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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another Awesome CD from Tim!, 12 April 2006
After so many CDs, you would think that the music might start to get stale but not with Tim McGraw. I wasn't as excited about this CD as I have been his others ... mainly because it's a Greatest Hits CD and I have most of the tracks already. However there are FOUR really brilliant NEW songs on this CD and the mixture of tracks is superb. 10 out of 10! If you are new to Tim McGraw and don't know which of his 10+ CDs to try to get a feel for him, I highly recommend this one. And if you are a Tim McGraw fan already and don't have this CD... what are you waiting for?!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
More Great McGraw Hits - and Not a Moment Too Soon, 25 Feb 2007
I'm ashamed to say that I only recently discovered this album. I lead a sheltered life and mainly listen to classical music, so when I saw a link on AOL music sessions to someone called Tim McGraw, I had no idea who it was. Having watched Mr McGraw do his stuff I realised there was nothing for it but to put aside Classic Crumhorn Concertos and Corelli's Greatest Hits and get hold of 'Reflected'. I now realise that I've been missing out on a really talented singer who clearly knows a classic song when he hears one. He's also managed to gather around him a group of genuinely talented musicians. Every track sounds tremendous. I have to confess that in the past I've been frightened off anything even vaguely resembling country music by the mawkish themes and the unbelievably cheesy lyrics. There are a few cheesy moments on 'Reflected' but mercifully, they're few and far between. This is certainly not standard 'country' fare. There's nothing standard about it at all, as you'll realise just by listening to the first track - 'Live like you were dying', the subject matter of which is about as far removed from the typical pop song as you're likely to get. The message is clear: make the most of every day because it could be your last. Not only does Tim McGraw know a great song when it hits him on the nose, he knows exactly how to deliver one. There are no ludicrous vocal pyrotechnics on this CD - mercifully Mr McGraw just concentrates on singing the songs, without indulging in any unnecessary embellishments or flourishes. He also scores Brownie points for putting four new songs on the CD. The bonus track, 'I've got friends that do', is a wonderful song, but annoyingly (unless I've missed it) the liner notes don't tell me who wrote it. Give them a medal, whoever they are. Having now listened to most of Tim McGraw's other recordings, I'm not sure that this is the selection of songs that I would have come up with. Presumably the criterion for inclusion was greatest hits as opposed to greatest songs. Still, he's recorded so many great songs that they could easily fill a double CD. Just about every number from the two albums 'Live Like You Were Dying' and 'Set This Circus Down' merits inclusion. If it had been up to me, I would have left off 'Grown men don't cry', 'She's my kind of rain', 'Watch the wind go by', 'Over and over', 'Red Ragtop' and 'My little girl' and substituted 'Drugs and Jesus', 'Back when', 'Blank sheet of paper', 'Unbroken', 'Let me love you' and 'Angel Boy' instead. Perhaps they'll be included in a Greatest Hits Volume III. If you've never listened to Tim McGraw before, this CD is a great place to start. I think I can guarantee that after listening once, you'll be hooked.
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