Chris Cagle - The Best Of Chris Cagle (2010)

Tracklist

01. Hey Ya'll
02. Country By The Grace Of God
03. What A Beautiful Day (Final Version)
04. I Breathe In, I Breathe Out
05. My Life's Been A Country Song
06. Wal-Mart Parking Lot
07. I'd Be Lying
08. My Love Goes On And On
09. What Kinda Gone
10. Look At What I've Done
11. Anywhere But Here
12. Laredo
13. Miss Me Baby
14. No Love Songs
15. Chicks Dig It (Single Edit)


Chris Cagle’s country play a little sweeter than most, sounding cuddly even when he pumps up the volume with rocking guitars, which is most of the time. That sweet streak gave Cagle a good run of hits during the 2000s, and 2010’s The Best of Chris Cagle collects all of those that charted in Billboard’s Country Top 40 (leaving 2006’s “Anywhere But Here” and 2008’s “No Love Songs” behind, since neither got higher than 52). The hits - including the Top Ten “I Breathe In, I Breathe Out,” “What a Beautiful Day,” “Chicks Dig It,” and “What Kinda Gone” - aren’t sequenced in chronological order; they’re paced with the rhythm of a set list, opening and closing with bursts of energy and spending a lot of time riding a midtempo in the middle. The sequencing illustrates Cagle’s consistency - not much separates any one of his four albums from the next - which in turn paints the singer as a bit of a softie, favoring a gentle melody to grit, and sounding a little like a pushover when he’s raising hell, but these are the qualities that gave him a career, and they’re amply evident on this generous hits comp.

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