Rascal Flatts "Feels Like Today" Album

Feels Like Today

Title: Feels Like Today
Format: Album
Label: Lyric Street
Released: 2004-09-28
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Tracklisting & Lyrics

1. Where You Are lyrics »
2. Bless The Broken Road lyrics »
3. Then I Did lyrics »
4. Feels Like Today lyrics »
5. Fast Cars And Freedom lyrics »
6. When The Sand Runs Out lyrics »
7. Here's To You lyrics »
8. The Day Before You lyrics »
9. Break Away lyrics »
10. Holes lyrics »
11. Oklahoma-Texas Line lyrics »
12. Skin (Sarabeth) lyrics »

Reviews

Somewhat remarkably, the youthful trio Rascal Flatts has an uncanny ability to sound 20-something going on 13. They are often dismissed as just another slick, contrived "boy band," though that hasn't kept them from chart-topping success. Admittedly, these Rascals do sound slick and even generic on run-of-the-mill teem anthems like "Fast Cars and Freedom" and "The Day Before You." Yet, on a few shining tracks like "Bless the Broken Road," "When the Sand Runs Out," and a lovely hidden cut called "Skin," the chic threesome also betrays poise, maturity, and thoughtfulness amid its chart-conscious predictability. ~Bob Allen, Amazon.com

Rascal Flatts are such nice guys that it's hard not to find their music rather endearing, even if it's drifting ever further toward the middle of the road. On their debut highlighted by their breakthrough hit single "Prayin' for Daylight," a cheerful, infectiously lowkey countrypop tune that remains their best moment there was a hint of a looseness to their performances, a suggestion that for as tasteful as the band was, they weren't too reserved. Bit by bit, that looseness has been refined, and the group has unapologetically wound up in the middle of the road by the time of their third album, 2004's Feels Like Today. Since they always traveled close to the center, this isn't a huge change, but it is noticeable one, because the tempos don't change as much, the dynamics are muted, and the album consists almost entirely of ballads. There isn't anything as effervescent as "Prayin' for Daylight," then, nor is there anything that's truly memorable as a single, but the guys sure are likeable, even when they're singing unabashedly formulaic adult pop music that has only a hint of country to it. And that likability goes a long way, making Feels Like Today a good, relaxing listen, even if it's a shade closer to background music than it needs to be. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide