Lonestar

This collection shows how strong the first two albums were and how miserable everything after that is. When they decided to have themselves neutered to become a cute boy band, an old looking one at that, their music just stopped being interesting. The real missing element from the afterward era is John Rich, why would they fire the most talented member of the band. Great move...for John cause he made it Big and Rich. These guys stink without him.

This included some of Lone Star's best releases and I enjoyed the mellow
country music very much.

I like the group, and after looking in some places and not founding the cd I decided to look for it at amazon, great I found it.It arrived fast and to buy it was so easy!!!!

Lonestar's songs are so full of hope & soul. Some of them are even fun to car dance to.

As a fan of Lonestar I absolutely love these songs! I listen to it over & over.....Thanks!

Although we had heard some of the cuts from this CD, we were surprised at how consistantly good the entire CD turned out to be! This is definitely one of those CDs you leave in your car player all the time. We especially enjoyed listening to "No News" over and over!

Happy Valentine's Day

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Love ya

Koukla

I LOVE LONESTAR FOR MANY REASONS. THEY'RE TALENTED, CAN WRITE SONGS, AND HAVE WON MANY AWARDS. EVERYTIME I WANT TO SEE THEM IN CONCERT SOMETHING COMES UP AND I CANT GO. NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT THAT. THE SONG "IM ALREADY THERE" HAS TOUCHED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. THIS SONG NOT ONLY RELATES TO SEPTEMBER 11, BUT ANY SITUATION. I DONT THINK ANYONE COULD'VE SUNG THIS SONG BETTER. GREAT CD GOOD BAND THE WORKS. GET IT AND ENJOY IT.

I sought out this album solely for their rendition of "drummer boy" because I LOVE bagpipes. These guys did a great job! The rest of the album is also enjoyable, because I like country, and Lonestar's sound. This is a good Christmas album to add to your music library, and not get tired of over the years.

This is a wonderful album to add to your holiday season soundtrack. The songs are done with tender vocals, yet, you can tell the boys had a great time with this project.

This is the greatest Christmas CD I've heard in a long time...

every time I hear this CD it hits home on a lot of aspects, it is good music to relate to

Lonestar didn't really surprise me with their 2001 effort. I'm Already There and Not A Day Goes By suffers from "Amazed" syndrome. Amazed's 1999 multi-format mega success is spread all over this album, their wanting to sound like every '80s heavy metal band power ballad. Did they listen to Monster Ballads 2 too much while making this album in Nashville? I'm Already There comes off as very Diane Warren-ish in its sappy lyrics. Their wanting to be diverse as a country band is okay, but these songs don't work for them. These songs are just complete fluff and their other songs are far better than this.

Every song on this album I can relate to.its the kind of album where when you listen to each other a memory in your past or present comes to you and thats a amazing for a band to do that with a whole album.I'm 16 and most people cant believe i like lonestar but their one of my favourite groups and their best ones are "i'm already there" and "Not a day goes by"

Upbeat...excellent songs...excellent group...this one is .5 points better than the last one...if they had .5 points to give! Go buy this album, you should not be disappointed!!

This album is the greatest so far, every single will make your bones tingle, with every word...

Many songs are good on this album, but some of the country-blues type honky tonk versions are unsettling. Christmas is a serious time. The slow ones are the best.

Hey, the boys at Lonestar have a great thing going, and when they hit the already-written songs of Christmas, you can't go wrong. I got this album recently when I stumbled across it in my brother's laptop case. I had to pay for it, but I don't care, it was worth it.

For the non-country fans: I think you'd still enjoy this album. Lonestar has carved out a unique, distinctive niche for itself, and has enjoyed several top ten hits in the world of country music. Yes, you'll still find the country flavor sprinkled through out the tracks of this CD, but there is enough reverence and respect for the Christmas songs to give them a great sound.

For country music fans, and the rest: Ritchie McDonald's mellow voice with the other boys backing him up makes this CD very much worth it if you like Lonestar. Some might complain that McDonald's voice is just the least little bit whiny, but I like it. He sings with a passion, and respect for the season, and the One for whom we celebrate it.

The songs are the perfect balance of upbeat happiness, and the more silent moments that make up the Christmas season.

Track 1 (4:11): Starts slow, but distinctively country. It warms up to the peppy, upbeat rendition of the classic warning to youngsters to be on their best behavior.

Track 2 (2:44): Kind of a blues song, but it's not very quiet. Not exactly my favorite.

Track 3 (4:23) Slower, quieter version of this song - nothing particularly noteworthy or special about this track, it's rather traditional.

Track 4 (4:34): Not a BAD song . . . slow and everything, but still a little to blues-ish for my tastes.

