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Wide Open by: Mountain Heart List Price: $12.98 CD-Charts Price: $11.99 You Save: $0.99 ( 8%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0669890201623 Label: Skaggs Family Manufacturer: Skaggs Family Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Skaggs Family Release Date: February 14, 2006 Studio: Skaggs Family Sales Rank: 57965 MPN: 902016 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: Propelled by a star producer and a legion of Nashville's most awarded songwriters, Mountain Heart speeds into 2006 with Wide Open, the band's third album from Skaggs Family Records. Looking to maintain its edge as one of the most adventurous and exciting young acts in acoustic country music, Mountain Heart turned to producer Mark Bright, the studio mentor to such multiplatinum acts as Rascal Flatts, Blackhawk, Carrie Underwood, Sara Evans, and Jo Dee Messina. It was a perfect match. "I idolize these guys and their musicianship", Bright declares. Central to Mountain Hearts appeal is its great sense of song, a talent that became evident in 1999 when the International Bluegrass Music Association proclaimed the band its Emerging Artist of the Year before the guys even had a recording contract. For Wide Open, Mountain Heart tapped into songwriters whose works routinely inhabit the top of charts. Among these are Harley Allen, Jeffrey Steele, Wendy Waldman, Jim Rushing, Ronnie Bowman, and Mac McAnally, whose combined roster of country and bluegrass hits includes "Me and John and Paul," "The Cowboy in Me," "Fishing in the Dark," "Little Mountain Church House," "It's Getting Better All the Time," and "Old Flames." Steve Gulley, Mountain Heart's lead singer and guitarist, and fiddler Jim VanCleve contributed three songs. Once established, Mountain Heart was quickly embraced by the country and bluegrass community. It has appeared regularly on the Grand Ole Opry (in excess of 70 times) and, apart from its own headlining appearances, it has opened larger concerts for such luminaries as George Jones, Merle Haggard, Ricky Skaggs, Brad Paisley, and LeAnn Rimes. Mountain Heart's other Skaggs Family albums are No Other Way (2002) and Force of Nature (2004). Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Will go Down as a MH ClassicI just don't know how much better this group can get. I don't go more than a day or two without finding this disc in my truck, or unwinding with it after work on my iPod. That these boys were pretty much snubbed by the same ol' s*** thats become the IBMA should not detract from the fact that this is a truly magnificent offering and the best bluegrass IMHO that 2006 has to offer. Rating: - Great BluegrassI consider this one of the best bluegrass CD's I own. I enjoy every track. Rating: - Still Pushing The BoundariesI love the new album from Mountain Heart. They are such a groundbreaking band and keep their music fresh. I have all their albums and I'm never worried about buying the same one twice. Each CD is a little different than the last. In a world of complacency and playing it safe when it comes to bluegrass music,these guys are a breath of fresh air. Congrats on a wonderful new recording and keep 'em coming! Rating:  - A little disappointedI have been a long time fan of Mountain Heart, have all of their CD's, and have seen them on many occasions. I was disappointed in this new album, looking for some great new bluegrass hits. Unfortunately, I felt this CD seemed to be more of a "New Age" CD that was not typical bluegrass at all. It seems they are trending more toward the loud, rock-type feeling and away from the traditional bluegrass. Rating:  - Sadly, overly polished and slow. Although I am a long time fan of Mountain Heart, I was disappointed in the pace and scope of this album. I was looking forward to a great bluegrass album, and instead found a CD full of new acoustic country ballads and one or two average bluegrass songs. Overall the choice of songs seems to me to be a bit hit driven and country in flavor. It's over produced and overly polished. I respect these men as musicians, and will continue to buy albums and support them as best as I can, but I hope their next album is a little more traditional and hard driving. Don't get me wrong, there is NOTHING wrong with experimentation, and there is certainly nothing wrong with striving for a well produced album, but great albums need it balance...to much polish ... Read More: |
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