Bringing Back The Sunshine Blake Shelton Album Review

I'm a HUGE music lover. I'll listen to anything from The Gathers to Hollywood Undead. But my soul is with country music.

I grew up on country music and I always go back to it after one of my 'pop' spells. I can remember listening to Blake Shelton for as long as my mind can possibly back track to. I remember when me and my parents would be in the truck and Ol' Red would come on and they'd turn it up.
Those were the days...

ANY-WHO!

Today, Mister Shelton's new album, Bringing Back The Sunshine, came out and I decided I would share my thoughts on it with you[:

 Firstly, love the album cover.

The album consists of 12 songs

1 - Bringing Back The Sunshine

2 - Neon Light

3 - Lonely Tonight (feat. Ashley Monroe)

4 - Gonna

5 - A Girl

6 - Sangria

7 - Buzzin'(feat. RaeLynn)

8 - Just South Of Heaven

9 - I Need My Girl

10 - Good Country Song

11 - Anyone Else

12 - Just Gettin' Started

My absolute favorite song is Just South Of Heaven. I'm a sucker for softer tuned songs. This has that perfect flow and melody to it. 

Lyrics;

I never liked the taste of whiskey till I kissed it off of her lips
Never knew just what was hittin me, getting me tipsy
But there I sit, Levi's on a dogwood branch
Yeah, she was takin me under
I might have lost my innocence
But she was savin my soul that summer

I don't know much about eternity
Or where somebody like me's gonna wind up goin
All I know is that I've already been
Parked in a Chevy by the deep river rollin
And that summer night, shooting star paradise
Might be all that I'm gettin
Kissin and sippin that seven-oh-seven
Somewhere just south of heaven

She might have been a fallen angel
Nah, I didn't care at all
I never thought a prayer could be answered
With a whispered, sweet southern drawl
Even now when I close my eyes
I see her silhouette dance on the river
The way we spent those endless nights
That's the way I could spend forever

I don't know much about eternity
Or where somebody like me's gonna wind up goin
All I know is that I have already been
Parked in a Chevy by the deep river rollin
And that summer night, shootin star paradise
Might be all that I'm gettin
Kissin and sippin that seven-oh-seven
Somewhere just south of heaven

Somewhere just beyond the Jericho line
Little white church, roll back through the pines
Down where the three cross river unwinds
If there's a heaven on Earth, man that'd be mine

I don't know much about eternity
Or where somebody like me's gonna wind up goin
All I know is that I have already been
Parked in a Chevy by the deep river rollin
And that summer night, shootin star paradise
Might be all that I'm gettin
Kissin and sippin that seven-oh-seven
Somewhere just south of heaven

Oh yeah, just south of heaven

Somewhere just beyond the Jericho line
Little white church, roll back through the pines
Down where the three cross river unwinds
If there's a heaven on Earth, man that'd be mine

Yeah, that'd be mine
Oh, just a little bit south of heaven

Good Country Song Lyrics:


Shotgun in my daddy's truck
Eight years old and actin tough
He smiled at me and said, "You shift the gears"
He would search that FM dial
And I would count down every mile
Til the station out of Tulsa came in clear
It was Earl Thomas Conley on the radio
It punched me in the gut, man, it rattled my soul

I'm talking bout a good country song
Makes you smile, makes you hurt
Leaves you hangin on every word
A good country song
Makes you love, makes you leave
Raise some hell or hit your knees
All I know is I think of home
Grab my guitar and strum along
Kick on back and sip me somethin strong
When I hear a good country song

While hip-hop, rap, and rock were cool
I was in my basement gettin schooled
On George and Keith and Vernon Alabama
I was learnin bout those neon lights
Wasted days and wasted nights
And honky-tonks from Texas to Montana
And when my fingers found the fret board
I close my eyes and sing
I swear that beat up guitar only played one thing

I'm talking bout a good country song
Makes you smile, makes you hurt
Leaves you hangin on every word
A good country song
Makes you love, makes you leave
Raise some hell or hit your knees
All I know is I think of home
Grab my guitar and strum along
Kick on back and sip me somethin strong
When I hear a good country song

Yeah, it makes me think of days long gone
Miss my dad and call my mom
Cry, and laugh, and pray and drink till dawn
When I hear a good country
A good old country, a good country song




Sangria, Buzzin, Neon Light, and Just Gettin' Started are surely gonna be blasted in the car[:

Once again, Blake aced it!




What do you think of Blake's new album? What are your favorite song(s)?