WEBVTT 00:00:06.589 --> 00:00:09.710 Welcome to the Album Nerds podcast with your 00:00:09.710 --> 00:00:13.310 hosts, Don and Dude. Let's get ready to record 00:00:13.310 --> 00:00:17.190 rumble. Man, I'm good at that. The Album Nerds 00:00:17.190 --> 00:00:20.649 podcast. Dude, I got Don with me. Donnie Boy, 00:00:21.050 --> 00:00:23.609 how's it going? You ready for yet another record 00:00:23.609 --> 00:00:26.309 rumble? Yes. Finally getting some women in the 00:00:26.309 --> 00:00:32.390 ring. Why is that appealing? No, no particular 00:00:32.390 --> 00:00:34.329 reason just because we haven't. Yeah, that's 00:00:34.329 --> 00:00:36.929 true. It is time to have some female artists 00:00:36.929 --> 00:00:40.210 featured. So yeah, it should be fun. This is 00:00:40.210 --> 00:00:43.630 the Elbner's podcast. We love albums, the album 00:00:43.630 --> 00:00:47.369 format, talking about them, pretending that they're 00:00:47.369 --> 00:00:50.049 boxing each other somehow. We have a great show 00:00:50.049 --> 00:00:52.969 for you today. As stated, it's another slugfest 00:00:52.969 --> 00:00:55.369 in our record rumble series where two albums 00:00:55.369 --> 00:00:58.750 enter the ring going head to head. track to track 00:00:58.750 --> 00:01:01.990 and toe to toe. As always, Don's going to be 00:01:01.990 --> 00:01:05.609 asking us a deep question. Then we're going to 00:01:05.609 --> 00:01:07.709 have some shout outs to some other albums and 00:01:07.709 --> 00:01:09.870 album related items we're digging. We'll spin 00:01:09.870 --> 00:01:12.909 that legendary wheel of album Gettin to learn 00:01:12.909 --> 00:01:15.670 the topic of our next record rumble. But for 00:01:15.670 --> 00:01:20.680 now, let's get it on. So two country music powerhouses 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:22.980 are going head to head, each bringing her own 00:01:22.980 --> 00:01:25.599 unique style to the ring. One offers a heartfelt 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:28.099 stripped down take on her classic songs, while 00:01:28.099 --> 00:01:30.599 the other delivers fresh energy with bold modern 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:33.420 sounds. Tradition meets innovation, promising 00:01:33.420 --> 00:01:35.799 an exciting country battle that is sure to go 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:37.799 the distance. Yeah, I mean, I feel like this 00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:40.719 is more of an exhibition match, you know, showing 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:44.519 respect to each other. So let's get to those 00:01:44.519 --> 00:01:56.230 ring introductions. Choose your fighter. In this 00:01:56.230 --> 00:01:59.290 corner hailing from the heart of Oklahoma packing 00:01:59.290 --> 00:02:01.870 powerhouse vocals and boasting more hits than 00:02:01.870 --> 00:02:07.390 the jukebox at your local saloon She's got Grammy 00:02:07.390 --> 00:02:10.150 winning producer dangerous Dave Cobb in her corner 00:02:10.150 --> 00:02:12.689 and is serving up stripped down toe -tapping 00:02:12.689 --> 00:02:15.449 versions of her legendary classics There's no 00:02:15.449 --> 00:02:18.349 rhinestones here. Just pure country gold get 00:02:18.349 --> 00:02:22.169 ready for a rootin tootin apron wearing not that 00:02:22.169 --> 00:02:25.289 fancy demonstration of championship country Let's 00:02:25.289 --> 00:02:27.689 hear it for the reigning champ of heartfelt honky 00:02:27.689 --> 00:02:35.699 tonk Reba McIntyre's not that fancy So Reba McIntyre 00:02:35.699 --> 00:02:39.319 was born in McAllister, Oklahoma in 1955. This 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:44.090 is actually her 32nd album. Crap. This is an 00:02:44.090 --> 00:02:47.110 odd one. It's a companion piece to her recent 00:02:47.110 --> 00:02:49.650 memoir called Not That Fancy, Simple Lessons 00:02:49.650 --> 00:02:51.770 on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your 00:02:51.770 --> 00:02:55.289 Boots. And basically, it's stripped down acoustic 00:02:55.289 --> 00:02:58.229 versions of many of her biggest hits. There's 00:02:58.229 --> 00:03:01.270 actually only one new song on this. And of course, 00:03:01.430 --> 00:03:04.530 it's produced by the legendary now, Dave Cobb. 00:03:04.530 --> 00:03:07.310 My favorite. Did you read the book? Are there 00:03:07.310 --> 00:03:09.729 any good recipes in there or anything? Did you 00:03:09.729 --> 00:03:12.069 do your research or not? I did not read the... 00:03:12.069 --> 00:03:14.449 I don't have time to read the... That's embarrassing. 00:03:15.210 --> 00:03:19.270 Yep. Yep. So supposedly she had solicited suggestions 00:03:19.270 --> 00:03:22.349 from fans on social media about what tracks to 00:03:22.349 --> 00:03:24.830 include. So again, this features some of the 00:03:24.830 --> 00:03:27.150 biggest songs in her catalog. So this was released 00:03:27.150 --> 00:03:31.189 in October of 2023. Who's she going up against? 00:03:31.610 --> 00:03:36.460 Choose your fighter! And in this corner, fresh 00:03:36.460 --> 00:03:38.780 off a run of chart toppers, major awards, and 00:03:38.780 --> 00:03:41.460 a trail of sold -out shows, she's the new face 00:03:41.460 --> 00:03:44.340 of country with a voice full of grit, fire, and 00:03:44.340 --> 00:03:46.599 mixing hunky -talk, southern rock, and soul. 00:03:46.819 --> 00:03:49.319 This album doesn't just ride the storm, it is 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:52.199 the storm. Please welcome to the ring the future 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:54.360 queen of country and her genre -bending knockout, 00:03:54.539 --> 00:04:01.419 Lainey Wilson, Whirlwind! Yeah, you know what 00:04:01.419 --> 00:04:05.199 time we burn all of our energy on those Those 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:06.879 intros and then the rest of the show. We just 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:11.979 have no fire. Yeah, I'm out of breath. So Laney 00:04:11.979 --> 00:04:17.649 Danae Wilson Danae Can't help it. Thanks, Forrest. 00:04:17.990 --> 00:04:22.290 She was born a country singer. A dream come true. 00:04:22.769 --> 00:04:26.970 She was a country singer. Born in Baskin, Louisiana. 00:04:27.329 --> 00:04:29.790 She began writing songs at the age of nine, performing 00:04:29.790 --> 00:04:32.209 at county fairs by her teens, moved to Nashville 00:04:32.209 --> 00:04:35.389 in 2011, lived in a camper trailer behind a recording 00:04:35.389 --> 00:04:38.529 studio while pursuing gigs and honing her songwriting. 00:04:38.790 --> 00:04:41.949 So she paid her dues. Wilson quickly became known 00:04:41.949 --> 00:04:44.379 not only for her retro cool fashion, and bold 00:04:44.379 --> 00:04:46.720 persona, but her authenticity, mix of humor, 00:04:46.899 --> 00:04:49.600 heartbreak, and honky tonk wisdom. The album 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:53.800 itself, Whirlwind, released August 23, 2024. 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:56.720 It was her fourth studio album produced by Jay 00:04:56.720 --> 00:04:58.920 Joyce, much like on Bell Bottom Country, the 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:01.100 album before. And you know, it's her typical 00:05:01.100 --> 00:05:03.660 kind of mix of country rock, Western soul, acoustic 00:05:03.660 --> 00:05:06.240 balladry. I think she has some freedoms that 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:08.939 artists like Reba didn't have in the 80s and 00:05:08.939 --> 00:05:11.839 90s, where she can... play around with different 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:13.759 genres and not kind of stuck, you know, like 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:15.920 all the kind of rules are used to be debuted 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:17.899 at number one on the country charts did pretty 00:05:17.899 --> 00:05:20.560 well for solidified her role as a leading voice 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:22.899 for women in country music. Okay. So I think 00:05:22.899 --> 00:05:25.379 it's time that we stopped with the yapping and 00:05:25.379 --> 00:05:32.600 get to the slapping round one opening cuts, the 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:34.779 opening track of a great album should immediately 00:05:34.779 --> 00:05:37.930 capture attention set the tone. for everything 00:05:37.930 --> 00:05:41.569 that's to come and draw listeners into a unique 00:05:41.569 --> 00:05:45.310 listening experience. So Don, I want you to start 00:05:45.310 --> 00:05:49.430 us off with an opening salvo from Reba. All right. 