Track 5 (4:36): Done very traditionally, I'd say, though the opening is a little different sounding.

Track 6 (4:53): My favorite Christmas carol, and while it's been done better than this before, it's Lonestar you bought, and it's Lonestar you hear. That to say it's not the best I've heard, but it's still pretty good.

Track 7 (4:02): Personal favorite of the album. It's a song of wonder and praise for the One for Whom we have a "reason for the season". Awesome song.

Track 8 (3:14): Like most of the tracks, it's traditionally done, but in Lonestar fashion.

Track 9 (3:19): Just for fun, the sleigh ride tune is very lively and enjoyable. I hear it often on my local radio station.

Track 10 (4:07): Once again, traditional, with a Lonestar twang. Slow and nice.

Track 11 (3:52): It's not exactly a wonderful climaxing track for the album, but it's still a very nice tune. Lonestar's general niche, pared down from the general Country category, is love songs, and that's sort of what this is. While it appears to be all about family, it sounds to me as if the song is singing to one person, presumably a spouse.

If you, like me, enjoy Lonestar, then you will want to add this album to your collection for the Christmas season.

I could say it's because I wanted to get things right, but that would be a lie. I could say that it's because I don't make a habit out of reviewing Christmas CD's, and that would be closer to the truth (I've only reviewed 2 others). Well, I review the CD's I like, folks...and I loved this one.

Christmas means three things to me: family, fun, and that Dude on the Cross's B-Day. Now, you may not be overly religious (I'm not) but you have to admit that nothing warms your heart like a good ol' Christmas song...

This album covers all the territories. There's the bluesy "PLease Come Home For Christmas", plus the almost-too-perfect ballads "Have YourSelf a Merry Little Christmas", "What Child Is This," and "The Christmas Song". Listenable...but not the highlights.

"If Every Day Could Be Christmas" reviews the joys of the holiday in a heart-warming manner; "Reason For The Season" (co-written by frontman Richie McDonald) is a bit tacky with the title, but is a good song to listen to to get you into the spirit of Christmas. "This Christmas Time" (co-written by keyboardist Dean Sams) looks at Christmas through the eyes of a young lover. Those're the newbies.

"Santa Clause Is Comin' To Town" is a good rocker; typical Lonestar upbeat fare (and that ain't bad!). "Winter Wonderland" is the fun-loving song it was meant to be. "Little Drummer Boy" has been kicked up a notch, one of the album's best: maybe a bit "pop" or "rock" for some people...but it's just one song out of eleven. You can live with it, if that ain't your cup of eggnog.

I missed one, didn't I? Yes. I meant to, too. Becuase "O Holy Night" is the best song on the album--and one of the best holiday tunes I've heard. Richie McDonald outdoes himself. How come most artists who record this (and I'm thinking John Berry here) seem to give their best performances of their careers? I don't know, but on this album, "O Holy Night" is a gripping, "power"-ballad that'll drive you to your knees...and get you singing along, if you can do so in-tune.

So...Christmas with Lonestar. Doesn't sound too bad, does it? These four guys (one of the best vocalist/keyboardist/guitarist/drummer combinations currently on the charts) know what Christmas is about...and they deliver it to you, with just a minimum charge. Now, it's not stripped down, and it doesn't sound overly traditional. Still, if this CD doesn't get you into the Christmas spirit, I don't know what will.

Lonestar's Christmas set has a selection of well-known tunes done in country/pop style. While most are quite familiar, they are well done. "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" rocks out. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" gives a sentimental tug on the heartstrings. "If Every Day Could Be Christmas" is a sweet slick pop track. Lonestar's version of "Little Drummer Boy" shines with great percussion and the lads' lovely harmonies with a tinge of Celtic flavor. "Reason for the Season" is a Lonestar original and the crown jewel of the set, "He is the light that shines on our lives, baby Jesus born in God's grace so we all might rejoice on this day." "What Child Is This" is a gorgeous melody done with a traditional touch. "Winter Wonderland" bobs as a joyful pop excursion. The set concludes with the title track that I think is also an original by the band. "This Christmas Time" is a good holiday set that will be a wonderful soundtrack addition for a family holiday Christmas. Enjoy!

i thunk that 1 song please COmoe home for christman is gr8. Its so koul and i lick how its speiled. I cans wate for the sekund one to cume hought.

I am too much of a fan of Lonestar in the past as their songs have become super commerical, cheesy, annoying, and lack any depth, which makes the lead singer sound whiny....
That being said...this is a great CD. It has fast songs like "Don't lets talk about Lisa" which is pretty good. But I prefer the slow songs.
"Amazed" was obviously a huge hit, and rightfully so.
"Tell her" and "I gotta find you" are great songs that make me wonder why they stopped making good music like this. "I gotta find you" is my personal fave on the whole CD.
Lonely Grill- the title track is a good song too, with a beautiful guitar sound.

