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Reviewed by Jennifer Webb
As a boy that began performing publicly at the age of three, one could only imagine how great Tim Mensy could turn out to be - and boy has he ever. Despite having seven ear operations because of a hearing disorder, he overcame the obstacle and began writing country music songs at the age of sixteen.
"Hear we go" is what listeners first hear on the album, right before Tim's easy to listen to voice starts singing about dancing and being together in "That's Love." He loves his wife so much that he would do anything to make her happy - even if that means it will be inconvenient for him because "love is a game of give and take."
Trying his hardest to forget his hurt in "I Buried Our Love," the man just cannot let it rest in piece. One shovel at a time is his method of getting rid of every single photograph and memento, yet the memories never really travel a path that leads them out of his tired mind. There is a bit of a heavy sound to the song that gives it more of an understandable tone of trouble.
Marty Raybon (of Shenendoah) sings background vocals on well-known tune, "Mama Knows." Like with almost every mother, the one in the song knows everything without even having to talk to the boy. From the boy smoking to the time he experienced his first kiss, she had a window to his soul that was never dimmed - even when she passed away. Though the boy was not with her he still knows that she could feel his love.
Tim's version of his song "I Just Wanted You To Know," made famous by Mark Chesnutt, only features a guitar for backup and ranks right up there with anything ever released to radio with the down-home feel. The song is about letting your feelings show to your loved ones because you never know what could happen.
A guy trying to sweet talk a girl into dating him in "Feels Like Love To Me" wants her to know that he is not only interested in her Mercedes and the "land that [her] dad is bound to leave them." Though they have never even touched or said a word to each other he thinks they have a chance - so much for a head that will probably never come back down from the clouds.
Co-written by Shawn Camp and Tim, Mr. Joe Diffie joins in on "This Side Of The Door," a song about being alone with Jack Daniels and a shotgun. The guy is so lonesome that he promises to burn the house down if things get any worse than they already happen to be.
Trisha Yearwood lends her beautiful voice to "Love Lives On," a sad tale about a soldier who died on one continent while his pregnant wife unexplainably goes in labor on another one. The baby pulls through and the mom raises the little boy as she shares memories of the father so that all the love the husband and wife shared will not be lost and never "seen" by the kid.
Every single song on this album would do really well on radio, but even with Tim's astonishing voice, they would only have a chance if sung by an established artist, which is sad because this guy has the triple threat - singing, playing, and especially songwriting.
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Sound clips courtesy of Tim Mensy's (Official website)
Album cover courtesy of PJM Records.
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