Comments on: Brad Paisley, American Saturday Night

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:59:42 +0000

I agree. He’s definetly better than most of what is on the radio nowadays. Plus, I enjoyed the album throughly. There isn’t a single boring spot :)

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:19:23 +0000

getting dumped from your short-list for an album like “5th Gear” – you’d be surprised how many of today’s mainstream country stars would line up to feel your boot, leeann.

By: gail

gail — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:02:59 +0000

I feel the same way Martin does. Don’t know why but it’s just that way. Nothing exciting about him at all. He’s a sweet guy, but I look for passion and excitement…these 2, to me, Brad lacks.

By: Martin in NY

Martin in NY — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:20:57 +0000

Leann, this is a wonderfully written review.

However, I have to say that I have never been able to get into Brad Paisley’s music. He bores me. Always. His music always sounds dull to me, and his sense of humor just doesn’t work for me.

I will definitely give this one a listen after reading the review.

By: Hard Times

Hard Times — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:28:08 +0000

Thanks for the explanation of your grading Leeann.

By: Cowboy Blue

Cowboy Blue — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:42:11 +0000

You would be right on that note LeeAnn. Paisley was my first concert. I own every one of his albums and not once have I been disapointed. I agree that “Time Well Waisted” was probably his best with “Mus On The Tires” for me a close second. This album is great and it shows a lot more of Brad than anything else. But yeah LeeAnn, I am a HUGE fan!!

By: Chris D.

Chris D. — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:08:53 +0000

Nice review, I completely agree except that I very much like “No”. Beyond that though, I agree.

By: John

John — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:41:02 +0000

I also was disappointed by “5th Gear”, although by most standards it was still a good record. “American” is far ahead of that, and I even like “Then”, but I have a personal connection to that. “Part 2″ will remain my favorite Paisley CD, though.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:05:21 +0000

The three lightweight songs are still good in my opinion, just not anything to write home about. The ones that I said were soon to be forgotten and described with uncomplimentary adjectives are the only three that I thought were bad songs. So, if I subtract the three songs that I could have completely lived without, that still leaves twelve songs that I either thought were good, very good or excellent. To me, that’s good for a fifteen track album. I liked it much better than an album I would have given 3.5 stars, but not quite enough to give it 4.5 and it’s certainly not close to perfect, which is what would have earned it 5 stars. So, 4 stars is about as fair of a grade as I can think of. I actually think I’m a tough grader. I almost gave this 4.5 stars (I vascilated between 4 and 4.5), but realized that would be too high.

By: Hard Times

Hard Times — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:34:09 +0000

Leeann,

A nicely written review. But I’m a little surprised that you give the album four out of five stars, given that you found three of the songs “soon to be forgotten” and three more “lightweights.” Seems like grade inflation.