00:05:49.550 --> 00:05:53.290 Well, the first song on Not That Fancy is called 00:05:53.290 --> 00:06:04.220 The Fear of Being Alone. So that's a stripped 00:06:04.220 --> 00:06:07.879 down take on her 1996 hit, which appeared on 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:10.680 the album What If It's You. It was written by 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:13.279 Walt Aldridge and Bruce Miller. So the lyrics 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:15.920 tell the story of two wounded souls exploring 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:18.319 a new relationship with the narrator warning 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:22.720 against confusing loneliness for them. That is 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:25.420 a common problem. It is. Yeah. So, you know, 00:06:25.459 --> 00:06:28.399 this version is particularly well done. I think 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:31.360 her vocals sound great and there's just like 00:06:31.370 --> 00:06:32.970 I mean, the whole album is this way. I mean, 00:06:33.050 --> 00:06:35.670 her vocals really are prominent and the instrumentation 00:06:35.670 --> 00:06:39.649 is minimal and acoustic, a little bit of background 00:06:39.649 --> 00:06:42.970 harmonies. It's amazing how good her voice is. 00:06:43.029 --> 00:06:45.230 Like, I think even better than in her early days 00:06:45.230 --> 00:06:48.189 because it has a little road wear on it. It's 00:06:48.189 --> 00:06:50.550 just a tiny bit of grit. It's just not quite 00:06:50.550 --> 00:06:52.569 as clean. And I think it sounds even cooler than 00:06:52.569 --> 00:06:56.470 it did. Yeah. Overall, I think this presentation 00:06:56.470 --> 00:07:00.089 of her music is more appealing to me personally. 00:07:00.290 --> 00:07:02.629 I would love a whole album of new songs in this 00:07:02.629 --> 00:07:05.670 style from her. I think it's a wise choice for 00:07:05.670 --> 00:07:09.069 an opening punch on a retrospective album. It's 00:07:09.069 --> 00:07:13.029 got a good theme, the lyrics are clear, and the 00:07:13.029 --> 00:07:14.949 message has stayed the same since the original. 00:07:15.310 --> 00:07:19.069 It just feels a little more rooted in reality 00:07:19.069 --> 00:07:22.259 than the original version. Yeah. And it's catchy 00:07:22.259 --> 00:07:25.699 as hell. Well, how does Laney Wilson start the 00:07:25.699 --> 00:07:29.639 whirlwind? Fancy. Get it? There's a Reba reference 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:32.699 for you. All right. So the opening track on whirlwind 00:07:32.699 --> 00:07:35.879 is Keep Up with Jones. Why don't we do that? 00:07:43.520 --> 00:07:46.160 Now, in country music, you can't go wrong with 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:50.180 a good reference to a legend. It's sort of one 00:07:50.180 --> 00:07:52.439 of the things baked in. If you want to knock 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:54.500 it out of the park, you got to reference either 00:07:54.500 --> 00:07:59.079 a country legend or a John Mellencamp. It's in 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:01.360 the rules. And this one, of course, is referring 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:05.100 to George Jones. And then playing with that, 00:08:05.259 --> 00:08:07.060 keeping up with the Jones's thing. But in this 00:08:07.060 --> 00:08:11.420 case, it's keeping up with binge drinking. Well, 00:08:11.860 --> 00:08:14.360 and I wonder if there's something about like 00:08:14.360 --> 00:08:16.959 living up to the country star. That too. Yeah, 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:20.000 I think it's not just about drinking. It's also 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:23.199 about going out on stage, feeling great. And 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:24.980 then the next morning you feel like shit. You 00:08:24.980 --> 00:08:27.399 know, I think there's there's a lot. There's 00:08:27.399 --> 00:08:29.300 a lot to unpack here, which is part of what makes 00:08:29.300 --> 00:08:31.660 it her songs, even though on the surface, they 00:08:31.660 --> 00:08:34.200 seem like your typical radio country stuff. You 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:35.960 know, there's a lot of thought that goes into 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:38.080 the lyrics and the way these songs are built. 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:41.340 Love the references to white lightning and the 00:08:41.340 --> 00:08:43.580 possum, which I never really thought about. And 00:08:43.580 --> 00:08:45.559 I read up on it just to be sure, but it's because 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:47.879 he kind of looks like, you know, possum George 00:08:47.879 --> 00:08:51.000 Jones, you know, with the little eyes and yeah. 00:08:51.500 --> 00:08:54.279 But yeah, it sets the tone for the album. Clever 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:57.049 wordplay. What'd you think? about this one. Yeah. 00:08:57.529 --> 00:09:00.549 I mean, I've recently begun a love affair with 00:09:00.549 --> 00:09:04.210 George Jones. So yeah, she's speaking to me where 00:09:04.210 --> 00:09:09.070 I live, I guess. No, and yeah, I mean, I think 00:09:09.070 --> 00:09:12.610 this is her at her best. I think that the wordplay 00:09:12.610 --> 00:09:16.549 is fun and it just has an energy and I guess 00:09:16.549 --> 00:09:19.710 kind of an authentic country feel. So yeah, really, 00:09:19.710 --> 00:09:23.850 really good start to the album. All right, well 00:09:23.850 --> 00:09:28.129 that's round one down and as with any fictional 00:09:28.129 --> 00:09:32.289 sporting event It's not too long before you hear 00:09:32.289 --> 00:09:34.490 from the sponsor. Let's hear from our friends 00:09:34.490 --> 00:09:37.549 over at the six picks music club Hey there, I'm 00:09:37.549 --> 00:09:39.809 Dave and I host six picks music club with my 00:09:39.809 --> 00:09:42.330 two buddies Jeff Rowe and Russ We talk about 00:09:42.330 --> 00:09:45.090 six songs on a playlist that meet a theme to 00:09:45.090 --> 00:09:47.330 a topic that we've already decided on just real 00:09:47.330 --> 00:09:52.039 quick Do you meet themes do you meet them? Okay, 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:54.740 no, I don't know I guess that what's the rest? 00:09:54.740 --> 00:09:57.519 Can I get a ruling on the verbal phrase meet 00:09:57.519 --> 00:10:00.019 the theme Jeff? I don't know. I'm not fluent 00:10:00.019 --> 00:10:02.639 in the spoken word people just don't say meet 00:10:02.639 --> 00:10:06.179 the theme They say fit a theme and every week 00:10:06.179 --> 00:10:09.820 we talk about six songs that fit a theme Alright, 00:10:10.039 --> 00:10:13.559 okay fit a theme guys. We're gonna have to rerecord 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:20.950 this Okay, and Dave don't forget it's six picks 00:10:20.950 --> 00:10:24.750 music club not your dark web pod sex picks booty 00:10:24.750 --> 00:10:28.690 grub Not sure what booty grub is, but I'll be 00:10:28.690 --> 00:10:33.460 sure to tune in and find out Hey maker on to 00:10:33.460 --> 00:10:36.840 round two the haymakers in this round will select 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:39.820 standout cuts from each of the albums trying 00:10:39.820 --> 00:10:43.919 to Establish dominance early in the bout done. 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:46.860 What's Reba bring into the ring? Well, here's 00:10:46.860 --> 00:10:59.580 a song called how blue Man, she sounds great. 