McGraw debuts in first
On the album chart, Zac Brown Band remained third with "The Foundation." Toby Keith's "American Ride" was fourth down two, while Miranda Lambert's third CD, "Revolution," was down one to fifth.
Lyle Lovett debuted in eighth with "Natural Forces." Reba McEntire was at 13, up 3, with "Keep On Loving You." The female duo Bomshel debuted at 24 with "Fight Like a Girl." The biggest mover by far was McGraw's "Greatest Hits 3," which skyrocketed from 65 to 35. McGraw, however, chastised his label, Curb, for having released the disc in the first place. The compilation disc, "NOW That's What I Call a Country Christmas," was up from 45 to 38.
On the song chart, Brad Paisley moved up two to second with Welcome to the Future. Chris Young's former number one, Getting' You Home, was down one to fourth. Carrie Underwood remained fifth with Cowboy Casanova. Swift broke into the top 10 with Fifteen up 1 to 10th.
Tim McGraw moved up from 18 to 16 with the title track of his new CD Southern Voice. George Strait's title track,Twang, was a big mover, going from 30 to 24. The remainder of the top 30 showed very little movement.
On the overall top 200 album chart, Swift was 7, Zac Brown Band 11, Keith 18 and Lambert 22nd.
More news for Tim McGraw
- 03/07/25: McGraw enlists McCollum to make "Paper Umbrellas"
- 10/11/24: McGraw releases "People Like Us"
- 01/29/24: McGraw has "One Bad Habit," also names opening acts for tour
- 11/21/23: McGraw drops surprise EP
- 09/25/23: McGraw expands Standing Room Only Tour
- 07/31/23: It's Standing Room Only for McGraw's tour
- 06/26/23: It's "Standing Room Only" for McGraw
- 04/27/23: It's "Standing Room Only" for McGraw's video
CD reviews for Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw's collection, "Here on Earth," finds the country star sounding peaceful and down to Earth. He's more meditative than overly active, throughout. It's very much an adult album in that McGraw is speaking from the perspective of maturity, rather than pretending he's still a young man. If he's got any barbecue statins on his white t-shirt, he's not letting on here.
McGraw burns through five mellow tracks before he gets to anything with a discernable beat. ...
Tim McGraw said of his 14th studio album, "Damn Country Music," "It's is all about passion, (taking him back to 1989) "when I came to Nashville to chase my dreams."
Country music has richly rewarded him over the past two decades, and he honors the genre's tradition here. The album gets off to a very traditional start with Celtic folk. The flute and skillful acoustic picking on the opener "Here Tonight" bring a Mark Knopfler tune immediately to mind. ...
The banjo comes first out of the speakers, the opening strains of "Overrated," the lead-off song on Tim McGraw's latest. But with a "1-2-3-4" count, the mood changes and goes for a more modern country approach. McGraw does about the same on the follow-up "City Lights" with Michael Landau's steely, but rocking lead guitar taking over near the conclusion as it does later hard on "Sick of Me" where the protagonist contemplates a need to turn his life around. ...
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