Tim McGraw-Set His Circus Down

Record Label: Curb

Year: 2001

Track Listing: 2001
"The Cowboy in Me" (Al Anderson, Craig Wiseman, Jeffrey Steele) - 4:04
"Telluride" (Brett James, Troy Verges) - 3:49
"You Get Used to Somebody" (Steve Bogard, Tom Shapiro) - 3:58 "Unbroken" (Annie Roboff, Holly Lamar) - 4:00
"Things Change" (Chris Lindsey, Bill Luther, Aimee Mayo, Marv Green) - 3:20
"Angel Boy" (Danny Orton) - 5:11
"Forget About Us" (Mark Collie) - 4:09
"Take Me Away From Here" (Jeff Stevens, Steve Bogard) - 4:35
"Smilin'" (Lindsey, Luther, Mayo, Green) - 3:00
"Set This Circus Down" (Bill Luther, Josh Kear) - 3:31
"Angry All the Time" (Bruce Robison) - 4:30 duet with Faith Hill
"Let Me Love You" (Lindsey, Luther, Mayo, Green) - 4:31
"Grown Men Don't Cry" (Tommy Douglas, Steve Seskin) - 3:56
"Why We Said Goodbye" (Douglas, Billy Kirsch) - 3:44

Set This Circus Down is a step in a different direction for Tim McGraw. While it still has the same style of his earlier albums, it also takes a deeper step into what he was attempting with A Place In The Sun.

'The Cowboy In Me' is rockier than his usual music, and has strong guitar themes throughout it, yet the voice is still pure country, as are the lyrics. The lyrics are strong, and it's either a song that will strike a chord and you'll realise, "Hey I get that. I get what he means by the cowboy in me" or it won't.

"Teluride" talks about a young boy’s innocence fading, and the bittersweet remembrance of young love.

"You Get Used To Somebody" is the traditional love song that appears on McGraw's album, with strong poignant lyrics such as "I never dreamed when I was letting you go that I would wake up and miss you this much" that can touch even the coldest of hearts.

"Unbroken" borders on as pop country as perhaps McGraw gets, and has a great beat to it.

"Things Change" is a must-listen-to song, and it looks at how music has changed throughout the years, and it's something a music lover who knows their music can listen to and relate to. it talks about prejudice, and how much music has changed over the years from

Elvis Presley to now. With strong guitar, and strong vocals this song is a pure winner.
The line that really touches deep is "They say it's too country, it's too rock n roll but it's only music if you can feel it in your soul." Pure magic.

I think one of the biggest gems on this album is the song "Angry All The Time" which talks about the breakup of a relationship, and what made it disintegrate. The lyrics are powerful, strong, and touch deeply.

Right throughout the album the lyrics are strong, and the vocals of Mcgraw go from strength to strength. His relationship with his group, The Dancehall Doctors, is strong, and it shows throughout the whole album.

An album worth having in the collection, and it's understandable why Mcgraw keeps on winning with his music.

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