Track Listing

1. Leaving Lonely Behind
2. If the Road Runs Out
3. Is This Lonely
4. Bread on the Table
5. Make Time for Lovin' You
6. She's Still There
7. Good Ground
8. I Can Bend
9. Love Made Me Do It
10. Give It to Me Straight
11. Bad Case of Missin' You
12. Everytime I Close My Eyes
13. It Ain't What You're Thinkin'
14. Higher Ground
15. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry [*]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #296244 in Music
• Released on: 2006-10-10
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Good stuff!
Tom is incredibly talented yet still holds those "farm boy" values. This debut CD has something for everyone! Hopeful: "Leaving Lonely Behind" - Inspirational: "If the Road Runs Out" - Realistic: "Bread On the Table" - Romantic: "Make Time For Lovin' You" - Heartache: "Give It To Me Straight" - Humor: "It Ain't What You're Thinkin'" - Spiritual: "Higher Ground" - Classic: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
Tom is an artist, not an act. Great voice, great looks, great guy. I'm looking forward to seeing how far Tom will go!

"Wurth" A Listen
Prime Cuts: I Can Bend, Everytime I Close My Eyes, She's Still There

Catastrophe has a way of unearthing latent potential otherwise unknown. A tragic accident that almost left Wurth paralyzed became a wake-up call for the then 23-year-old youngster to re-route his life's calling into a career in country music. As a result, there is a carpe diem attitude invested in this album. With an empathetic verve, Wurth sings each note as if his life is at stake. Further, not wasting any CD space, there's a generous dollop of 15 cuts all of which are penned from the Who's Who of 16th Avenue from Jeffrey Steele (Rascal Flatt's "What Hurts the Most") to Paul Overstreet (Kenny Chesney's "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy") to Tim Johnson (Diamond Rio's "God Only Cries") to Rivers Rutherford (Faith Hill's "When the Lights are Low"). Augmented by a sympathetic production courtesy of Bart Butler and John Ford Coley, this independently released CD towers head and shoulders with the majors.

The enigma of relational quandary gains perspicuity with the Rob Crosby and Paul Overstreet composition "I Can Bend." A gorgeous ballad about being emotionally malleable, this shows a romantic slant to Wurth's personality. Though faulting on the trite side with its clichéd lyrics of candlelight and dinner, the romantic "Make Time for Loving You" finds a Wurth co-write that demonstrates aptitude. Much better is the carefully crafted narrative ballad "She's Still There," which tells of a swirling bittersweet tale of its protagonist's unwavering love for his high school sweetheart. While the traditional-sounding cry-in-you-beer "Everytime I Close My Eyes" is buttressed by some foreboding sounding steel and guitars.

However, not all is doleful, the diurnal nature of this Marcus, Iowa native is in exhibition on the spirited seeing life half full "Bread on the Table." Though not quite that awe-inspiring, this lead single finds Wurth embarking on some Tracy Lawrence kicking honky tonk terrain. Even when the clouds are hanging, Wurth still could chug with a boogie woogie abandonment on Al Anderson, Bob Dipero and Jeffrey Steeele's "Bad Case of Missing You" (a track first recorded by the Oak Ridge Boys). While David Fraser, Bill Luther and Tom Wurth's "If the Road Runs Out" blisters with rocking beat with Wurth wishing his departing paramour would make a U-turn. However, Wurth's handling of Hank Sr's "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" does not mine the song's inherent lonesome exasperations enough. While a few propulsive numbers, despite coming from great pens, veer on side of ordinary.

Nevertheless, with such a lustrous catalog of songwriters, it is hard to go wrong. However, if there is one crowning moment, it has to be Wurth's delivery: rarely has a new artist sing with such conviction making even some of the more tepid moments on the CD glow with affinity.