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Around the Bend
Country · 2008 · 11 tracks · 42m

Around the Bend

Randy Travis

A masterfully patient return to secular country. Weathered baritone vocals meet weeping pedal steel in a collection of songs about mortality, faith, and hard-won wisdom.

July 15, 2008 · Warner Bros. Records

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A dignified and deeply reflective collection that balances the weight of mortality with the comfort of faith.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 42m
01
Around the Bend
3:36
02
You Didn’t Have a Good Time
3:56
03
Every Head Bowed
3:26
04
Love Is a Gamble
4:50
05
Faith in You
3:46
06
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
4:16
07
Dig Two Graves
3:16
08
Turn It Around
2:59
09
From Your Knees
4:01
10
Everything That I Own (Has Got a Dent)
3:31
11
’til I’m Dead and Gone
4:39
Moments Worth Listening For
The heavy, moral gravity of the fiddle intro on Dig Two Graves that sets a tone of immediate consequence.
The way his voice drops into a lower, more intimate register during the bridge of Faith in You.
The surprising, lived-in warmth of the Dylan cover, stripping away the folk-protest for a weary country acceptance.
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How does Around the Bend sound next to the rest of Randy Travis's catalogue?

Self Examination+1.5σ

The writing leans notably further into self examination than the rest of the catalogue.

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