Track List for The Reason Why - Little Big Town 2010
1. All Over Again
“We can fall in love all over again” Little Big Town’s All Over Again
It is so true as the first track begins as you slide Little Big Town’s new CD into your player. They seriously have some of the best harmonies I have heard for quite some time and their songs seem to have messages that connect “new” country to “old” country. The attitude and energy is “new” country, but they remind us to look back to remember things that are important still.
2. All The Way Down
I love the start of this track as it reminds me of the Grand Ole Opry song that Carrie Underwood had done as you can hear the scratch of the old-time phonograph starting off a song that is a harmonizing joy to the ears. Love the girls harmonizing alone together in portions of the song. It seems to be an enjoyable anthem on the record which will not set the world on fire, but I enjoyed it.
3. Kiss Goodbye
The opening is haunting. Take a listen to the ghostly piano riffs at the start and it just makes the song feel like it is a life-changing anthem. And it does have some of that power as it reminds us of the dealing with a loss and our need for goodbye, not always necessarily in sorrow and grief. I pictured this as a Special Olympics anthem as I heard it because of the inspiration and the central message of “you just have to watch it fly”. It will be important to me as my kids grow as well, knowing that I have to let them go even as I want to hold onto their youth forever.
4. Lean Into It
This one has the feel of a gospel anthem. It is filled with awesome harmonies that fill the air with an assisting message of leaning into your problems, understanding the ability to get through it, and staying strong. Having the strength of four voices assists in making such a moving and powerful anthem and enhances the music throughout.
5. Life Rolls On
“I don’t know but I’ve been told if you ain’t busy living then you’re getting old.” An enjoyable little ditty in the middle of the record that is a fun dancing or beach song and helps us remember that life continues no matter what we do. So go have some fun, accomplish something great, and live life the way it is meant to be lived.
6. Little
Girl Empowerment. To the guys, this is a straight up infomercial on how to not expect ANYTHING from your girl if you don’t treat her right. And for the girls this is a fun reminder of the power the females can hold and a subtle hint to control yourself and your relationship to make it stronger. Make it to the little white church is my advice to you.
7. Rain On A Tin Roof
Following the impassioned female anthem comes a love story from a man to a woman, and it is powerful. Focusing on the transitory aspects of his love for a woman who controls his thoughts, dreams, and time and then is gone like a quick spring shower, this song tugs at the heart strings as you feel true love in the words of a song that may be unattainable yet powerful all the same.
8. The Reason Why
This one is hard to describe. It feels like an early 80s anthem in some ways which isn’t a bad thing necessarily. It has that classic pop feel, but I cannot really put my finger on why. Guess there is always a song that confounds description on almost every CD. It is a good song though.
9. Runaway Train
Good solid country song with preacher daughter lyrics and rock guitar riffs involved in a fun male anthem. Guess we needed a strong male anthem to go along with Little White Church. It’s definitely high energy and a lot of fun. Great guitar work if you enjoy that.
10. Shut Up Train
Slow ballad after some high energy that fits fairly well. I find it interesting that this one and the previous song both have train motifs, but that is the kind of odd details I find sometimes. Just like living by a construction site or a house undergoing improvement, our lead hates the sound keeping her up, and also reminding her of a time gone by which would be better left unremembered.
11. Why, Oh Why
Amazing a cappela start with crazy harmonizing by our four musical all-stars which leads to a good overall song. Nothing too dazzling, but a good song nonetheless.
12. You Can’t Have Everything
An ode to someone not there, and the loss from it that feels like an absent husband/father. It is hard for me to hear songs like this one, but it seems the family has stayed strong throughout whatever adversity they have faced, but they do miss the love of whoever is not there, thus the catch of “I guess you can’t have everything”. Heartbreaking, yet it’s not sung to elicit tears but rather regret and sympathy.
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