00:10:59.740 --> 00:11:02.299 Yeah, she really does. It just has a great old 00:11:02.299 --> 00:11:04.759 timey feel, you know, that particular song, but 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:08.000 a lot of the album does. So How Blue originally 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:10.919 appeared on an album called My Kind of Country 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:13.779 from 1984. It was actually her third country 00:11:13.779 --> 00:11:16.679 number one. It was written by John Maffet. The 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:19.080 lyrics explore heartbreak and longing, using 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:22.340 blue as a metaphor for deep emotional pain. So 00:11:22.340 --> 00:11:27.370 this one kind of cemented, I guess, her place 00:11:27.370 --> 00:11:30.470 in what they called the new traditionalist movement. 00:11:30.470 --> 00:11:33.610 Yeah. I guess in the in the 80s. Like Randy Travis 00:11:33.610 --> 00:11:36.870 and the Judds and stuff like that. Yeah, which 00:11:36.870 --> 00:11:38.649 is kind of funny because I kind of see Laney 00:11:38.649 --> 00:11:42.029 Wilson as being sort of a traditionalist in the, 00:11:42.029 --> 00:11:43.809 you know, in the modern country world. Yeah. 00:11:43.809 --> 00:11:46.009 So even I mean, the original had kind of a traditional 00:11:46.009 --> 00:11:48.090 country sound with like fiddle and steel guitar. 00:11:48.110 --> 00:11:50.570 This kind of has it, but it's even more stripped 00:11:50.570 --> 00:11:54.090 down. I was really happy that the fiddle remained. 00:11:54.350 --> 00:11:56.429 I don't think it would have sounded right without 00:11:56.429 --> 00:11:58.529 it. I tried to find the originals first and then 00:11:58.529 --> 00:12:01.190 listen to the new ones. But the vocals are just 00:12:01.190 --> 00:12:03.629 they're golden. The arrangement never leaves 00:12:03.629 --> 00:12:07.000 second gear, but I think that's OK. for what 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:10.799 the song is talking about. The whole blue thing, 00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:14.980 if it got too much fun, it takes away from the 00:12:14.980 --> 00:12:16.740 feeling. Yeah, I think you're right. It kind 00:12:16.740 --> 00:12:18.299 of reminds me, remember we listened to that trio 00:12:18.299 --> 00:12:22.220 album, the Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, yeah, 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:24.820 and Dolly. This song in particular feels like 00:12:24.820 --> 00:12:26.980 it belongs on that album. Yeah, same era too, 00:12:27.179 --> 00:12:29.269 yeah. Yep, yeah, that's true. All right. Well, 00:12:29.409 --> 00:12:32.110 that's that's Reba's big punch. What's Lainey 00:12:32.110 --> 00:12:34.210 got? Well, I don't know if this is the big punch 00:12:34.210 --> 00:12:36.629 and this is where I struggled because this comes 00:12:36.629 --> 00:12:39.129 down to my personal taste. I think Country's 00:12:39.129 --> 00:12:40.850 Cool Again probably would have been the choice 00:12:40.850 --> 00:12:43.210 here because it was a huge radio hit and performed 00:12:43.210 --> 00:12:46.250 at CMA award shows and whatever. But I'm going 00:12:46.250 --> 00:13:00.240 with Counting Chickens. Alright, so this is a 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:02.799 country ballad that playfully captures the excitement 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:04.980 and vulnerability of envisioning a future with 00:13:04.980 --> 00:13:07.740 someone special using Counting Chickens Before 00:13:07.740 --> 00:13:11.009 Their Hatch, which is a very sort of farm -like 00:13:11.009 --> 00:13:14.250 reference to make, an old -fashioned term. You 00:13:14.250 --> 00:13:16.549 know, it opens up with Wilson acknowledging that 00:13:16.549 --> 00:13:19.029 her partner hasn't proposed yet. So it sets the 00:13:19.029 --> 00:13:21.210 tone right away. You know, it's very clear what's 00:13:21.210 --> 00:13:23.470 going on. And I think this is just what she does 00:13:23.470 --> 00:13:25.870 so well for me and even on Bell Bottom Country, 00:13:26.169 --> 00:13:29.610 like Watermelon Moonshine on that album. I just 00:13:29.610 --> 00:13:33.970 think these songs... capture the Southern drawl, 00:13:33.970 --> 00:13:38.029 the prettiness of her voice, the daydreamy sort 00:13:38.029 --> 00:13:41.789 of more vulnerable parts and less of the whiskey 00:13:41.789 --> 00:13:45.049 and bar stuff, which I think, you know, Wilson 00:13:45.049 --> 00:13:48.009 has done a great job of taking control of that. 00:13:48.070 --> 00:13:50.269 Cause that was like a dude thing in country music. 00:13:50.269 --> 00:13:53.330 And she's, she's done a great job co -opting 00:13:53.330 --> 00:13:55.870 that to some, you know, with great success. And 00:13:55.870 --> 00:13:57.149 I think that, you know, the first time I heard 00:13:57.149 --> 00:13:59.210 something like that was Gretchen Wilson. I think 00:13:59.210 --> 00:14:01.750 no relation. Remember her? Yeah. I do yeah, the 00:14:01.750 --> 00:14:05.529 redneck woman song and I think Laney his taking 00:14:05.529 --> 00:14:08.429 that to new heights. I, um, but you know, it, 00:14:08.570 --> 00:14:10.649 there's some personal dimensions here too. It 00:14:10.649 --> 00:14:12.669 references Wilson's real life relationship with 00:14:12.669 --> 00:14:15.990 former NFL quarterback Devlin duck Hodges, you 00:14:15.990 --> 00:14:18.730 know, at the end of the song, she says, one chicken, 00:14:18.950 --> 00:14:20.509 two chickens, three chickens. Oh shoot. I think 00:14:20.509 --> 00:14:23.529 that's a duck. I love that too. Yeah. So this 00:14:23.529 --> 00:14:26.029 is, this is what I think she, where she shines. 00:14:26.190 --> 00:14:29.389 I'd love an album with more of these. So that's 00:14:29.389 --> 00:14:32.389 my attempt at a, a haymaker, a haymaker that 00:14:32.389 --> 00:14:35.259 is cutesy and. Love you tell me though, so I'm 00:14:35.259 --> 00:14:39.000 not sure it'll work. Yeah, you know, she is very 00:14:39.149 --> 00:14:43.370 cute with her lyrics, so lots of puns throughout 00:14:43.370 --> 00:14:46.409 this album. I don't know why, but sometimes I 00:14:46.409 --> 00:14:48.210 think they really work and they're charming and 00:14:48.210 --> 00:14:51.190 then other times they become a little too cute 00:14:51.190 --> 00:14:53.730 or cringy. But this is one where I think it does 00:14:53.730 --> 00:14:56.950 work. I think this is a really well executed 00:14:56.950 --> 00:15:01.029 track and it's just charming. I guess that's 00:15:01.029 --> 00:15:03.470 like a dark little twist at the end with her 00:15:03.470 --> 00:15:06.110 mentioning Duck because I think that relationship 00:15:06.110 --> 00:15:08.370 did not. No, they actually are engaged now. Oh, 00:15:08.370 --> 00:15:10.620 shoot. Okay, then I guess it's not dark. Sorry. 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:13.860 Now you don't like it as much. I know darkness 00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:18.000 and pain is what you feed on. Yes, yes. Well, 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:22.259 yeah, I'm a fan of this particular song. Well, 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:26.299 with Haymakers having been exchanged, it's time 00:15:26.299 --> 00:15:30.460 to move on to round three. I don't wanna do it. 00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:34.080 All right, round three, opponent cuts. So in 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:37.379 this round, we try to land a critical blow by 00:15:37.379 --> 00:15:40.440 spotlighting one of the weaker tracks from our 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:44.860 opponent's albums. So dude, what's Reba's weakness? 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:48.200 Yeah, I mean, this is difficult, right? Because 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:51.000 in this case, the album is full of classics, 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:54.000 just re -workings of them. I'm going with a track 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:58.700 that... Was borderline cringy at the time and 00:15:58.700 --> 00:16:01.720 now feels even more so it's called does he love. 