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Track Listing
1. Watching My Baby Not Coming Back
2. I Want to With You
3. What Do You Say to That
4. Hasta Luego, My Love
5. Grain of Salt, A
6. Lonely Town
7. Going Someplace to Forget
8. For You
9. I'm Just a Country Boy
10. When I Get Lonely
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Al Anderson | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: David Ball (vocals); Al Anderson (acoustic & electric guitar); Mark Casstevens, James House, Anthony Crawford (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason (electric & gut-string guitar); Bob Britt (electric guitar); Bruce Bouton (lap & steel guitar); Al Perkins (steel guitar, dobro); Chris Carmichael (fiddle, background vocals); Larry Franklin (fiddle); John Barlow Jarvis, Pete Wasner, Steve Nathan (keyboards); Glen Worf, Alison Prestwood (bass);
Lonnie Wilson, Owen Hale, Wayne Killius (drums); Tom Roady, Glen Caruba (percussion); Liana Manis, Wes Hightower, Joe Caverlee, Dennis Wilson (background vocals).
Producers: David Ball, Ben Fowler, Don Cook.
With his third release, PLAY, David Ball has created an accessible, modern album of potential hit songs, while remaining true to his traditional country roots. While Ball's vocal style is heavily influenced by George Jones and Lefty Frizzell (and even a bit of George Strait), his songwriting, the arrangements and production keep everything up-to-date. There seems to be something for everyone on PLAY--unabashed romanticism ("What Do You Say To That"), a drinking song ("A Grain of Salt"), my-baby-left-me laments ("Lonely Town," "Watching My Baby Not Coming Back") and even some Mexican spice (the excellent "Hasta Luego, My Love"),
One standout is "Going Someplace to Forget," a hard-core weeper in which Ball calls a travel agent, trying to buy a one-way ticket to anywhere his ex's memory won't haunt him. The best track, though, may be "When I Get Lonely," in which the narrator tells his girlfriend how much he misses her, while threatening to cheat on her if she doesn't get back soon and give him some lovin'. Bad pun of a title aside, PLAY deserves to follow Ball's debut THINKIN' PROBLEM to platinum status.
Industry Reviews
...Whether he's exploring small town melancholia...or moving through a sly, Dwightish rocker...Ball remains a soulful, hillbilly savant. - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (07/16/1999)
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