Land That I Love (album)

Land That I Love
Compilation album by Charlie Daniels
Released August 10, 2010
Recorded Twin Pines Studios, Lebanon, Tennessee
Genre Country rock, patriotic
Length 57:31
Label Blue Hat/E1
Producer Charlie Daniels and Patrick Kelley
Charlie Daniels chronology
Joy To The World: A Bluegrass Christmas
(2009)
Land That I Love
(2010)
Hallelujah It's Christmas Time Again
(2012)

Land That I Love is an album by bluegrass and country rock artist Charlie Daniels. It is a compilation of Daniels' former patriotic work, including two new songs "Iraq Blues" and "(What This World Needs is) A Few More Rednecks 2010". Charlie Daniels felt that "it was the perfect time for a compilation of patriotic music".[1] This album was released on August 8, 2010.[2] Charlie Daniels said in an interview that the album is called Land That I Love because the United States of America is the land that he loves.[3]

Track listing

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No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "My Beautiful America"  Charlie Daniels 3:53
2. "America, I Believe in You"  Brown, Daniels, DiGregorio, Gavin, Hayward 4:34
3. "American Farmer"  Crain, Daniels, DiGregorio, Edwards, Hayward 3:47
4. "Let Freedom Ring"  Brown, Daniels, DiGregorio, Gavin, Hayward 5:10
5. "(What This World Needs is) A Few More Rednecks- 2010 version"  Daniels, DiGregorio, Gavin, Hayward 3:40
6. "This Ain't No Rag, It's a Flag"  Daniels 3:35
7. "Still in Saigon"  Daley 4:00
8. "The Last Fallen Hero"  Daniels 4:04
9. "In America"  Crain, Daniels, DiGregorio, Edwards, Hayward, Marshall 3:23
10. "The Star-Spangled Banner"    1:50
11. "Freedom and Justice for All"  Charlie Daniels 4:28
12. "Iraq Blues"  Daniels 4:18
13. "Simple Man"  Daniels, DiGregorio, Gavin, Hayward 3:37
14. "Red Skelton's Pledge of Allegiance (Recitation)"  Skelton 2:42
15. "Summer of '68"  Daniels 4:30


New Songs

(What This World Needs is) A Few More Rednecks

The "Redneck" term has negative perceptions in the culture of people down South. They think that a redneck is a person that drives around in their truck, throwing bottles out the window, looking for people to beat up. To Daniels, "that's not a redneck, that's an idiot." Daniels considers rednecks to be the mass of hardworking people who make America work and bring common sense and efficiency to their everyday lives.“I’ve always liked this song,” Daniels said, “I like the people it represents. These are my kind of people, the people I hang out with.” He did a new version of "(What This World Needs is) A Few More Rednecks" partially because "there was a line in the song about Gorbachev, and he doesn't really come up anymore".[5]

Iraq Blues

The other new song, “Iraq Blues,” was written and recorded mainly for the people of America's military. Daniels was "trying to communicate with them". He stated that "they are great Americans and great patriots. They have a real sense of mission and are doing an important job in a hard and desolate place. But they don't complain and every day they take their lives in their own hands. I wanted them to know that we appreciate that." [6]

Critical recepiton

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[7]

Land That I Love received two and a half stars out of five from Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic.[7] Erlewine concludes that the album "may not be a great enticement for the fan who already owns everything featured here, but it surely adds a bit of modern patriotic fervor to a collection designed for the reddest of the red states. The remakes aren't as good as the originals-- and the recitations are quite heavy-handed--but the Land That I Love delivers what it promises, no more and no less."

Chart performance

Land That I Love peaked at number 68 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

Chart (2010) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 68

References

  1. Black,Jon. "",Charlie Daniels' Real America, 15 July,2010. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  2. Leeuwis,Jermy. "",Musicremedy, 2 August 2010.Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  3. Pavlina."",Charlie Daniels Band Interview with Pavlina SIlver Springs Florida (YouTube),15 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-20
  4. Uher, Bruce."",Charlie Daniels official website. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  5. Black,Jon. "",Charlie Daniels' Real America, 15 July,2010. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  6. Black,Jon. "",Charlie Daniels' Real America, 15 July,2010. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  7. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Land That I Love review". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
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