Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates

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For his huge, rabid, and largely female fan base, the country hunk can do no wrong, and this release will satisfy the faithful. Though the title makes no sense--Chesney wrote none of the material on Just Who I Am, and it's unlikely he thinks of himself as plural poets and pirates--the material, performances, and support rank from solid to state-of-the-art. He waxes philosophic on the hit "Don't Blink." He teams with George Strait for the Caribbean-flavored "Shiftwork," a song that will doubtlessly inspire double-entendre barroom sing-alongs. He channels of the soul of a stripper who's just trying to support her family on "Dancin' for the Groceries." And he does a convincing Dwight Yoakam sound-alike on the honky-tonker's "Wild Ride," with Eagles' Joe Walsh riding shotgun on lead guitar (and "Rocky Mountain Way" voice box). When you're as hot as Chesney, you get your pick of material and musicians, including Vince Gill on guitar and Mickey Raphael on harmonica. Chesney may be more of a brand than an artist, but he remains a remarkably successful one. --Don McLeese

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Product Description
1. Never Wanted Nothing More

2. Don't Blink

3. Shiftwork (Duet With George Strait)

4. Just Not Today

5. Wife And Kids

6. Got A Little Crazy

7. Better As A Memory

8. Dancin' For The Groceries

9. Wild Ride (Featuring Joe Walsh)

10. Scare Me

11. Demons

Album Description
Kenny will release the album Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates. The album's lead-off single, "Never Wanted Nothing More", reached Number One on the Hot Country Songs charts. Having reached #1 in its eighth week, the song is also Chesney's fastest-climbing #1 to date. Kenny has also recorded Dwight Yoakam's song "Wild Ride", for the "Poets and Pirates" album.

Customer Reviews: Read 72 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

The Best kenny yet September 11, 2007
19 out of 20 found this review helpful

Kenny's new CD released today is his best work yet. He gets better and better with each new release. I love 10 out of 11 tracks. For whatever reason the song "Wild Ride" just doesn't appeal to me. Besides that one downfall, this CD is a gem. My favorite remainng 10 tracks are: "Don't Blink", "Wife and Kids", and "Dancing for Groceries". I like the 6 other tracks very much, but the 3 I listed are the one's I like the most. I am projecting this album will debut in at #1 on both Billboard's 200 ALBUM list and the Country album chart. This CD I feel is loaded with #1 hits and radio friendly singles all over the place. This is a must have for any country music fan.

3 out of 5 stars

Good Songs, But overall not as good as his last 4 studio albums September 13, 2007
13 out of 21 found this review helpful

Kenny Chesney is probably my favorite country male singer for the last 6 years. I have been buying his albums since his second release, All I Need To Know and come to love his music. His first really good album in my opinion was "Everywhere We Go" with awesome songs like California, What I Need to do, How Forever Feels and You Had Me From Hello.

Then came his GREATEST HITS Album that was awesome with the new songs For The First Time, Don't Happen Twice, and I Lost It.

Then in 2002 his big hit album No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem rocketed him into the major leagues. That album has a host of terrific songs like Young, Never Gonna Feel That Way Again, and the great Springsteen remake One Step Up.

Then came the best album, "When The Sun Goes Down" which is still my favorite. Great Songs like I Go Back, Keg In The Corner, Woman With You, There Goes My Life, Outta Here and Anything But Mine are played over and over.

His next album was a winner too, The Road and the Radio. That album is probably my 3rd favorite after When The Sun Goes Down and Everywhere We Go. This album had some powerful songs like Who'd You Be Today, Summertime, Somebody take me Home and my favorite, Like Me.

This new album has some good songs but nothing on it really impressed me as much as the other albums I just mentioned. Don't get me wrong, It's a fine album but I just haven't been able to get into it like his last 3 or 4. The songs are good. The first song, Never Wanting Nothing More sounds catchy but not so much I want to push the button to play again and again. The second, Don't Blink, probably the best song on the album has a very catchy sound, the first 20 seconds of it sounds almost IDENTICAL to JoDee Messina's Was That My Life from her Greatest Hit Album. I mean IDENTICAL (at a little slower rate)! But then the song hums along differently and is a really good song. The Third song is good but a bit forgettable. It's called Shiftwork and its a duet with George Strait. With phrases like "A big LOAD of SHIft Work", well you get the idea. "Just Not Today" is another one of the better songs that will probably be a single. The Dwight Yoakam remake "Wild Ride" is probably the worst song on the album. Sounds like filler. The closing song Demons doesn't compare to Road and the Radio's closing song, "Like Me" one of his best. Overall its a good listen but won't be remembered as one of his best.

