Live Like You Were Dying

by

Tim McGraw

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My copy of Tim's new CD, Live Like You Were Dying, arrived this morning and I immediately opened it up and started playing it.

I haven't decided which songs I like best, yet. "Old Town New"; "Something's Broken" and "Open Season on My Heart" have a wonderful sound to them. Of the three, "Open Season On My Heart" is the best. "Do You Want Fries with them" had me laughing; "Drugs or Jesus" is a song with a great message about the choices we make in life. "Live Like You Were Dying" is an amazing song, that will never grow old with me. "Back When" is also funny. Tim shows alot of humor in these songs, along with a serious message.

In "Back When" he talked about how times have changed and it's hard to understand the things people day these days. The Lyrics"

Back when a hoe was a hoe

Coke was a coke

Cracks what you were doing when you were cracking jokes

Back when a screw was a screw

The wind was all that blew

When you said "I'm down with that", it meant you had the flu

Tim once again recorded this album with his longtime band "The DanceHall Doctors" as well as collaborated with some of the best writers in Nashville.

A nice little bonus was the appearance of his lovely, and talented wife, Faith Hill, singing background vocals on "Blank Sheet of Paper".

This CD may disappoint some, but not this girl. I'm very pleased with it, and also commend Amazon.com for shipping it so that it arrived to me on the release date! Can't get better than that!

Great job to Tim!

I am giving this album by Tim 3 stars. I consider that a terrible rating. Normally, I would give him 5 because I love him, and think he's a great artist, but this album left me really disappointed. I loved "Lived Like You Were Dying" and enjoyed "My Old Friend" and the upbeat "Everyone Hates Me" but other than that, there's nothing on this CD I care to listen to. It has more of a rock feel to it than country which is fine that he is trying to branch out (and it seems that way on his past couple albums as well) but on this album it's not working for me. I really feel terrible saying that, but this wouldn't be an honest review if I didn't.

If you're a new fan of Tim, stick with his earlier albums such as "Set This Cicus Down," "Place in the Sun" or "Everywhere." They are all fantastic. Hope this review helps!