Although he's delivered two promising albums, country singer Blake Shelton has had a bit of problem finding his own voice.
On his first record, he was a hardcore country singer and on his second, 2003's The Dreamer, he tempered his country with anthemic heartland rock and contemporary Nashville songcraft.
His third album, 2004's Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill, finds a happy medium between the two extremes.
While he can still delve a little too deeply into country corn -- especially on the ballads -- he finds a happy balance between Nashville craft and pure country, throwing a bit of everyman charm and a little of Kenny Chesney's Jimmy Buffett fixation into the mix as well.
All of this makes Shelton a bit of an all-purpose contemporary country singer -- he can do it all from the honky tonk ("Cotton Pickin' Time") to the beach ("Some Beach") and everywhere in between -- but since most of Barn & Grill has its heart in hardcore country, it winds up as his best, most assured album to date.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some BeachPaul Overstreet | Blake Shelton | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 2 | Nobody But MeShawn Camp, Philip White | Blake Shelton | Play | 02:38 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 3 | Good Old Boy, Bad Old BoyfriendBobby Braddock | Blake Shelton | Play | 03:03 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 4 | Love Gets in the WayBlake Shelton | Blake Shelton | Play | 03:30 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 5 | Goodbye TimeJames Hicks, Roger Murrah | Blake Shelton | Play | 03:23 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 6 | Cotton Pickin' TimePaul Overstreet, Even Stevens | Blake Shelton | Play | 03:16 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 7 | What's On My MindJim Lauderdale, Leslie Satcher | Blake Shelton | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 8 | When Somebody Knows You That WellHarley Allen, Jimmy Melton | Blake Shelton | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 9 | On a Good DayTony Martin, Tom Shapiro, Blake Shelton | Blake Shelton | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 10 | The BartenderHarley Allen | Blake Shelton | Play | 03:16 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 11 | I DrinkMary Gauthier, Crit Harmon | Blake Shelton | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 36 mins | 83 MB | |||||
| 36 mins | 233 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harley Allen | Composer |
| 2 | David Angell | Violin |
| 3 | Bobby Braddock | Audio Production, Composer, Mini Moog, String Arrangements, Synthesizer, Wurlitzer |
| 4 | Byrd Burton | Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 5 | Shawn Camp | Composer |
| 6 | Milly Catignani | Production Coordination |
| 7 | Melodie Crittenden | Vocals (Background) |
| 8 | David Davidson | Violin |
| 9 | Jim Dineen | Engineer |
| 10 | Connie Ellisor | Violin |
| 11 | Shannon Forest | Drums, Main Personnel |
| 12 | Shannon Forrest | Drums |
| 13 | Paul Franklin | Guitar (Steel), Lap Steel Guitar, Main Personnel |
| 14 | Sonny Garrish | Guitar (Steel) |
| 15 | Mary Gauthier | Composer |
| 16 | Michael Goode | Copyist |
| 17 | Rob Hajacos | Fiddle, Soloist |
| 18 | Crit Harmon | Composer |
| 19 | James Hicks | Composer |
| 20 | Wes Hightower | Vocals (Background) |
| 21 | Carl Jackson | Main Personnel, Vocals (Background) |
| 22 | Scott Kidd | Assistant |
| 23 | Jim Lauderdale | Composer |
| 24 | Tim Lauer | Conductor, Hammond B3, Main Personnel, Organ (Hammond), String Arrangements, Wurlitzer |
| 25 | Greg Lawrence | Assistant |
| 26 | Tony Martin | Composer |
| 27 | Michael McCall | Grooming, Hair Stylist |
| 28 | Señor McGuire | Photography |
| 29 | Terry McMillan | Harmonica, Jew's-Harp, Main Personnel, Whistle, Whistle (Human) |
| 30 | Jimmy Melton | Composer |
| 31 | Blue Miller | Main Personnel, Vocal Harmony, Vocals (Background) |
| 32 | Libby Mitchell | Stylist |
| 33 | Gordon Mote | Main Personnel, Piano |
| 34 | Roger Murrah | Composer |
| 35 | Danny Myrick | Vocals (Background) |
| 36 | Paul Overstreet | Composer, Vocals (Background) |
| 37 | Alison Prestwood | Bass, Guitar (Bass), Main Personnel |
| 38 | Rachel Proctor | Vocal Harmony |
| 39 | Carole Rabinowitz-Neuen | Cello |
| 40 | Mike Rojas | Piano |
| 41 | Brent Rowan | Bass, Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Electric), Main Personnel |
| 42 | John Wesley Ryles | Vocals (Background) |
| 43 | Leslie Satcher | Composer |
| 44 | Ed Seay | Audio Engineer, Cymbals, Engineer, Mixing |
| 45 | Tom Shapiro | Composer |
| 46 | Blake Shelton | Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Main Personnel, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 47 | Shawn Simpson | Shaker |
| 48 | Even Stevens | Composer |
| 49 | Bryan Sutton | 5-string Banjo, Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 50 | Philip White | Composer |
| 51 | Kris Wilkinson | Viola |
| 52 | Hank Williams | Mastering |
| 53 | John Willis | Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 54 | Dennis Wilson | Vocals (Background) |
| 55 | Glenn Worf | Bass |
| 56 | Curtis Young | Main Personnel, Vocal Harmony, Vocals (Background) |
| 57 | Jonathan Yudkin | Cello, Fiddle, Main Personnel, Viola, Violin |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |