Audio Cassette review:
Hal Ketchum - Sure Love

Hal Ketchum - Sure Love

Band: Hal Ketchum Title: Sure Love Rating: Release Date: 22 September, 1992 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Sure Love 2: Mama Knows the Highway 3: You Lovin' Me 4: Hearts Are Gonna Roll 5: Softer Than a Whisper 6: Ghost Town 7: Daddy's Oldsmobile 8: Till the Coast Is Clear 9: Trail of Tears 10: Someplace Far Away

Customer Reviews soulful and heartfelt The two best songs on this album are Trail of Tears and Somewhere Far Away. Forget what you've heard. Holy moly, they're good! Unlike anything you'll hear from any other country artist. There are 4-5 other good songs on the album, but even if there weren't, it's worth buying for the two I mentioned. A fine commercial country album with a rootsy foundation Although the bit hits -- the title track, in particular -- are super poppy, and even Kenny Loggins-esque, Ketchum's vocals are still very appealing, and I found all the songs on here very listenable. Pretty soft, and pretty slick, Ketchum croons -- like Vince Gill -- atop poppy, light arrangements, and yet he has a way of making the material not seem too cloying. For variety, there's "Mama Knew The Highway," an upbeat, rollicking trucker tune, and "When The Coast Is Clear," a slinky, blues-laced number that sounds quite a bit like Lyle Lovett's hillbilly lounge-lizard routine. Also noteworthy is the doleful "Daddy's Oldsmobile," and folkish ballad about a family of migrant workers who live in their car. The only track I didn't like was the album's biggest hit, "Hearts Are Gonna Roll," about a young girl who's a bit of a tease -- the music didn't grab me, and the lyrics are a little sexist. But other than that, this is a pretty good album, for the territory. My favorite Hal. It is a little more upbeat yet still carries the weight that so few country albums have. Of the three Hal Ketchum CD's I own this is my favorite. Mix a little folk blues and country and you have Hal Ketchum. Excellent stuff. . You can see a complete list of all Hal Ketchum discography, or go back to the Hal Ketchum tabs