Now Country (2008)

Product Summary Label: Universal Music Group UPC: 00602517645967 Release Date: 8/26/2008 Buy.com Sku: 208660913 Item#: M4CJL3 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. All American Girl - Carrie Underwood ~ Various Artists 2. Winner At A Losing Game - Rascal Flatts ~ Various Artists 3. Watching Airplanes - Gary Allan ~ Various Artists 4. Because of You - Reba McEntire - (featuring Kelly Clarkson) ~ Various Artists 5. Everybody - Keith Urban ~ Various Artists 6. Stay - Sugarland ~ Various Artists 7. Love Don't Live Here - Lady Antebellum ~ Various Artists 8. Picture To Burn - Taylor Swift ~ Various Artists 9. Trying To Stop Your Leaving - Dierks Bentley ~ Various Artists 10. All My Friends Say - Luke Bryan ~ Various Artists 11. Letter To Me - Brad Paisley ~ Various Artists 12. I Saw God Today - George Strait ~ Various Artists 13. That Song In My Head - Julianne Hough ~ Various Artists 14. As If - Sara Evans ~ Various Artists 15. Don't Blink - Kenny Chesney ~ Various Artists 16. You're Gonna Miss This - Trace Adkins ~ Various Artists 17. What Kinda Gone - Chris Cagle ~ Various Artists 18. Things That Never Cross A Man's Mind - Kellie Pickler ~ Various Artists 19. Another Try - Josh Turner - (featuring Trisha Yearwood) ~ Various Artists 20. Alyssa Lies - Jason Michael Carroll ~ Various Artists (P) 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc. (C) 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Although country acts have been featured throughout the long-running NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC series, this 2008 release marks the first time that the genre received its own NOW compilation. While a few veteran artists are represented--most notably George Strait (the thoughtful "I Saw God Today") and Reba McEntire (a wistful take on "Because of You" performed with the song's original singer, Kelly Clarkson)--the collection mainly focuses on younger guns such as Sugarland (the emotive "Stay") and Brad Paisley (the gentle "Letter to Me"). These kinds of up-to-the-minute collections have their place, working as a sort of time-sensitive snapshot, in this case presenting some of the most played contemporary country radio hits from the spring and summer of 2008. It's a kind of instant nostalgia, and as such, it has a brief and limited shelf life. Among the highlights here are Sugarland's wonderfully written (and sung) "Stay," Kenny Chesney's cautionary "Don't Blink," Trace Adkins' "You're Gonna Miss This," and Luke Bryan's everybody's-been-there "All My Friends Say." In the end, playing this disc is like being freeze-framed at mid-summer in 2008. If that was a good time for you, you'll smile at what's here. If that wasn't a good time, you might cry, or even curse, but don't fret, there'll be another collection just like this one along in a couple of months when hopefully things are going better. ~ Steve Leggett Musical Guests Kelly Clarkson Trisha Yearwood   Technical Info Release Date : 08/26/2008 Original Release Date : 2008 Catalog ID : B001172402 Label : Umg Recordings Inc. Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602517645967    Related Videos Lost Highway: Willie Nelson