Brad Martin, Wings of a Honky Tonk Angel - 33m 38s

Tracks & Durations

1. Before I Knew Better	3:41
2. Completely	3:51
3. Rub Me The Right Way	3:01
4. On The Wings Of A Honky Tonk Angel	3:09
5. Run To Me	3:11
6. The Fifth	4:03
7. Just Like Love	3:30
8. That's A Woman	3:03
9. Damn The Whiskey	2:41
10. Wait	3:22

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Review

The cover photo for this debut CD makes Brad Martin look like a male model (or a younger Rob Lowe). Though Martin has found his look, he has yet to forge an artistic identity, as the music varies widely in both style and quality. It's encouraging that he had a hand in writing eight of the 10 cuts, but the two that he didn't--"Before I Knew Better" and "The Fifth"--bring out the best in him. The former, which kicks off the album and is the first single, recalls the bittersweet luminosity of prime Rodney Crowell, while the latter carries conviction within its whiskey lament. As for the rest, it's hard for the same singer to reconcile mawkishly generic ballads such as "Completely" and "That's a Woman" with the lightweight novelty leer (and echoes of Jerry Lee Lewis's "Breathless") on "Rub Me the Right Way" and the Johnny Paycheck orneriness of "Damn the Whiskey." There's promise here, but it's buried beneath the sort of slick production and formulaic, derivative material that reduce a talented developing artist to mere product. --Don McLeese

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