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:14.019 Although I still love it because Dolly and Reba 00:16:14.019 --> 00:16:16.679 together I mean can't go wrong there and that's 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:18.419 a great collaboration but originally recorded 00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:20.759 in nineteen ninety three with Linda Davis. This 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:22.980 song delves into the emotional complexities of 00:16:22.980 --> 00:16:26.580 a love triangle, which is pretty gutsy and especially 00:16:26.580 --> 00:16:29.720 back in 93. presenting this dialogue between 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:32.519 the wife and her husband's mistress, both questioning 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:34.860 his true affections and some of the lines, you 00:16:34.860 --> 00:16:37.659 know, he's with me last night or whatever. It's 00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:43.039 like this stripped down rendition is more raw 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:45.980 and intimate, but I think in the original with 00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:49.779 the bigger sounds and the more restrained vocals 00:16:49.779 --> 00:16:54.480 of that Linda Davis and Dolly is just so sweet 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:56.799 sounding. Yeah. And Dolly's supposed to be the 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:59.919 mistress. seems too nice yeah very melodramatic 00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:03.279 though and it feels like a scene from like a 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:05.799 southern soap opera like these two women wearing 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:08.720 the fancy clothes having this throw down over 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:11.200 the you know he loves me more or what is you 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:12.980 know what do you do for him what what were your 00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:15.799 thoughts on this one yeah i i agree with you 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:18.000 i mean this is not one of my favorite tracks 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:21.220 on the album you know it is meant to be i think 00:17:21.220 --> 00:17:24.190 this very melodramatic piece and I think it loses 00:17:24.190 --> 00:17:26.109 some of that. I think it would have been better 00:17:26.109 --> 00:17:29.769 as a one -off performance at an award show with 00:17:29.769 --> 00:17:32.869 Dolly and Reba or something. Right. Yeah. It 00:17:32.869 --> 00:17:36.849 was cringy, I think. This is mean because I love 00:17:36.849 --> 00:17:39.769 Dolly Parton, but you know how his people age, 00:17:39.910 --> 00:17:42.730 the way they... talk, it's more like, because 00:17:42.730 --> 00:17:44.509 it's what they have dentures or something like 00:17:44.509 --> 00:17:47.670 that. I just feel like the way she sings now 00:17:47.670 --> 00:17:53.910 is very denture -y. Wow. Very well. Let's just 00:17:53.910 --> 00:17:55.869 a little, we'll keep doing this podcast and the 00:17:55.869 --> 00:17:58.029 day that you sound denture -y then, you know. 00:17:58.029 --> 00:18:02.640 I know. I mean, part of it also, I think is There's 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:05.619 more effort sometimes. You can hear more effort 00:18:05.619 --> 00:18:09.480 in vocalists as they age, but I think they both 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:12.220 sound great here. Love you, Dolly. I do too. 00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:16.339 Yeah, right. Sorry, Dolly. You look great at 00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:20.339 the Thanksgiving halftime show. Yeah, yeah. So 00:18:20.339 --> 00:18:23.519 I took my swing and not that fancy trying to 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:26.440 weaken your stance. What do you got for me from 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:29.240 Whirlwind? All right. Well, I mentioned before 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:31.039 that there are, you know, sometimes where I feel 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:33.920 like the The puns just become a little too much. 00:18:34.099 --> 00:18:36.359 Alright, well here's the track called Bar in 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:49.339 Baton Rouge. So in a bar in Baton Rouge, Lainey 00:18:49.339 --> 00:18:51.640 Wilson sings about nursing a broken heart in 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:55.140 a smoky Louisiana bar. Lots of imagery of beer, 00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:58.519 cigarettes, and longing for distant places that 00:18:58.519 --> 00:19:02.180 capture her pain. I mean, it's not a bad track 00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:05.500 by any means, but here's where I start to roll 00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:08.579 my eyes a little bit about some of the, like 00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:13.640 the silver bulletproof reference to Coors. The 00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:16.970 drink about instead of think about. Which reminds 00:19:16.970 --> 00:19:20.230 me of a film I saw in seventh grade that was 00:19:20.230 --> 00:19:23.029 supposed to be to teach teens not to drink and 00:19:23.029 --> 00:19:26.450 it was from the 70s. And it was a terrible film 00:19:26.450 --> 00:19:29.109 and there was a song in it. Think about what 00:19:29.109 --> 00:19:35.619 you drink about. Yeah. I mean, it sounds better 00:19:35.619 --> 00:19:38.500 because it's Lainey Wilson and it's good. But 00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:41.420 if this was Luke Bryan or something, I'd be vomiting. 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:48.619 So it's not her best effort here. Although it 00:19:48.619 --> 00:19:51.240 has some, it kind of starts slow and moody and 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:54.480 then builds into kind of more of a rocky anthem. 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:58.819 I mean, it's fine. Feels more like typical country 00:19:58.819 --> 00:20:01.950 fare. Yeah. Yeah. I think it's probably the most 00:20:01.950 --> 00:20:05.230 pedestrian. It feels a bit forced. It doesn't 00:20:05.230 --> 00:20:07.910 quite land, you know, it's more of a caricature 00:20:07.910 --> 00:20:09.890 for, although I like the sound of it. I like 00:20:09.890 --> 00:20:12.950 the twang of it. I like the instruments. I like 00:20:12.950 --> 00:20:16.650 the composition, but yeah, there's, I get it. 00:20:16.690 --> 00:20:18.750 I mean, it's clever, but it just might be a little 00:20:18.750 --> 00:20:21.490 too clever. So we just made our best efforts 00:20:21.490 --> 00:20:24.809 to weaken our opponent's albums. Why don't we 00:20:24.809 --> 00:20:27.269 drop all of that aggression and answer a question. 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:33.940 Excuse me, I'd like to ask you a few questions. 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:40.480 It's time again for Deep Questions by Don. So 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:43.859 all this country western storytelling, it just 00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:48.019 kind of reminds me of westerns, as in films and 00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:50.779 TV shows. What are some of your favorite western 00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:53.480 films or shows? I mean, a lot comes to mind. 00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:57.339 I'm a I'm a fan of the genre, the spaghetti westerns 00:20:57.339 --> 00:21:00.700 and and like Tombstone, of course, comes to mind 00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:02.740 with the I mean, that's probably my favorite 00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:07.539 movie. And that style of Western movie then inspired 00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:09.920 a lot that came after it. What was that like 00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:12.200 91 or something like that for Tombstone? Kurt 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:15.940 Russell, the late great Val Kilmer. I'm your 00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:19.380 huckleberry. I got two guns, one for each of 00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:25.519 you. Wow, that's exactly like him. Also the, 00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:28.740 uh, I believe it was on FX. I'm not sure. Uh, 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:32.559 justified with Timothy Oliphant. He was, uh, 00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:35.880 he was in that HBO show also. What was that? 