(Arista Nashville)
Whether or not you appreciate commercial contemporary
country, one fact is indisputable - Paisley knows his way
around a Telecaster like few other headliners in the field.
His highly enjoyable fourth disc is full of the sort of
thrilling runs and snake-bitten chicken-pickin' that fans of
Vince Gill, Albert Lee and the great James Burton (who appears
here on the album-closer "Cornography") will delight in.
The seamless set opens with a punch - a heartfelt "The
World," the good-humored hit single "Alcohol" and "Waitin' On
a Woman" - each displaying Paisley's fine vocal delivery along
with the string-pulling. Elsewhere, cameos from Dolly Parton
on "When I Get Where I'm Going," and Paisley's labelmate Alan
Jackson on "Out in the Parkin' Lot," are two other reasons why
"Time Well Wasted" will soon be taking up residence on various
charts.
Paisley is so much fun as a soloist, you sometimes just
can't wait for the dazzling fretwork to kick in. Out Tuesday.
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