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Kenny Chesney may title his 12th album after the pop standard that he sings here with Willie Nelson, but don't mistake Lucky Old Sun for Nelson's Stardust. Chesney is tipping his hat not to the Great American Songbook but the great ball in the sky, the one that shines on beaches from coast to coast, with the Gulf of Mexico being a particular favorite in his book. Lucky Old Sun is designed to be a soundtrack to laid-back afternoons on warm sand, which by now is very familiar territory for Chesney in his personal and professional life. Since Chesney swaps Jimmy Buffett's boozy goofball schtick for gentle strumming, this isn't music for a party, it's music that laps softly against the shore. To be sure, there's some pleasure to be had here, but it's all about appreciating the album as pure texture and sunbleached mood music, which is appealing as far as it goes. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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- Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates
- Released 2007
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- No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
- Released 2002
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- Greatest Hits II
- Released 2009
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- When The Sun Goes Down (Deluxe Version)
- Released 2007
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Kenny Gets Me
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- By lindamae48
- 1/4/2009 00:42:30
- My soul mate and I are probably not the typical bikini clad, lei wearing fan you'd see at one of Chesney's concerts. Hubby is too furry for a bikini and I am well...just too me. But, we relate to Kenney's music. We've been living in a Jimmy Buffet state of mind where the sun always shines, the rum has no calories, and every day begins and ends with a dip in the warm turquoise Caribbean waters. Too bad it's all in our heads.
none the less...Lucky Old Sun meets every expectation we had. And, then some.
I personally didn't like the ten with a two song, but I loved almost every other one.
if you're living under a gray sky looking for that golden sun, listen to Lucky Old Sun, you'll find at least some peace along the way. - Be the first person to rate this review!
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