Even though this one is not as good as the other ones I think they were feeling everything out on this one, it still is a good CD

I love this CD. The best song on it is Smile. It just speaks to you. Also Every song on the cd is listenable and gets you thinking. With wonderfully written lyrics and vocals. The sound of Lonestar will always be attributed to this CD. It brought them to the big time. Amazed is a great song as well, but I do believe it's one of the great songs on this cd as well as Everythings Changed and Smile.

I hate it with an all-time passion. I only put this cd on because I saw some good reviews and I was trying to figure out why used titles started at a mere 50 cents. The best thing I can tell you is to save that money and get yourself a candy bar or a cup of coffee. You couldn't pay me to take this garbage. Now before you judge me, I have listened to the songs and I'm not just writing this out of my red neck hatred, because I don't even think a true red neck would go this low. This Album is CHEESE, over produced, sappy, and is vomit inducing. One day I do hope that country music can get out of the rut they are in and just become bad again, until then keep your barf bag handy.

The song "Amazed" is such a great song that even if the rest of the CD can't possibly achieve its greatness it is still worth buying this album.

This is a good CD it has a lot of feeling to it

I'm 16 and I'm already a fan of Lonestar. They've got some of the best country songs in the genre.

I just wanted to say that "Mr. Mom" is one of the best and most true-to-life songs I've ever heard. Whoever that person was who thought that the words were "hilariously idiotic" obviously does not have children and never had siblings.

"Football, soccer and ballet
Squeeze in Scouts and PTA"
(this is what my mom goes through every day)

"And there's that shopping list she left
That's seven pages long"
(my mom spends $300 at Wal-Mart some days)

etc.

"Pampers melt in a Maytag dryer
Crayons go up one drawer higher
Rewind Barney for the 18th time..."

etc.
It's all so true!!

I don't really listen to country music but Lonestar is one of the bands or country artists that I will listen too. They're very easy to listen too they aren't full of that twang when they sing and I enjoy most of their songs. Let's Be Us Again is the best song on the CD because during that time I had just gotten out of a long relationship and that song spoke to me even though we will never be together again it's worth listening too. Cause that song gives you hope that someday maybe you could be together again. I do also enjoy Lonestar over Rascall Flatts because well his voice sounds way better and not as high as the lead singer of Rascall Flatts.

I am baffled at how country music stations and fans of the horrible music can stand hearing Lonestar's "Mr. Mom" over and over again everyday. The song is as stupid as it is annoying, and the lyircs are extremely juvenile. Who had the horrible idea of writing a song about stay at home mothers? Lonestar, the manwomen of country. But what's worse is that Nashville and country radio declared it a hit and decided to play it 25 times per day. (And I thought that Tim McGraw's "Back When" was as bad as it could get)

Let's take a look at a few of the hillariously idiotic lyrics from this song:

"Football, soccer and ballet
Squeeze in Scouts and PTA
And there's that shopping list she left
That's seven pages long
How much smoke can one stove make
The kids won't eat my charcoal cake
It's more than any maid can take
Being Mr. Mom

Well
Pampers melt in a Maytag dryer
Crayons go up one drawer higher
Rewind Barney for the fifteenth time
Breakfast, six naps at nine
There's bubble gum in the baby's hair
Sweet potatoes(they pronounce it PER-TAT-ERS) in my lazy chair
Been crazy all day long and it's only Monday
Mr. Mom"

I should seriously consider becoming a country artist. I can make my voice sound like a male country singer and I can write meaningless whitetrash songs, so all I have to do now is find someone to play steel guitar for me, and i'm gonna make it big as a star in Nashville and all over redneck USA. If you want to hear good country, stay with classics like Johnny Cash and Conway Twitty. Please pass on girly garbage and mindless hick mumbling.

Prime Cuts: Let's Be Us Again, What I Miss the Most, From There to Here

Back in the late 90s, Lonestar enjoyed a career makeover. Divorcing itself from its Texan honky tonk spit and sawdust roots, they have indulged in anthemic balladry and Eagles-influenced country rockers. Gone are the pressed starched shirts, Stetson hats and cowboy boots, the Lonestar of today (as pictured on the album sleeve) wears designer jeans and leather jackets, looking more like an over grown boy band. Such a move certainly paid off handsomely as Lonestar has anchored itself firmly as country radio's darling.