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:38.119 Deadwood. Deadwood. He was in that as well, but 00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:41.099 justified was a more of a modern take on the 00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:43.720 Western genre taking place. I can, I think it 00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:46.940 was mid 2000, 2010, something like that. But 00:21:46.940 --> 00:21:51.259 he's, uh, U S Marshall and his nemesis played 00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:54.420 by Walton Goggins, just the tension between the 00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:56.819 good guy and the bad guy, the gunsling. I mean, 00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:58.900 he's wears a cowboy hat though. I mean, it's, 00:21:58.920 --> 00:22:01.339 it's, it's a Western, but it's not definitely 00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:04.700 worth checking that show out. Goggins is amazing. 00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:08.599 Yeah, I, on the other hand, I've never been really 00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:12.299 a big fan of of westerns. I actually I love like 00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:15.460 old movies and stuff, but it annoys me when like 00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:18.019 Turner classic movies is just full of like westerns. 00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:21.460 All right. But there are some that I appreciate. 00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:23.359 And actually, I was reminded of some on television. 00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:26.380 There's an episode in season one of The Twilight 00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:29.420 Zone. It's called Mr. Denton on Doomsday. It's 00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:32.400 about this basically just this drunk. who I think 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:35.299 used to be a sharpshooter. But there's a snake 00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:37.980 oil salesman guy who gives him a potion. All 00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:41.319 of a sudden, he can shoot like crazy or whatever. 00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:46.880 And he cleans his life up. And then the message 00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:49.420 is that there's just no point to violence. And 00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:51.319 it gets pretty deep, like every Twilight Zone 00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:54.700 does. And then the Wyatt Earp stuff reminds me 00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:59.990 of a Star Trek episode. Season three, Spectre 00:22:59.990 --> 00:23:02.549 of the Gun. I used to love those, those Star 00:23:02.549 --> 00:23:05.549 Trek episodes where they do a Western or do a 00:23:05.549 --> 00:23:07.930 gangster thing. It's because the studio that 00:23:07.930 --> 00:23:10.750 they worked for had a set for some other show. 00:23:10.849 --> 00:23:12.109 And they're like, well, let's save some money 00:23:12.109 --> 00:23:14.750 and make a story around this. Yeah. And sci -fi, 00:23:14.829 --> 00:23:17.470 I mean, you can really do everything. So yeah, 00:23:17.549 --> 00:23:21.410 so at that point it's the crew have to face like 00:23:21.410 --> 00:23:24.920 Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. Well, it's pretty 00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:27.700 corny. You clearly hate the Western genre as 00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:31.259 the way you found in was through sci -fi. Yeah, 00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:34.640 exactly. What's your favorite Western? Let us 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:37.539 know. Hit us up on Instagram or Facebook at Album 00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:43.940 Nerds. Back to the action with round four, the 00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:47.160 closing cuts. So we'll be focusing on the final 00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:50.480 songs of these albums. and they should wrap things 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:52.819 up in a way that feels satisfying, leaves listeners 00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:56.160 thinking about the music long after it ends and 00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:58.559 maybe even spinning that record another time. 00:23:58.819 --> 00:24:02.160 So what does Reba have for us for a closing track? 00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:05.539 Well, she saved, I guess it's kind of a title 00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:08.400 track or it's not, it's not that much of a title 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:20.670 track. This is Fancy. Fancy was originally written 00:24:20.670 --> 00:24:25.650 and recorded by Bobby Gentry in 1969 but Reba 00:24:25.650 --> 00:24:28.809 covered it on her 1990 album Rumor Has It and 00:24:28.809 --> 00:24:30.970 it's become you know one of her her signature 00:24:30.970 --> 00:24:33.609 hits. It's basically a rags to riches story about 00:24:33.609 --> 00:24:36.529 a young woman Fancy who was sent by her mother 00:24:36.529 --> 00:24:39.190 to make a better life for herself despite in 00:24:39.190 --> 00:24:42.190 desperate circumstances, and she overcomes adversity 00:24:42.190 --> 00:24:46.289 and achieves independence. Is someone a prostitute 00:24:46.289 --> 00:24:49.269 in this? I think her mom is. I was trying to 00:24:49.269 --> 00:24:52.809 figure out if Fancy was. Yeah. Yeah, so like 00:24:52.809 --> 00:24:55.289 everything on this album, it's kind of just a 00:24:55.289 --> 00:24:58.630 more mellow version of the original. The original 00:24:58.630 --> 00:25:01.369 is pretty dramatic, if you ever listen to it. 00:25:01.529 --> 00:25:05.869 And I think I prefer this version. I think it 00:25:05.869 --> 00:25:08.630 maybe just lends itself to the simple storytelling 00:25:08.630 --> 00:25:11.230 better. Yeah, and country music has changed too. 00:25:11.369 --> 00:25:14.009 I mean, I think during that period, I was the 00:25:14.009 --> 00:25:17.210 opposite of a country fan. So that sound, that 00:25:17.210 --> 00:25:20.029 style still doesn't ring true to me. This rings 00:25:20.029 --> 00:25:23.049 more true. Without the horns and drama, it still 00:25:23.049 --> 00:25:25.450 tells a knockout story. So great storytelling 00:25:25.450 --> 00:25:28.849 here. Reba's delivery definitely carries it. 00:25:28.910 --> 00:25:31.069 And I think that's the point here. Feels smaller 00:25:31.069 --> 00:25:34.190 than the original, but that's perfect. But this 00:25:34.910 --> 00:25:37.589 Treatment is a little more soulful than the original 00:25:37.589 --> 00:25:40.509 and kind of gives me a dusty Springfield vibe. 00:25:40.609 --> 00:25:44.170 Sure. I think this one was well cobbed for sure. 00:25:45.970 --> 00:25:48.549 All right. How does Lainey leave us? She leaves 00:25:48.549 --> 00:26:02.829 us with a whiskey colored crayon. So the narrative 00:26:02.829 --> 00:26:05.549 of this song delves into the impact of addiction 00:26:05.549 --> 00:26:08.250 on a family through the innocent eyes of a child, 