Track Listing 1. Lookin' For the Good Life 2. Steam 3. Putting the Brakes on Time 4. I Can't Do It All 5. No Mercy 6. In a New York Second 7. That's What I Call Love 8. Pray For Me 9. Love Like That, A 10. You Can Leave Your Hat On
| Details | | Producer: | Joe Scaife | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel includes: Ty Herndon (vocals); Biff Watson (acoustic guitar); Brent Rowan, Chris Leuzinger (electric guitar); Dan Dugmore (steel guitar, dobro); Glen Duncan (mandolin, fiddle); Jelly Roll Johnson (harmonica); Jim Horn (saxophone); Mike Haynes (trumpet); Chris McDonald (trombone); John Hobbs (piano, organ, synthesizer); Steve Nathan (synthesizer); Gary Lunn (bass); Paul Leim (drums, percussion); Eric Darken (percussion); Chris Willis, Robert Bailey, Joe Chemay, Tabitha Fair, Anthony Martin, Lisa Cochran, Kimberly Fleming, Vicki Hampton, Neil Thrasher (background vocals). Recorded at Ocean Way, Nashville, Tennessee. All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology. On STEAM, his fourth album, Ty Herndon shows off his impressive vocal range on a fine collection of commercially minded songs. Herndon brings heartfelt emotion to a country heartbreak song like "I Can't Do It All," growls his way through the sexy and salacious title track, and rocks out on the opening song, "Lookin' For the Good Life." Other standouts include the city girl/country boy love story, "New York Second" and the melodic "A Love Like That." But Herdon's versatility is most clearly underlined on the tracks "Pray for Me" and "You Can Leave Your Hat On." The former is a beautifully written, stone-country song about a man who experiences a spiritual reawakening. The latter is the bump 'n grind musical striptease made famous by Joe Cocker in the movie 9 + WEEKS. Herndon's been doing it live for years, and includes it here, as he notes, "by the fans' request." That Herndon can deliver convincing and believable performances on two such wildly diverse songs proves he's a talent who deserves a much higher profile.
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