Album review - This Is Country Music: Brad Paisley (Sony)
Brad Paisley is a fully paid-up Stetson-wearing, cowboy-boot sporting, jean-filling country singer who doesn't stint on any of the paraphernalia of country: slide guitars, goosebump-inducing songs with smart lyrics, fiddles and banjos plucked within an inch of their lives.
The voice is really very good.
Add contributions from Alabama, Carrie Underwood, Sheryl Crow, Don Henley, even Clint Eastwood and the fact he's something of a looker and you have a winner.
As the title says this is country music, pure and simple, just the way you like it.
Verdict: 4/5