00:26:08.690 --> 00:26:11.549 co -written with Josh Care and Wyatt McCubbin, 00:26:11.769 --> 00:26:13.490 tells the story of a young boy in kindergarten 00:26:13.490 --> 00:26:15.349 who, when asked to draw his family, realizes 00:26:15.349 --> 00:26:17.250 he can't depict his father without a whiskey 00:26:17.250 --> 00:26:19.450 -colored crayon. Isn't it just brown? I mean, 00:26:19.529 --> 00:26:24.400 come on. To a kid. This kid is just freaking, 00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:29.140 I don't know. He's an artistic genius. But, you 00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:32.700 know, it encapsulates a child's association of 00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:35.279 his father with alcohol and the effect of that 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:39.000 on familial relationships. In the story, like 00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:41.779 has the teacher contacting the boy's mother, 00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:44.539 and then years later, the father who's been sober 00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:47.259 for seven years reveals at an AA meeting that 00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:50.279 his son's drawing initiated his path to recovery. 00:26:50.769 --> 00:26:54.089 And you know, it works. I mean, the song is gentle 00:26:54.089 --> 00:26:57.369 and powerful lyrics. Take the stage here and 00:26:57.369 --> 00:26:59.829 the storytelling is solid and it would have made 00:26:59.829 --> 00:27:03.470 a great Reba song in my opinion. Sure. It bore 00:27:03.470 --> 00:27:06.750 the whiskey colored crayon borders on too much 00:27:06.750 --> 00:27:08.789 maybe. But the more I listened to it, the more 00:27:08.789 --> 00:27:10.990 it worked for me. Don, did you listen to this 00:27:10.990 --> 00:27:12.809 on your headphones? Cause I think you would have 00:27:12.809 --> 00:27:15.089 gotten a tear if you had, didn't you? Oh yeah. 00:27:15.250 --> 00:27:20.480 Any tickle? Sure, yeah. I mean, it's a well -executed, 00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:23.920 kind of sappy song. For those who don't know, 00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:27.019 when Don listens to emotional songs on headphones, 00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:31.460 that's typically what he gets at. I feel like 00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:34.259 she had a story she wanted to do, and it's like 00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:38.779 she needed some clever pun or something or metaphor 00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:42.640 to tell it with. And so just the whiskey -colored 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:45.460 crayon thing Just seems like a bit of a stretch. 00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:49.099 I mean, it's fine. I don't really I I hated it 00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:51.039 more the first time I listened to it. And then 00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:54.000 I kind of warmed up to it. So, I mean, it's fine. 00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:59.940 I can't draw my mama without a Cosmo colored. 00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:07.940 Yeah, I mean, the question really is, does this 00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:09.819 close the album? Well, I think the answer to 00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:12.250 that is yes. It's interesting that she chose 00:28:12.250 --> 00:28:14.450 to end in kind of a sad way, although I guess 00:28:14.450 --> 00:28:16.730 it's a happy story because the dad gets clean 00:28:16.730 --> 00:28:20.150 because of the kid. And, you know, that's the 00:28:20.150 --> 00:28:21.750 hope that something, you know, when someone is 00:28:21.750 --> 00:28:24.769 struggling with addiction, that the people who 00:28:24.769 --> 00:28:27.170 love them are probably the ones that say that 00:28:27.170 --> 00:28:30.230 one, say or do that thing that makes things click 00:28:30.230 --> 00:28:32.970 and they go, I've got to try to stop this. So 00:28:32.970 --> 00:28:35.549 I likes it. All right. One more round to go. 00:28:38.250 --> 00:28:40.769 In this fifth and final round, we're going to 00:28:40.769 --> 00:28:43.369 look at some key metrics that we believe make 00:28:43.369 --> 00:28:46.329 up great albums. The digging factor, which is, 00:28:46.329 --> 00:28:48.309 is it an enjoyable listening experience? Killer 00:28:48.309 --> 00:28:51.170 to filler ratio, strong songs, weak songs. How 00:28:51.170 --> 00:28:53.869 does it balance out? All important production. 00:28:54.750 --> 00:28:56.410 Rematchability. Do you want to listen again? 00:28:56.809 --> 00:28:59.009 And then of course the legacy. Does it influence 00:28:59.009 --> 00:29:01.089 music? Does it influence listeners, culture? 00:29:01.509 --> 00:29:03.730 How's it stand? All right, Don, bring me them 00:29:03.730 --> 00:29:08.150 X -Factors. What do you got? I did end up enjoying 00:29:08.150 --> 00:29:10.269 both of these albums, but they're very different. 00:29:10.509 --> 00:29:13.009 I mean, one is a celebration of a career and 00:29:13.009 --> 00:29:17.730 the other is all original. The Reba is, I mean, 00:29:17.849 --> 00:29:20.150 she's overly dramatic and sentimental. I mean, 00:29:20.230 --> 00:29:22.390 that's always been her thing. Well, she was an 00:29:22.390 --> 00:29:24.809 actress as well. That too, yeah. Very successfully. 00:29:25.049 --> 00:29:29.410 Loved her in Tremors. Oh my gosh. Yeah. It's 00:29:29.410 --> 00:29:32.039 a good movie. It's stupid, but great. And, you 00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:34.160 know, like I said, you know, Lainey ranges from 00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:36.299 kind of clever to cringy, but I think most of 00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:38.839 the time she she's good. I mean, she should learn 00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:41.579 that every song doesn't need a clever pun. You 00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:43.180 know, I mean, even Morris, if you got a break 00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:46.799 once in a while, and maybe she I think she forces 00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:50.579 herself to be accessible. And, you know, I don't 00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:53.019 know, I feel like I mean, she's already great. 00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:54.799 And there's definitely greatness there. But I 00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:58.329 feel like she hasn't. There's still establishment 00:29:58.329 --> 00:30:00.890 happening here, putting your stamp on. This album, 00:30:01.049 --> 00:30:03.049 I think, is sort of more of the same from the 00:30:03.049 --> 00:30:05.269 last album, building on what was on the big hit 00:30:05.269 --> 00:30:08.109 album. She'll figure it out. I think there will 00:30:08.109 --> 00:30:10.309 be variances. I think there'll be some albums 00:30:10.309 --> 00:30:12.170 that are more rock -like, some albums that are 00:30:12.170 --> 00:30:14.630 more acoustic. We'll see. Yeah. And of course, 00:30:14.690 --> 00:30:16.369 I mean, she deserves credit because she writes, 00:30:16.690 --> 00:30:19.609 or at least co -writes, all of her songs, whereas 00:30:19.609 --> 00:30:22.990 Reba doesn't. Killer to filler ratio. I don't 00:30:22.990 --> 00:30:25.529 know. I mean, I think they're pretty much the 00:30:25.529 --> 00:30:28.450 same there. I mean, there's tracks on the Reba 00:30:28.450 --> 00:30:30.890 that I don't love. I'm a survivor, just kind 00:30:30.890 --> 00:30:33.789 of feels like more overcoming obstacles kind 00:30:33.789 --> 00:30:37.250 of stuff. I know, but it is a collection, so 00:30:37.250 --> 00:30:39.789 you're going to get some similar themes. Yeah. 00:30:40.009 --> 00:30:41.970 I mean, certainly Reba has it easy here because 00:30:41.970 --> 00:30:44.470 she can basically curate songs, her best songs 00:30:44.470 --> 00:30:47.029 from her catalog, whereas Lainey had to come 00:30:47.029 --> 00:30:50.109 up with all of these. More new tracks. I mean, 00:30:50.170 --> 00:30:52.890 if it even had four or five brand new songs, 00:30:52.890 --> 00:30:55.049 that would have that would have helped for me. 00:30:55.150 --> 00:30:58.309 Yeah. I also I was disappointed by the the night 00:30:58.309 --> 00:31:02.470 the lights went down in Georgia. Yeah. That song's 00:31:02.470 --> 00:31:05.009 just kind of, you know, kind of hammy anyway. 