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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelArist, IMT
UPC0886970717120
eBay Product ID (ePID)22046066115
Product Key Features
FormatCD
Release Year2007
GenreCountry
ArtistPaisley, Brad
Release Title5th Gear
Dimensions
Item Height0.40 in
Item Weight0.25 lb
Item Length5.60 in
Item Width4.90 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Number of Tracks18
Country/Region of ManufactureGermany
Tracks1.1 All I Wanted Was a Car 1.2 Ticks 1.3 Online 1.4 Letter to Me 1.5 I'm Still a Guy 1.6 Some Mistakes 1.7 It Did 1.8 Mr. Policeman 1.9 If Love Was a Plane 1.10 Oh Love Featuring Carrie Underwood 1.11 Better Than This 1.12 With You, Without You 1.13 Previously Featuring Kung Pao Buckaroos (Little Jimmy Dickens 1.14 Bigger Fish to Fry Featuring Kung Pao Buckaroos (Little Jimmy Dickens 1.15 When We All Get to Heaven 1.16 Throttleneck 1.17 [Untitled] 1.18 [Untitled]
NotesLike his friend Vince Gill, Brad Paisley has achieved the often-difficult feat of reconciling being an entertainer and world-class guitarist. He's proven that on four admirable albums, and 5th Gear follows in that vein. Certainly "Ticks," an airy, radio-friendly ditty, is not the true substance here. That comes with such superior fare as the insightful "All I Wanted Was a Car" and "Online," a sly satire of people's Web facades. While his duet with Carrie Underwood ("Oh Love") is a bit cut and dried, Paisley ably handles "Letter to Me," "It Did," and "Mr. Policeman," a 21st-century outrun-the-law tune. The closing hymn, "When We All Get to Heaven," and ripping instrumental "Throttleneck" are Paisley at his best. It's admirable that he invites his venerable buddies, Little Jimmy Dickens, George Jones, Vince Gill, and Bill Anderson, along with Dolly Parton, to join in, but the obligatory "Kung Pao Buckaroos" skit is wearing a bit thin. Better to feature them musically, the way he includes Dickens, Gill, and Anderson on "Bigger Fish to Fry." in a time where lines between county and pop are blurring far too much, it's comforting to know Paisley still realizes and respects the differences. -Rich Kienzle.
The thing I enjoy most about this album is Brad Paisley's guitar playing. He effortlessly burns, and his palate of tones is terrific. On this record his six-string consistently delivers. The singing and songwriting are standard Paisley fare: seldom cliche, smoothly alternating between quite clever and achingly corny. The music here is polished to a high luster throughout, and is impeccably produced. Because this is undeniably a country album, its main appeal will be to aficionados and guitar players. It does't transcend the genre enough to be considered an over-arching classic, but millions of fans are right: this is a fine example of top-tier modern country.