1 out of 5 stars

What happened? September 29, 2007
12 out of 29 found this review helpful

In the past I would say no problem to picking up a new Kenny Chesney album without listening to all the songs first. No more! The first two songs (and coincidentally first two singles off the album) are great and just the type of songs fans have come to expect from him. The album goes downhill from there. I mean, nosedives! Who would have thought a duet between George Strait and Kenny Chesney, two of country music's best male singers and overall entertainers, would be so horrible? The lyrics are dopey and the vocals from both men sound dispassionate. Kenny blew it with this one. I hope he recovers with his next release. I'm truly disappointed.

4 out of 5 stars

Chesney introspective on Poets & Pirates September 11, 2007
9 out of 13 found this review helpful

Kenny Chesney has never been one to shy away from letting his carefree lifestyle seep into his music. His newest studio album leans the other way, however, rocking the boat and seemingly revealing an artist adrift both personally and professionally.

The end result is an engaging (if not melodramatic) look into Chesney's soul. The downside, of course, is the lack of more signature, lighthearted songs normally a staple of Chesney's work (think "When the Sun Goes Down" or "Don't Happen Twice").

The strongest tracks on "Just Who I Am" are those in which Chesney is brutally honest with himself and with his audience. But you also get the feeling listening to songs like "Wife and Kids" that the 39-year-old is grasping at a family life periously close to passing him by. "Better as a Memory" is also a well-crafted song in which Chesney seems to struggle with his own shortcomings. While intensely reflective, however, the delivery is lacking -- as if Chesney has been here/done that before, but is suddenly more comfortable with the listeners' perception of the lyrics.

"Dancin' For the Groceries" is more than likely a track that will never get a play at country radio due to it's touchy subject matter, while the overblown love ballad "Scare Me" feels out of place with the more sedate tone of the album. "Got a Little Crazy", which muses over a one-night stand, is more up Chesney's alley, but could be just another beer-flowing anthem tackled by 99% of the Nashville crowd.

The major disappointment is the lack of any tune penned by Chesney, who has written or co-written for all of his previous albums. (Though he does the most service to this effort with the sentimental "Don't Blink" while musing: I've been tryin' to slow it down / I've been tryin' to take it in / In this here today, gone tomorrow world we're livin' in)

The overall feeling is that maybe Chesney should take his own words to heart. The entire compilation from start to finish is strong, but feels more like Chesney's trying to recreate himself in a genre he's already dominated for years. The songs are almost too maudlin, leaving this listener wishing for the Jimmy Buffet/John Mellancamp fueled alter-ego of Chesney that always shines to the back row of sold-out stadiums.

4 out of 5 stars

Kenny is Kenny--a good thing! December 12, 2007
9 out of 13 found this review helpful

Kenny Chesney is Kenny Chesney--no matter WHO he is. And basically, no one cares other than he's "entertainer of the year" (again) and that he rocks.

In "Just Who I Am," Kenny maintains that rocking, rolling, and (sometimes) raunchy beat he's captained these past few years. No Chesney CD is a waste and his "faithful" will love this one as well (as one can tell by its sales); however, there's nothing new on this CD. It's Kenny Chesney--exactly as we've seen him on his previous two CDs. Now, that's not necessarily a negative, as he's great as he is, but perhaps something new would enhance this one. Perhaps he's just too busy touring or lounging on those Caribbean beaches he loves so well (where DOES he find the time?) to go that "extra effort," no matter to whom he's paying homage (right)--George Strait, Dwight Yoakam (a stretch here!), etc. He should always remember, though, that you dance with the one you brung.

Still--Kenny rocks. And his music is great.

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