00:31:05.150 --> 00:31:07.130 It doesn't matter who does it. Yeah, that's true. 00:31:07.289 --> 00:31:09.089 Because originally, Vicki Lawrence had to hit 00:31:09.089 --> 00:31:11.470 with that, right? I think so. Yeah. And I mean, 00:31:11.630 --> 00:31:14.039 lots of people have done it over the years. You 00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:16.019 know, and the Laney has fantastic moments. I 00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:18.480 really like the good horses. Yeah, Miranda Lambert. 00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:21.680 I like Whirlwind. Devil Don't Go There is good. 00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:26.880 Yeah. And then some track like Ringfinger. Appreciate 00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:30.500 the crossover appeal and the KT Tunstall vibe 00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:32.480 to it. I actually thought it was going to be 00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:35.400 a cover for a second. I like the line where I 00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:38.279 got the ring. He got the finger. There's some 00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:40.640 good lines in it, but didn't land with me. Bar 00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:43.000 and Baton Rouge was another one. I love the production. 00:31:43.049 --> 00:31:45.710 on Reba, I feel like this is the best Reba can 00:31:45.710 --> 00:31:49.809 be. And I mean, Lainey's is fine, too. I mean, 00:31:49.809 --> 00:31:51.829 I mean, you can argue maybe it's a bit too shiny 00:31:51.829 --> 00:31:56.349 at times, but it's it's fine. Yep. But Lainey 00:31:56.349 --> 00:31:59.230 has the bold, rich textured sounds and bigger 00:31:59.230 --> 00:32:02.329 and more dynamic. So I kind of give that one 00:32:02.329 --> 00:32:05.029 to Lainey for production. I'm not sure which 00:32:05.029 --> 00:32:07.589 one I'll listen to more in the future. I'm not 00:32:07.589 --> 00:32:10.950 sure. I like this as a gateway to Reba's catalog. 00:32:11.049 --> 00:32:13.630 Yes, I agree. And I think this is a good record 00:32:13.630 --> 00:32:16.529 to have on when you have company and stuff that's 00:32:16.529 --> 00:32:19.869 quiet. But Lainey intrigues me, and I think she's 00:32:19.869 --> 00:32:22.549 headed for greatness. So I'm sure I'll be visiting 00:32:22.549 --> 00:32:26.519 this again. Legacy, I have a feeling. Even though 00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:29.420 this is a celebration of Reba's career, I'm not 00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:32.059 sure that people will remember it. I mean, in 00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:33.900 fact, there's not even a Wikipedia entry about 00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:36.940 this album. Exactly. That's all you need to know 00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:39.059 right there. Right. So, I mean, her legacy is 00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:41.440 gigantic, but I'm not sure that this album is. 00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:44.039 And then, you know, Laney, like I'm hoping the 00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:46.900 legacy is that this is the album before the amazing 00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:51.160 one. So, yeah. So I think I'm kind of mixed, 00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:53.839 you know, in my X factors. How about you? I think 00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:56.299 we're really close on all of these. Reba adds 00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:58.660 her legacy as a career retrospective with all 00:32:58.660 --> 00:33:01.660 these strong songs, strong voice, great sound, 00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:04.660 and Laney cements her rise, but it's too new 00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:08.180 to be called iconic just yet. Well, what a showdown 00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:10.660 it's been between these country queens. Indeed, 00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:14.819 more so than I thought. Yeah. So both bring something 00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:17.460 unique. One offers heartfelt stripped down storytelling 00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:19.480 while the other delivers bold modern country 00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:22.339 with a fresh twist. It's time to decide. Which 00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:25.079 album takes the crown in this battle of country's 00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:31.380 best? Let's send it back to the center of the 00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:33.519 ring and hear tonight's results. All right, we 00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:37.000 got to dig out our scorecards and figure out 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:40.819 who wins and who loses. All right. Well, round 00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:44.740 one, I gave to Reba with the fear of being alone. 00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:48.990 Lainey's Lainey took round two and three. Rounds 00:33:48.990 --> 00:33:52.150 two and three. Okay. And then I gave Reba round 00:33:52.150 --> 00:33:56.089 four. for, uh, for fancy. And then round five, 00:33:56.170 --> 00:33:58.609 I had a bunch of draws in there and the whole 00:33:58.609 --> 00:34:01.109 thing ended up being a draw. Okay. So, which 00:34:01.109 --> 00:34:04.309 means, uh, it's a tie. It's a draw two to two. 00:34:05.309 --> 00:34:09.250 Okay. Well, I've got round one, the opening track 00:34:09.250 --> 00:34:11.769 going to Laney with keeping up with Jones. I've 00:34:11.769 --> 00:34:14.630 got round two going to Laney with counting chickens. 00:34:14.769 --> 00:34:18.050 Round three for the body blows, the, uh, trying 00:34:18.050 --> 00:34:21.309 to damage each other. Gave that one to Reba. 00:34:21.610 --> 00:34:24.889 Who does he love you? I like that better than 00:34:24.889 --> 00:34:28.750 bar in Baton Rouge. Round four for the closer 00:34:28.750 --> 00:34:30.869 between whiskey colored crayons and fancy. That 00:34:30.869 --> 00:34:34.610 was a draw for me. And round five, Laney won 00:34:34.610 --> 00:34:36.710 four of the five categories. So that's giving 00:34:36.710 --> 00:34:40.690 round five X factors to Laney Wilson. Whirlwind. 00:34:41.329 --> 00:34:43.769 Well, we asked you the listeners to weigh in 00:34:43.769 --> 00:34:45.610 and share which album you think should take the 00:34:45.610 --> 00:34:48.530 crown. Right. Well, with 60 percent of the vote. 00:34:48.829 --> 00:34:53.130 The winner is Reba, not that fancy. Okay. So 00:34:53.130 --> 00:34:55.369 it came from our, from our listeners. Right. 00:34:55.369 --> 00:34:59.409 So that means, so I gave it a draw. Wow. You 00:34:59.409 --> 00:35:02.329 went to Laney and the audience gave it to Reba. 00:35:02.469 --> 00:35:05.670 So we have a draw. Oh no. Ladies and gentlemen, 00:35:06.269 --> 00:35:10.230 we have a draw. A draw. Well, so that says, that 00:35:10.230 --> 00:35:12.949 says a lot. Laney is an up and comer. Reba is 00:35:12.949 --> 00:35:15.769 a well -established figure in country music. 