I'm A Song

Jim Lauderdale
“I’m A Song”
Label: Sky Crunch Records
Joseph
Reviewed 7/21/14

Amazingly prolific songwriter Lauderdale checks in with a double album of
country music. A couple of duds but overall high quality writing and music,
and a few gems.

1 – (2:10) Let’s Have A Good Thing Together* Good country rocker.
2 – (2:40) Past It* Another good country crooner.
3 – (2:48) You’ve Got A Way All Yours* Slow love ballad, very pretty.
4 – (2:27) I’m A Song* Pretty little love song, slow-to-mid.
5 – (4:45) The Feeling’s Hanging On Slow, just so-so.
6 – (2:51) I Lost You* Good mid-tempo lament w/Buddy Miller.
7 – (3:29) Doin’ Time In Bakersfield* Fine duet w/Lee Ann Womack, excellent.
8 – (2:29) A Day With No Tomorrow Another Womack duet, OK.
9 – (3:18) End Of The World Rag Up-tempo country rocker, decent.
10 – (2:49) Neon Hearts Decent tune, loneliness & bars.
11 – (3:06) I Wish You Loved Me OK lament, pokey.
12 – (2:11) Makin’ Honey* Mid-tempo, blissful love, nicely done.
13 – (3:21) Let Him Come To You* Mid-tempo jazzy number, fine.
14 – (2:27) Today I’ve Got The Yesterdays Duet w/Patty Loveless, decent.
15 – (3:23) There’s No Shadows In The Shade* Excellent, reflective song.
16 – (3:22) Hope And Find Pokey, not recommended.
17 – (4:30) The Day The Devil Changed* Fine song about personal redemption.
18 – (2:51) The King Of Broken Hearts* Great classic country, best cut on album.
19 – (3:05) The World Is Waiting Bizarre lounge-ey sound, strange.
20 – (3:41) We Will Rock Again* Nice country rocker, mid-tempo.