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Brad Paisley

Part II

Part II Tracks
1. Two Feet of Topsoil
2. I'm Gonna Miss Her
3. Part Two
4. Wrapped Around
5. Two People Fell in Love
6. Come on Over Tonight
7. You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
8. I Wish You'd Stay
9. All You Really Need Is Love
10. Munster Rag [Instrumental]
11. You Have That Effect on Me
12. Too Country
13. Old Rugged Cross
Brad Paisley - Part II
Part II Review
Brad Paisley's unabashedly back-to-basics 1999 debut, Who Needs Pictures, went platinum. Part II continues in that direction with 13 songs (10 of them cowritten by Paisley) that build on that impressive beginning. While "Two People Fell in Love" and "I Wish You'd Stay" overflow with heart and eloquence, he's witty on "Two Feet of Topsoil," loungy on "You Have That Effect on Me," and loopy with "Come on Over Tonight." He evokes his West Virginia roots with a stark rendition of Darrell Scott's "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive." Buck Owens, George Jones, and Bill Anderson join him on the obligatory vocal event, Anderson's "Too Country." But Paisley's courage goes further. It takes nerve to slap an instrumental ("Munster Rag") on any Nashville-produced album in 2001 and even greater fortitude to close it out with an emotional acoustic performance of "The Old Rugged Cross" recorded live at the Opry. Part II makes one magnificent, resounding point: mainstream Nashville, try as it might, hasn't quite succeeded in confining traditional country to the Hall of Fame --Rich Kienzle


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a definite hit
5
Brad Paisley doesn't seem to make bad cd's. Usually there will be one or two songs on a cd to "love"...not with this one, they are all good! Paisley takes his music, including the songs on 'Part II' to a level most artists dream of. His lyrics, sometimes in a faster, sometimes in a slower song, are always clever and witty. This cd has it all, including ballads and the occasional instrumental. And what other artist do you know that has the guts to play an instrumental on their cd?
Posted by Anonymous, on 2005-09-19
Brad Paisley's Part II: Great Sequel!
5
Part II does what all good sequels do. It reminds you of the outstanding previous effort without feeling like an unoriginal retread. For those wanting more of that good ol' fashioned country from the first CD, this one delivers big time.

Brad hasn't lost his touch for the love song, as evidenced by "Two People Fell In Love". He remembers how to make us laugh with songs like the hilarious "I'm Gonna Miss Her" and the lighthearted "All You Really Need Is Love". He keeps our toes tapping with "Wrapped Around" and one of my favorites, "Come On Over Tonight."

You long for lost love with him with "Part II" and "I Wish You'd Stay". He also tries his hand at the big story genre with "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" and succeeds. And for lovers of the old Gospel hymns, his stirring live accoustical version of "The Old Rugged Cross" should leave you with a smile.

All in all, Brad Paisley fails to disappoint with his followup to "Who Needs Pictures" and I, for one, can hardly wait to see him turn this thing into a trilogy. The boy's hitting two for two, so if third time's the charm, it should be special indeed.

Posted by Anonymous, on 2003-05-02
Astounding
5
If you have listened to "Who Needs Pictures," you already know what a fantastic guitarist and songwriter Brad Paisley is. With "Part II," Paisley proves his first disk wasn't a fluke, and doesn't cave in to a pastel, pop-country hit-maker sound.

The real standouts here are his remake of "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive," and "The Old Rugged Cross." But everything else is good. "I'm Gonna Miss Her" carries on in the same tradition as "Me Neither;" both songs proving that Paisley can be funny without being goofy - a rare talent in the Jim Carrey era.

As a newcomer to country music, I'm very glad that I stumbled on Brad Paisley, or I would have presumed the whole genre was populated by the likes of Shania Twain and Faith Hill, and figured it was all just "rural Madonna."

Posted by Anonymous, on 2003-06-26

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