Track Listing

1. Honesty
2. What's Left Of Me
3. Monkey In The Middle
4. Someone To Share It With
5. The Love We Make
6. The Man I Am Today
7. Uncomplicated
8. Sing Along
9. Yeah She Does
10. I Will Come To You
11. Forgiveness And Permission
12. My Old Man

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71667 in Music
• Released on: 2003-10-14
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

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This guy is country and love his voice most of the songs you can relate to something in your own life!!! GOTTA HAVE IT!!!

Great New Artist
Three of the songs on here I love, just had to have, and never get tired of; I'm very happy with the whole CD.

Honesty is worth the price and a listen
Rodney Atkins is my favorite male country singer (he is sometimes rivaled by the handsome Josh Turner). I think his songs speak to people about life, and the authenticity he strives for his present in his music. I admire his songwriting abilities, his vocal power/range and good looks. "If You're Going Through Hell" is one of my favorite albums, and after absorbing that, I wanted to listen to his sometimes criticized album "Honesty." I got it from glorious WalMart for 7 dollars.

"Honesty" is good, radio friendly and never fails. However, it is missing the charisma of "If You're Going..." Also, I feel like Rodney really put himself into "If You're Going..." moreso than "Honesty." However, this has some strong cuts: the title-track deserved to go to #1; "What's Left of Me" has power, "Someone to Share it With" is very relatable and sincere, "The Love We Make" should've been a #1 on the country charts, "I Will Come to You" is very radio-friendly and could've been on a Faith Hill record.

Sometimes Rodney's singing could belong on a Rock album or an R&B record. I guess that is why I like "If You're Going..." more, because it has more of bluegrass/neotraditional/VERY country sound to it, more than a pop/rock/country sound of "Honesty."

However, if you want very melodious, catchy, fun songs, listen to "Honesty." It is great material, and an indicator of the excellency to come on "If You're Going..." If you want to get to know Rodney, in all his real-ness, his love for his wife and kid, his ties to his roots, listen to these records. Then you'll find out why he is so good. I hope sometime before he dies he wins Entertainer of the Year at the CMAs.