Track Listing

1. Somebody Save The Honky Tonks
2. I'm A Saint
3. The Lord Loves The Drinkin' Man
4. Would These Arms Be In Your Way
5. You Can't Do Me This Way
6. A Hard Secret To Keep
7. What Are We Doing In Love
8. Don't Ruin It For The Rest Of Us
9. Mama's House
10. Since You Ain't Home
11. Think Like A Woman
12. Then We Can All Go Home
13. Beer Bait And Ammo
14. My Best Drinkin'
15. Honky Tonk Heroes

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #119438 in Music
• Released on: 2004-09-21
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

"Hard-Core" comeback
After a few lackluster efforts, spoiled, in my view, by producer Mark Wright, Mark Chesnutt changed labels and producers and has put out, again in my view, the album of the year, or several years. This is great, hard-core, honky-tonk country stuff, with lots of excellent pedal steel (Paul Franklin) and fiddle (Larry Franklin), mixed up front where they belong! The very first cut kicks off with a steel intro that simply screams "country." This album has quite a few shuffles, offset by a couple of ballads ("Would These Arms Be in Your Way) and the minor-key "You're a Hard Secret to Keep."

If you really like country, you'll love this album; if you don't love this album, you don't really like country.

Back with a vengence
After being missing for several years in 2004 Mark returned with an album which stripped off the veneer of modern country production and produced an album of authentic country music. This CD features real musicians playing real music, and his distinctive traditional vocals being front and center in the mix. If the black & white album cover looks eerily familiar to you, it should as Mark,a big Waylon Jennings fan, has modelled it after the front cover of Waylon's 1973 classic album HONKY TONK HEROES (if you look closely you can see that Mark is wearing a Waylon tee-shirt). Mostly new (and self-penned) material but a remake of the Vern Gosdin penned Keith Whitley hit "Would These Arms Be In Your Way" with harmonies by Lee Ann Womack is a standout. The title tune and "The Lord Loves A Drinkin' Man" are my favorites among thenew tunes. And yes, the album concludes with a short version of "Honky Tonk Heroes"

The Best Album I have heard in a long long time
I have always been a Mark Chesnut and George Strait fan. Growing up in West Texas, I rate country albums and artist by how well you can Two-Step to the music. The 6th Track, "A Hard Secret To Keep" is one of the best dancin' tunes I have heard in a long time. If you liked old George Strait, buy this album. Every tune makes you want grab your wife and spin around the room. Thanks Mark for having the guts to make this album! Keep up the great work!