"Let's Be Us Again" continues Lonestar's winning streak with the standard over-the-top power ballads and popish rockers. I have no qualms with artists trying to placate the support of radio; after all without airplay, it's commercial suicide for any artist. But has Lonestar gone too far? So far that "Let's Be Us Again" becomes a marketing ploy rather than an artistic expression of the group's ingenuity.

How sincere are these guys on the loquacious "Mr. Mom" and the guitar driven rocker "Women Rule the World"? Are lines such as "They're so sexy when they're mamas," "In all shapes and sizes they make my temperature rise" really from the heart? Or are they pretentiously written so as to tickle the fancy of country music's largely female audience? Trace Adkins has done it with the extremely degrading and insulting "Hot Mama," is Lonestar following suit?

The rest of the album doesn't get better. Most of the songs deal with themes that are far too safe within country music's canon. The titles say it all: "County Fair," "T.G.I.F.," "Summertime," and "Class Reunion." Following in the shadow of their mega smash hit "Amazed," most of the ballads here are powerhouse performance with Richie McDonald trying to prove that he could reach and sustain the high notes, rather than trying to express the emotions of the songs. With that said, the romantic title cut "Let's Be Us Again," the melancholic "What I Miss the Most" and the inspirational "From There to Here" are still ingratiating.

Like many male bands and artists, Lonestar's eagerness for success has made "Let's Be Us Again" pretty pretentious. Maybe Lonestar should take their own advice and "let's be us again." They need to re-discover their own identity and chose songs that express that identity, rather than fashion itself into an over grown boy band singing mawkish material.

This collection shows how strong the first two albums were and how miserable everything after that is. When they decided to have themselves neutered to become a cute boy band, an old looking one at that, their music just stopped being interesting. The real missing element from the afterward era is John Rich, why would they fire the most talented member of the band. Great move...for John cause he made it Big and Rich. These guys stink without him.

This included some of Lone Star's best releases and I enjoyed the mellow
country music very much.

I like the group, and after looking in some places and not founding the cd I decided to look for it at amazon, great I found it.It arrived fast and to buy it was so easy!!!!

Lonestar's songs are so full of hope & soul. Some of them are even fun to car dance to.

As a fan of Lonestar I absolutely love these songs! I listen to it over & over.....Thanks!

I had pretty much given up on Lonestar after seeing the direction they were trying to take following their smash hit "Amazed". This song became a template they tried to follow up with "I'm Already There", which happened to be a great track in itself. But the ones they released after that in the hopes of expanding their fan base were songs that were almost unbearable to listen to (take note: Let's Be Us Again and My Front Porch Looking In).

It was not until I finished previewing this album (in some site) that I decided to give em another chance and boy did they hit HOME on this as they went back to basics by making this a country album...well, almost. Though not as country as their first ever album, I got the same refreshing feeling I had when I listened to LeAnne Rimes' "This Woman", Faith Hill's "Fireflies" and Trisha's "Jasper County"; the feeling that country is cool again.

Given that this album still contains the power ballads that lean towards the pop/rock side (if it were not for Richie's voice), it also contains treasures like the opening cut "You're Like Comin' Home" and the no-place-like-home themed "Little Town".

Overall, this album is solid and worth buying...way better than "Let's Be Us Again" (darn I really don't like that album).

This is a good CD it is full of heartfelt and feelgood songs

It's not that this is a "bad" project by itself. It is actually better than their last 2 projects. I just find that "Lonely Grill" is the standard Lonestar has to hold themselves up to, and once again it was not met. There are of course the romantic ballads, but nothing as well done as "Amazed". It strikes me as strange that the first 2 singles off this CD were originally songs done by Emerson Drive (on their "What If" CD). In my opinion, Lonestar does not measure up on these songs. They just kind of drag in comparison to the fire and passion Emerson Drive put into it. But I suppose if you haven't heard the previoius versions these songs would be capable of standing on their own, since they both are good songs in their own right. I wish Lonestar better luck on their next CD.

Lonestar, coming home, is one of their greatest albums! The greatest songs on the album are: "You're Like Comin' Home", and "What's Wrong With That". I have always been a Lonestar fan, and I always collect their newest albums through the years. Lonestar's band and voices's were incredibly great on this album! Once again they had another sucsessful CD! So if you're looking for a great CD, buy Lonestar, Coming Home!

I always enjoy Lonestar with their down-home morals and uplifting songs. I've never missed a concert whenever they are within driving distance.
Just watching them, one can see how much they enjoy thier work. Listening to them, one can tell how much they love their families. Where else can you find that combination, in such a dynamic group?
This Cd is the best ever. Delivering, once again, the very best of Lonestar!
They are a group for All ages, which is evident when you see the crowds at their concerts.
Lonestar is what True Entertainers are all about.
Not since Neil Diamond started have we seen a group This Good!