Track Listing

1. Calling All Angels
2. All American Girl
3. When I Look To The Sky
4. Save The Day
5. My Private Nation
6. Get To Me
7. Counting Airplanes
8. Following Rita
9. Your Every Color
10. Lincoln Avenue
11. I'm About To Come Alive

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2361 in Music
• Released on: 2003-06-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Amazon.com
Train is building a reputation as one of rock’s tightest outfits one single at a time. The clever and sweet "Meet Virginia" was eclipsed by the gorgeous "Drops of Jupiter." My Private Nation may well prove these guys can squeeze more than one hit out of the album--although none are as enchanting as their breakthrough single. They continue to gravitate toward Elton John-inspired keys-and-guitar arrangements that are marked by studied rhythms and stellar production. While there's inventiveness to be found in these songs, there’s a sameness to the tracks that makes the album as a whole fall a little flat. While attempting to recapture the grandeur of "Drops of Jupiter" on the opening song, "Calling All Angels," they overreach, and the pop-culture references scattered throughout date almost instantly. My Private Nation is a clean, intelligent disc, but it's also safe and middle of the road. Train’s fans would be richly rewarded if the band took a few more risks. --Beth Massa

Customer Reviews

My favorite Train CD
This is my favorite CD from Train. It strikes the balance between solid tracks from top to bottom and having a couple of "radio friendly" hits. The first six tracks are as strong as any front six on any cd put out in the past couple of years and there isn't a song on the disc that feels like it doesn't belong there.

Definitely a good listen.
Starting out with the one two punch of "Calling All Angels" and "All American Girl" was interesting. I was waiting to see if the band could match the energy and sheer tuneful nature of these two cuts. I found myself impressed because the band maintains the quality throughout. I think the band was finding their footing after the uneven nature of DROPS OF JUPITER. There are a number of good cuts here from the edgy title cut to the plaintive "Lincoln Avenue" there is a maturity here and it is appreciated. I still think the lyrics are still a bit simplistic, there is no mystery everything is spelled out a bit too clearly, but this is definitely a good listen.

3 stars is actually VERY good...
Personally I like to compare music on a larger scale, from band to band and generation to generation...it makes no sense to me to rate a band against itself within it's own catalog. That being said, if an album like Led Zep's "Stairway to Heaven" gets 5 stars, you should be able to appreciate the 3 star rating here.

Train is a very unique band with a southern flair that sports respectable talent and enjoyable creative/energy. The commercial stuff on this album will appeal to most and (that alone) can justify purchasing this CD. For some of us, like myself, however, there's much more enjoyment to be had. For instance, my favorite song on this CD is "Save the Day" - it's fun/upbeat, it's very clever in using analogies (the lyrics are great if you "get it"), and it's a very different and unique sound that shows "personality". "Calling All Angels" on the other hand, in my ears, is a very boring song that I usually skip past. Go figure.

In short, if you like what you heard on the radio from Train, you will really enjoy this CD - one song or another.