Clay Walker Say No More CD

Personnel includes: Clay Walker (vocals); Biff Watson (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason, B. James Lowry (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Aubrey Haynie (fiddle); Michael Haynes (horns); Tony Harrell, Matt Rollings, Steve Nathan (keyboards); Dirk Johnson (synthesizer); Glenn Worf (bass); Shannon Forest, Lonnie Wilson (drums); Javier Solis (conga); Wes Hightower, Chris Rodriguez, Gene Miller (background vocals).
Producers include: Byron Gallimore, Clay Walker, Brent Mason, Blake Mevis.
Engineers include: Julian King, Marty Williams, Erik Lutkins.
Personnel: Landon Taylor (guitar); Biff Watson (acoustic guitar); B. James Lowry, Brent Mason (electric guitar); Rex Wiseman, Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Downes Thompson (mandolin, fiddle); Aubrey Haynie (fiddle); Michael Haynes (horns); Van Rentz, Matt Rollings, Tony Harrell (piano); Steve Nathan (keyboards); Dirk Johnson (synthesizer); Kenny Smith , Lonnie Wilson, Shannon Forrest (drums); Javier Solís (congas); Chris Rodriguez, Gene Miller, John Wesley Ryles, Wes Hightower (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Erik Lutkins; Chris Rowe; John Guess; Byron Gallimore.
Recording information: Cool Tools Audio, Nashville, TN; Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville, TN; Emerald, Sound Studios, Nashville, TN; Essential Sound, Nashville, TN; Ocean Way Nashville, Nashville, TN; Ocean Way Studios, Nashville, TN; Sugarhill Recording Studios, Houston, TX; The Tin Ear, Nashville, TN.
Photographer: Russ Harrington.
Unknown Contributor Role: Harry Smith .
Of Clay Walker's first six albums, four went platinum and two went gold. Say No More, lucky number seven, seems destined for the same fate. This 11-track collection of inspirational prose about life and love covers everything from dreams to regret to tough times, but the common thread is love. In fact, the sensitivity on this album is so expressive that it makes you want to run right out and hug the one you love. The album's title track is an awesome song about falling out of love. "Could I Ask You Not to Dance" is a formidable song about losing someone you love and regretting it. "You Deliver Me" is a great track about feeling complete with your partner. Walker said, "I haven't ever put this much time or this much heart into an album, not even the first one. There's emotion in every single cut." There sure is. He adds some spice with a remake of Richie Valens' 1959 hit "La Bamba," as well as the pulsating "Texas Swing." Produced by Byron Gallimore, Blake Melvis, and Brent Mason, Say No More is a fine album from an artist who has proved his staying power time and time again. ~ Maria Konicki Dinoia
Like his Beaumont, Texas homeboy Mark Chesnutt, Clay Walker's a "stealth" country star--he's been racking up the hits for years, but he hasn't won many awards, and he's not exactly a Tonight Show regular. But being out of the spotlight gives Walker plenty of artistic freedom, as evidenced by his seventh CD, SAY NO MORE.
This wildly diverse album touches on nearly every style of country music, from honky-tonk to Western swing, not to mention Tex-Mex, power ballads, and Christian country. What holds it all together are Walker's stellar vocals--one minute he's Ritchie Valens reborn on a faithful, Spanish language remake of "La Bamba," the next he's a latter-day Merle Haggard, honky-tonkin' his way through "Rough Around the Edges." Other highlights include the hard-country weeper "Can I Ask You Not to Dance," and the title track, with its complex yet catchy melody. Too much stylistic variation isn't usually advisable for a country artist, but for Walker, whose ability to fly beneath the radar prevents him from being painted into a corner artistically, it works just fine. SAY NO MORE is a thoroughly enjoyable collection from a talented singer who deserves a higher profile.