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Hillbilly Deluxe
"Boot Scootin' Boogie" zoomed Brooks & Dunn to the top of the country line-dance craze in 1992, and one could hardly blame them for riding the crest, even if it left them in a rut of shallow, preening dance ditties. They began showing greater depth in the late '90s, with albums like If You See Her and Steers and Stripes. While Hillbilly Deluxe is musically consistent, Tony Brown's production sharp and focused throughout, the themes here revert to the same old same old: empty, shallow stompers with lyrics that occasionally sound dated. "Play Something Country," another Ronnie Dunn collaboration with Terry McBride, duly name-drops current Nashville stars as well as P. Diddy and Patsy Cline. Things don't improve with the blustery "She Likes to Get Out of Town"; "Just Another Neon Night," with its painfully clichéd line "turn off that rap, boys, play me some Haggard"; or "Building Bridges," a "vocal event" with superfluous input from Vince Gill and Sheryl Crow. Only the moving story-song "Believe," brimming with heart and honesty, reminds of their potential when they think beyond the boot. --Rich Kienzle
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Tracks| 1 | Play Something Country | | 2 | She's About As Lonely As I'm Going To Let Her | | 3 | My Heart's Not A Hotel | | 4 | Whiskey Do My Talkin' | | 5 | Hillbilly Deluxe | | 6 | One More Roll Of The Dice | | 7 | Just Another Neon Night | | 8 | Believe | | 9 | Building Bridges | | 10 | Her West Was Wilder | | 11 | I May Never Get Over You | | 12 | She Likes Get Out Of Town | | 13 | Again |
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