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Mountains | 
| Artist: Lonestar
Label: Bna Entertainment
Category: Music
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 59390
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 87114
UPC: 828768711422
EAN: 0828768711422
ASIN: B000ICLTHS
Release Date: October 17, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Mountains | | • | Nothing to Prove | | • | Long Lost Smile | | • | Thought It Was You | | • | Hey God | | • | I Wanna Do It for You | | • | Cowboy Girl | | • | What She Had To | | • | One of Those Nights | | • | Careful Where You Kiss Me | | • | Always in the Band |
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Inspirational power ballads with soaring harmonies dominate the ninth album by this veteran Texas quartet. Whether singing of the everyday, character-building challenges faced by ordinary folks in the title track, celebrating the comforts of domestic bliss in "Nothing to Prove," or thanking a higher power in "Hey God," much of the material has a thematic uplift that matches the music. Two of the songs, "Long Lost Smile" and "What She Had to Do," tell the story of a heroic woman who runs away from an abusive or neglectful relationship. Yet the band shows a sexier side with the double entendre of "Cowboy Girl," the sensual "One of Those Nights," and the steamy "Careful Where You Kiss Me." While songs name-check rock idols like Van Morrison and Bob Seger, the closing "Always in the Band" makes Lonestar sound more like the Journey of contemporary country. --Don McLeese
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Mountains January 11, 2007
Maureen Cope (England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lonestar just get better and better with each album they release. I enjoyed this very much.
 Lonestar's Predictable But Likeable "Mountain" October 22, 2006
T. Yap (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Prime Cuts: Mountains, Always in the Band, Hey God
With the surging successes of Rascal Flatts, Carolina Rain and Heartland, these four lads may no longer be the lone star of tight harmonies over adorning radio-wooing grooves. Hence, the stakes are higher as evidenced by Lonestar's less than successful predecessor disc "Coming Home." As a result, this multi-Grammy nominee has one of two options: either to give themselves a sonic makeover or to continue to charter the same course that had brought them success thus far. For album number 9, "Mountains," they have chosen the latter. Rifled with their trademark power ballads performed with a bombastic flair and thumbing country pop rockers with the occasional fiddling, "Mountains" is what fans have come to expect and love. However, as virtuous as consistency is, there's a predictability to these tracks that can come across as dull and even trite. Further, their often over-the-top polished production with jarring guitars and ear-numbing drums, courtesy of helmsman Mark Bright, pilfers from the boys' performance a tepid earnestness.
This does not mean that there are songs that deserve widespread circulation. Most ardent and performed with a transparent agony comes at the encore of the disc: "Always in the Band." Never have the boys sounded more genuine when they sing about the sacrifices they have had to make as itinerant entertainers. Also, fetching is the piano-based ballad "Hey God"--a stark theological treatise of trying to make sense of suffering in the light of God's sovereignty--these guys really know how to articulate such a profound issue within the short confines of this song in a winsome way. Similarly uplifting is the vanguard single "Mountains," an inspirational ballad about overcoming life's obstacles, performed with those patented high notes a la their hit "Amazed." Much less optimistic is "What She Had To" which deals with the struggles of an abused mother absconding with her children, a slice of life so acerbically captured in song.
However, the rest of the album in no way comes close to the abovementioned cuts. Despite the mention of cowboys, boots, rodeo, and everything western, "Cowboy Girl" is a loud 70s rocker that suffers far too much from its ear-destroying drums. Cut first by Andy Griggs, the guitar-imbued "Careful Where You Kiss Me" is only as interesting as the title suggests. Also, known for their share of empowering women type of songs, "Long Lost Smile," though noteworthy for its sentiments, is performed with an artifical sheen as if these boys are more out to please their legions of female fans than performing something that means something to them. Further, the presence of round the clock Nashville current hot shot writters such as Brett James, Bill Luther, Jason Sellers, and Tom Shapiro usually show promise. But, somehow Lonestar has been serviced with many of their leftovers or paeans written to fill up their punch cards. Perhaps, a track or two from the more seasoned writers such as Paul Overstreet, Pat Alger, Victoria Shaw or Angela Kaset might have salvaged a little some of this mess.
While their previous album "Coming Home" was a return to a more organic earthy sound, "Mountains" brings them up the slope to a heavy produced slick package. Though not all is doom, these boys still do know how to croon a power ballad to great effect, they are often let down when the tempo perks. After 9 albums of this pop-country road, if these guys want to stay on the country music scene in the long haul, perhaps a detour may be redemptive. Nevertheless, for those who are at averse to change, there's enough here to satisfy longtime fans and thus far with the title cut climbing up the charts, no mountain seems insurmountable yet.
 MOUNTAINS, single by Lonestar January 22, 2008
A. Thompson (San Antonio, TX, USA)
The first verse of the song MOUNTAINS by Lonestar talks about all the horrible things this woman has to go through, including being a waitress to people of "every color and creed" ... sarcasm approaching ... Wow, what an ordeal she had to endure: putting up with all those various people of different colors and creeds! That poor woman shouldn't have to go through that!
Does this song seems racist and intolerant?
Great talent, good songs December 2, 2007
Long Ago (pointing west)
Good music, good lyrics and great talent combine to make another very good album from Lonestar. Not great, but very good. This album is another in a history of quality albums and music put out by Lonestar. Even with all the good songs on this album, I'd have to say my favorite song from them is probably still "Not a day Goes By" from the album "I'm Already There". It's a personal thing....
Some Powerful Lyrics November 29, 2007
Not Miss Havisham
Yes, it's all a bit country bumpkin redneck for us Europeans, I know, but I just love Lonestar. And what a bunch of ugly fellas too! My children make so much fun of me and complain the tunes stick in their head, when they could be listening to 'good' music.
This new album: couldn't even get through the first song without blubbering. Anyone alive will identify with the lyrics. Yes, some complain the idea of climbing mountains is plagiarised, but my answer to that is that it is an idea integral to human understanding and therefore public property; progress and overcoming adversity are universal principles. Track 2 is just a.m.a.z.i.n.g., a real feel-good factor in this track, as a working woman I completely relate...
Track 5 sends shivers down my spine, arguably one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
The only downside of the album is the last few tracks, from about 9 onwards, which are still pleasant, but don't seem to have the same power.
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