cover tunes open the album on a low note. The Marshall Tucker Band's "Bob Away My Blues" is slicker - more big band - than the original. Waylon Jenning's "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" now refers to the author instead of Hank Williams and includes a guest rap from Jennings near the end. It tries oh-so-hard to be hip but instead comes across as leisure suit cool. Completely inexplicable is Black's inclusion of "The Galaxy Song" from Monty Python's Meaning Of Life - with harmonies by Eric Idle.
Much, much better are Black's new compositions that follow. "When I Said I Do" is a poignant vow of commitment with surprisingly strong harmonizing by his Hollywood temptress wife, Lisa Hartman. In contrast, Black's acoustic ballads "Where Your Love Won't Go" and "Love She Can't Do Without" deal with unsuccessful relationships, but are just as moving. Wonderfully woven in between these touching odes are the jerky grooves of "Hand In The Fire," as well as "Been There," an infectious uptempo duet with Steve Wariner that'll have your fingers snapping for hours.
The two remakes that conclude the album register a hit and a miss. "Burn One Down" offers an overly peppy melody reminiscent of the theme from The Golden Girls that contradicts its depressing yet defiant subject matter.
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