Stadium Entertainment’s 2010 My Country is a benefit album whose proceeds are donated to members of the U.S. military and their families. Fittingly, many of the songs -- all recorded between 2002 and 2009 -- have either a patriotic or sweetly melancholic undertow, celebrating home towns, America, or absent loves. It’s a proudly sentimental collection: the tempos never get too heated -- Randy Houser’s “Boots On” is the liveliest thing here -- and nobody shies away from big, sweeping melodies or productions, which unifies My Country, giving it consistency in tone and message (although there is a slight disconnect in having cartoonist Gary Trudeau contribute the cover art on an album that contains a special message from President George W. Bush, but that is just a minor point that has nothing to do with the music or message within).
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My Country: Smash Hits
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My Country: Smash Hits Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Track Listing
Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | Blake Shelton | 03:50 | Amazon | ||||
2 | Big & Rich | 03:31 | Amazon | ||||
3 | Montgomery Gentry | 04:23 | Amazon | ||||
4 | Rascal Flatts | 04:33 | Amazon | ||||
5 | Rodney Atkins | 03:38 | Amazon | ||||
6 | Jypsi | 04:04 | Amazon | ||||
7 | The String Machine / Reba McEntire | 04:29 | Amazon | ||||
8 | Lady A | 03:50 | Amazon | ||||
9 | Darius Rucker | 04:03 | Amazon | ||||
10 | Brad Paisley | 03:46 | Amazon | ||||
11 | Keith Urban | 04:42 | Amazon | ||||
12 | Dierks Bentley | 03:30 | Amazon | ||||
13 | Randy Houser | 02:51 | Amazon | ||||
14 | Trace Adkins | 05:01 | Amazon |