“Angry All the Time”
Tim McGraw
Written by Bruce Robison
Radio & Records
#1 (3 weeks)
October 26 – November 9, 2001
Billboard
#1 (2 weeks)
November 10 – November 17, 2001
I can’t give an A for effort, but if I could, I would reward Tim McGraw’s exceptionally good taste here.
“Angry All the Time” is an all time favorite for nineties kids like me who used CMT as their stand in for country radio. The original recording needed more Kelly Willis, but was still a damn right perfect record anyway.
McGraw missed the boat here by not leaning on Faith more, who gets an uncredited harmony vocal that should’ve been a full blown duet. That second verse would’ve cut like a knife if she sang lead on it: “Our boys are strong now. The spitting image of you when you were young. I hope one day they can see past what you have become.” That would’ve made this a killer breakup duet for the ages, a bit like “Someone You Used to Know” ended up being for GOTYE and Kimbra.
As is, it’s just a solid cover of a ,much better original recording.
“Angry All the Time” gets a B.
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