Take Home "Tailgates and Tanlines"

Nothing is more disappointing than fishing $15 bucks to buy that CD you didn’t really need on your “quick” run to Target and then disappointingly needing to skip more than a few songs on it when driving home.  Luckily, Luke Bryan’s latest soundtrack “Tailgates and Tanlines” does the opposite.  Fans listening to this soundtrack enjoy strikingly honest songs delivered by a country dish mixing Josh Turner’s smooth vocals with Tim McGraw’s sincere songs and sexy looks.  Maybe the ladies purchase “Tailgates and Tanlines” so she can enjoy Luke’s catchy smile shimmering up at her from the cover, but every country fan appreciates her purchase after she hits the play button.  Don’t believe me?  Talk to the million units it moved and recently made Bryan platinum since the soundtrack’s release in August release.  Songs like “Drunk on You” and “I Know You’re Gonna Be There” reverberate lyrics touching the heart of any love song junkie, and other hidden jewels like “Harvest Time” sending a shout out to the hardworking humble man, “You Don’t Know Jack” synthesizing with the achy heart of listeners handling a relationship with someone on the rocks, and “Country Girl (Shake it For Me)” cranking up the mood with a beat calling crowds to their feet leaves little if zero reason fans won’t enjoy the entire CD. The next time you guiltily toss a soundtrack in your basket convincing yourself you need new car music anyway, consider Luke Bryan’s latest: “Tailgates and Tanlines”.  It’s a catch, and not just because of it has a heartthrob singer.