00:35:16.090 --> 00:35:19.360 So I think that says a lot for how far. Laney 00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:22.679 has come and how amazing it is that Reba continues 00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:25.880 to have one hand on that crown of Queen of the 00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:37.570 country. Can you dig it? Can you dig it? So, 00:35:38.210 --> 00:35:41.429 we spent the week in the country ring. Did you 00:35:41.429 --> 00:35:43.869 have a chance to check out anything else? What 00:35:43.869 --> 00:35:46.389 else are you digging? Actually, I was in the 00:35:46.389 --> 00:35:49.849 rodeo ring and I did dig some things that I have 00:35:49.849 --> 00:35:55.769 here in my saddlebags. Why don't you cry about 00:35:55.769 --> 00:36:01.860 it? Saddlebags? So, yeah, I went a little in 00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:04.440 a different direction here with the psychedelic 00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:09.940 porn crumpets and their album Carpe Diem Moon 00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:14.260 Man. It was released on May 15th of 2025. They're 00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:16.880 a Perth based psych rock band known for explosive 00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:19.380 sound and surreal lyrics. This is our seventh 00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:21.719 studio album. Why don't we listen to a little 00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:28.880 bit of March on for Pax Ramona. Yeah, so, you 00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:31.300 know this reflects on the band's experiences 00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:34.320 with touring philosophical musings and a blend 00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:38.840 of genres with a Little Primus vibe there as 00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:41.260 well. Yeah, I can hear that nice Alright, so 00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:43.440 while I was in that rodeo ring and looking through 00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:47.019 my my record collection I don't have a ton of 00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:49.880 country albums. I have some Johnny Cash and Willie 00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:52.679 Nelson and things you'd expect I also have culture 00:36:52.679 --> 00:36:55.019 wall and Chris Stapleton and things of that nature 00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:58.239 but and Laney Wilson, but I do have More of a 00:36:58.239 --> 00:37:00.659 pop country thing that appealed to me back in 00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:04.099 2017. Midland, their album On The Rocks, I think 00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:06.980 that was their debut. Texas based country trio 00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:08.760 known for their rich harmonies and sound that 00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:11.079 pays homage to classic country. Kind of a George 00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:14.000 Strait Dwight Yoakam vibe. Let's listen to the 00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:16.280 big one off of this album, Drinking Problem. 00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:26.099 Now that is a drinking song that just nails it. 00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:29.340 Yes. I always love this song. They got it right 00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:32.320 on that one. But the, you know, make a little 00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:35.059 burnout, other great songs on the album. Very 00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:37.159 enjoyable. And I'm happy to have it on vinyl. 00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:40.360 All right. Well, another kind of recent band 00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:42.940 that I just became familiar with, but I've been 00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:45.280 around, I guess, a while. A band called Camp, 00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:48.699 spelled C -A -A -M -P. They have an album coming 00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:52.019 out on June 6 called Copper Changes Color. OK. 00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:54.260 We know that from the Statue of Liberty. Indeed. 00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:57.079 So it's the fifth studio album by the folk band 00:37:57.079 --> 00:38:00.300 formed in Columbus, Ohio by childhood friends 00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:03.320 Taylor Meyer and Evan Westfall. Here's a song 00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:12.050 called Fairview Feeling. I see you falling asleep. 00:38:12.230 --> 00:38:15.030 I mean, it's not bad. It was very sleepy. But 00:38:15.030 --> 00:38:17.909 yeah, the album explores themes of personal transformation, 00:38:18.250 --> 00:38:20.550 drawing on imagery of weathered copper as a metaphor 00:38:20.550 --> 00:38:24.610 for change. All right. And I guess in the other 00:38:24.610 --> 00:38:27.030 direction, I'll wake you up. Dexter in the moon 00:38:27.030 --> 00:38:30.909 rocks. They have an EP called Happy to Be Here. 00:38:31.010 --> 00:38:32.750 They haven't come out with a full album yet. 00:38:32.869 --> 00:38:35.210 They're from Abilene, Texas. Call their sound 00:38:35.210 --> 00:38:39.190 Western Space Grunge. Ooh, that sounds like something 00:38:39.190 --> 00:38:41.889 I might enjoy. Yeah. Well, here's a song called 00:38:41.889 --> 00:38:50.590 Ritalin. I'll check that out. At least it's not 00:38:50.590 --> 00:38:53.710 about making a perfect kill room and being a 00:38:53.710 --> 00:38:56.590 serial killer. But the word, the name Dexter 00:38:56.590 --> 00:38:58.670 has been ruined forever. I mean, there was that 00:38:58.670 --> 00:39:01.469 there was that cartoon dude, the little kid scientist 00:39:01.469 --> 00:39:04.730 and Dexter's lab. Yeah. And then Dexter, the 00:39:04.730 --> 00:39:07.550 serial killer, became the Dexter. So maybe these 00:39:07.550 --> 00:39:10.130 guys can change that. So what are you digging? 00:39:10.369 --> 00:39:12.550 Let us know. Join us on the socials, Facebook, 00:39:12.650 --> 00:39:19.409 Instagram, threads and blue sky. You fight great, 00:39:19.510 --> 00:39:26.519 but I'm a great fighter. You ready? Well, it's 00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:28.880 about that time to bring forth the rhythm and 00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:31.940 the rhyme or it's time on the show when I'm reminded 00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:35.820 of the words of the great Queen Reba McIntyre 00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:39.500 She said to succeed in life. You need three things 00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:49.650 To succeed in life you need three things A wishbone, 00:39:49.849 --> 00:39:52.769 a backbone, and a funnybone. Amen. Indeed. With 00:39:52.769 --> 00:39:55.550 that in mind, let's bring out the wheel of albumgeddon 00:39:55.550 --> 00:39:58.070 and see what types of albums will be in our next 00:39:58.070 --> 00:40:08.449 record rumble. When the Fab Four went solo, the 00:40:08.449 --> 00:40:11.590 magic didn't stop. It just took new forms. In 00:40:11.590 --> 00:40:13.989 the next record rumble, it's a Beatle battle. 00:40:14.170 --> 00:40:16.829 a head -to -head clash of solo albums from former 00:40:16.829 --> 00:40:20.269 Beatles showcasing their individual voices, visions, 00:40:20.690 --> 00:40:24.289 and post -band brilliance. So two former Beatles 00:40:24.289 --> 00:40:28.949 will face off with presumably their best albums. 00:40:29.250 --> 00:40:32.510 I wonder which two we'll lean towards, Don? That's 00:40:32.510 --> 00:40:35.630 a thinker. Not a stinker. Which Lennon and McCartney 00:40:35.630 --> 00:40:37.889 albums should face off? What else are you listening 00:40:37.889 --> 00:40:40.849 to? Email us at podcast at album nerds dot com 00:40:40.849 --> 00:40:43.110 or follow us on Instagram and other social media 00:40:43.110 --> 00:40:45.750 at album nerds and make sure you vote on our 00:40:45.750 --> 00:40:48.070 next record rumble. 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