Just by looking at Josh Turner and reading all the press on him since his debut single, “Long Black Train,” you might think it would be a wise idea to rush to Wally World and buy his album. If there was ever an album that should debut on the clearance rack, this is the one.
Since “Long Black Train” has hit the air waves, it has been played over and over again, already making it annoying. Listening to the words of the song will make you want to take a long jump from a short pier. Setting the stage early is the single, “Long Black Train.” This song sounds like it belongs in a hymnal, not a country album. The message it clear, and a good one don’t get me wrong: there is a long black train that feeds off sins. Turner says avoid that train and find victory in the Lord. Good message, wrong place.
The next song, “In My Dreams,” has wonderful lyrics. He sings of dreams crossing the ocean and building fortune and fame, but that means nothing to him.
In his dreams, he dreams of a little house next to a stream with a family and cartoons playing. The song continues with his description of his wife in the garden. Love the song, hate the arrangement. The song is too slow and a little too twangy.
The album continues this way with every song having a wonderful, deep meaning but arranged in a not-so-good way, that is, until the last song is reached. “The Difference Between a Woman and a Man” is by far the best song “Long Black Train” has to offer.
His voice, naturally deep, does not drone this song out as it does the others, and the acoustics behind him simply enhance the lyrics. In the song, he talks how she is open with her feelings, he is not but hopes she knows he loves her even when he doesn’t say it all the time: these things are just differences between a woman and a man.
Overall, I couldn’t wait for the CD to stop. If Turner would have released this album thirty years ago, it would hit the number one spot in record time and probably stay there awhile. The best advice to give, is to wait to buy it until after Brooks and Dunn play Gallagher-Iba arena and see if how it sounds. Turner will be opening for the historic duo April 3 in Oklahoma State’s ShowDown.
Turner has been turning heads since he walked onto the Grand Ole Opry stage and even more since “Long Black Train” hit the radios. This writer was not impressed when he heard it on the radio and even more after listening to this album all the way through.
Best advice to give, go to ShowDown and hear him for yourself. Obviously, some people love his music, I am just not one of them.
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