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A lot happened to Toby Keith between the release of this album and the previous year's UNLEASHED. The latter's "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" was a jingoistic, post-9/11 smash that caused much furor. A well-publicized feud with the Bush-bashing Dixie Chicks further raised his profile.
With SHOCK'N Y'ALL's album cover and title referencing the war in Iraq, it's obvious Keith had few regrets. Regardless, things start off amiably enough with "I Love This Bar," a souse's reverie worthy of Jerry Jeff Walker or Bobby Bare. Before too long, though, Keith delves into some unabashed liberal-baiting with "American Soldier" and critic-baiting with the self-explanatory "The Critic." The ante is upped considerably on an in-concert recording of "The Taliban Song," about the aftermath of the Afghanistan bombing, but the album closes out on an irreverent note of a different kind with a humorous tune about the after-effects of smoking "Weed with Willie."
Personnel: Toby Keith (vocals, acoustic guitar); Biff Watson, Scotty Emerick, Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason, Jerry McPherson, Kenny Greenberg (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Phil Madeira (dobro); Julian King (trumpet, background vocals); Clayton Ivey, Steve Nathan (piano, keyboards); Glenn Worf, Mike Brignardello (bass); Shannon Forrest (drums); Wes Hightower, John Wesley Ryles, James Stroud (background vocals).
Personnel: Toby Keith (vocals); Mark Casstevens, Scotty Emerick, Biff Watson (acoustic guitar); Jerry McPherson, Kenny Greenberg, Brent Mason (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Phil Madeira (dobro); Julian King (trumpet, percussion, background vocals); Clayton Ivey, Steve Nathan (piano, keyboards); Shannon Forrest (drums); James Stroud (percussion, background vocals); John Wesley Ryles, Wes Hightower (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Julian King.
Liner Note Authors: Wayne R. Halper; Deena Shapiro.
Recording information: Cartee Day; LOUD Recording; Ocean Way Studios; Shrimp Boat Studios.
Photographers: Richard McLaren; Richard McLaurin.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Shock 'N Y All Music | List Price | $13.95 (You save $3.50) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Country CDs, Contemporary Country, Honkytonk, Enhanced CD | | Label | Dreamworks Nashville | | Orig Year | 2003 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1351  | | CD Universe Part number | 6385233 | | Catalog number | 450435 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Nov 04, 2003 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | James Stroud; Toby Keith | | Engineer | John Guess; Julian King; Rich Hanson; Ricky Cobble | | Personnel | Paul Franklin, Brent Mason, Glenn Worf, Steve Nathan, Kenny Greenberg, Wes Hightower, Shannon Forrest, Jerry McPherson, Biff Watson, Mark Casstevens, Toby Keith, John Wesley Ryles, Mike Brignardello, Clayton Ivey, James Stroud, Scotty Emerick, Phil Madeira, Scotty Emerick, Julian King | | Additional Info | Enhanced CD |
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If you pay attention to the mass media, the ostensible "big news" on UNLEASHED is the opening track, "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)," an anthemic song of vengeful, post-9/11 patriotism whose subtle-as-a-flying mallet lyrics and delivery make Barry ("Eve of Destruction") McGuire sound like James Taylor. Far more palatable are the 11 songs that follow, ...
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