Few folks are on the fence about Kid Rock protégé Uncle Kracker.
People either love him or hate him.
With Seventy Two & Sunny, his third solo disc, the latter rule most often applies, as Kracker blatantly pilfers from the likes of Bob Seger, the Eagles, and others on tracks like "Further Down the Road." Largely absent of originality, Kracker brews up airwave-ripe albeit sugary lovelorn dreck like "Rescue" and the doo wop novelty "Please Come Home." That's not to say Seventy Two & Sunny is all annoyingly tepid, as the alluringly sunny "This Time" fuses country and classic rock with inexplicably pleasant results.
Elsewhere, Uncle Kracker delivers "Writing It Down," an uplifting piano ballad that is too good to dismiss.
But then he goes and teams up with hit country musician Kenny Chesney to reprise the, ahem, magic of that artist's "When the Sun Goes Down." Simply put, their second pairing, for "Last Night Again," is just another disposable, drunken bar romp.
And like the bulk of Uncle Kracker's second musical helping, it's dang hard to swallow.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This TimeMike Bradford | Uncle Kracker | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | RescueDiane Warren | Uncle Kracker | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Further Down the RoadMike Bradford | Uncle Kracker | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Don't Know How (Not to Love You)Mike Bradford | Uncle Kracker | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | What Do We Want?Mike Bradford | Uncle Kracker | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Writing It DownMike Bradford | Uncle Kracker | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Some Things You Can't Take BackMike Bradford | Uncle Kracker | Play | 04:11 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Blues ManMike Bradford | Uncle Kracker | Play | 03:19 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Songs About Me, Songs About YouMike Bradford | Uncle Kracker | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Please Come Home | Uncle Kracker | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | You're Not FreeMike Bradford | Uncle Kracker | Play | 03:31 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Last Night AgainMike Bradford | Uncle Kracker, Kenny Chesney | Play | 02:55 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | A Place at My Table (Revised Spoken Intro) | Uncle Kracker | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 50 mins | 115 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Baker | Piano |
| 2 | Charles Barrett | Design, Logo Illustration |
| 3 | Eddie Bayers | Drums |
| 4 | Annie Ree Bradford | Introduction, Vocals |
| 5 | Michael Bradford | Banjo, Bass, Dobro, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Keyboards, Mixing, Pedal Steel, Piano, Producer, Vocals (Background) |
| 6 | Mike Bradford | Composer |
| 7 | John Catchings | Cello |
| 8 | Kenny Chesney | Guest Artist, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 9 | Jerome Day | Drums |
| 10 | Christina Dittmar | Art Direction |
| 11 | Dan Dugmore | Pedal Steel |
| 12 | Eric Gorfain | Violin |
| 13 | Kid Rock | Executive Producer |
| 14 | Russ Kunkel | Drums |
| 15 | Brent Mason | Guitar (Electric) |
| 16 | David McClister | Photography |
| 17 | Laurie Melanson | Dobro, Guitar, Harmonica, Hi String Guitar |
| 18 | Bret Michaels | Guest Artist, Vocals (Background) |
| 19 | Frank J. Myers | Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals (Background) |
| 20 | Larry Paxton | Bass (Upright) |
| 21 | Leslie Richter | Assistant Engineer |
| 22 | Uncle Kracker | Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals |
| 23 | Andy VanDette | Mastering |
| 24 | Phil Vassar | Piano, Vocals (Background) |
| 25 | Diane Warren | Composer |
| 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. |