No More Looking Over My Shoulder

Amazon.com
In a tale of two Travises, No More Looking Over My Shoulder finds our Skynyrd-tonk hero torn between Nashville cliché and touching artistry--divided, almost perfectly, between the first and second halves of the 10-song collection. Unfortunately, it's the fluff that fronts the album, dominated by trite party music ("Rough Around the Edges," "Girls Like That") and schmaltzy ballads ("For You," "If I Lost You"). Then, though, things come to life. Tritt shines with Bruce Springsteen's macho-but-tender "Tougher Than the Rest" (an appropriate selection), demonstrates his Southern-boy restless streak with the roadhouse-soulful "Start the Car," and delivers some legit, downbeat depth with "Mission of Love," a weepy waltz about the struggles of the broken family. The best advice is to listen to this album back-to-front, or not at all. --Neal Weiss

Entertainment Weekly
...[A] gritty blues cover of Jude Cole's "Start the Car" ... recall[s] why Tritt's still the only cat in the Southern-rock bag still scoring hits.

No More Looking Over My Shoulder

Tracks:

No More Looking Over My Shoulder
Rough Around The Edges
If I Lost You
Girls Like That
For You
I'm All The Man
Tougher Than The Rest
Start The Car
Mission Of Love
The Road To You

Amazon.com

In a tale of two Travises, No More Looking Over My Shoulder finds our Skynyrd-tonk hero torn between Nashville cliché and touching artistry--divided, almost perfectly, between the first and second halves of the 10-song collection. Unfortunately, it's the fluff that fronts the album, dominated by trite party music ("Rough Around the Edges," "Girls Like That") and schmaltzy ballads ("For You," "If I Lost You"). Then, though, things come to life. Tritt shines with Bruce Springsteen's macho-but-tender "Tougher Than the Rest" (an appropriate selection), demonstrates his Southern-boy restless streak with the roadhouse-soulful "Start the Car," and delivers some legit, downbeat depth with "Mission of Love," a weepy waltz about the struggles of the broken family. The best advice is to listen to this album back-to-front, or not at all. --Neal Weiss

Customer Reviews:

Identity Crisis?.......2002-05-12

I'd have to pretty much agree with Amazon's appraisal on this one. Travis has always had a bit of a split personality on his albums, but somehow it seems more obvious here. On the one hand, we have the "I'm so macho" Travis on tracks like "Rough Around the Edges" & "Tougher Than the Rest" (the latter written by Springsteen & actually a pretty nice mid-tempo tune despite the phony bravado). On the other hand, we have the "I'm really just a softy" Travis on ballads like "If I Lost You", "For You" (downright dreary & depressing), & "I'm All the Man". "Rough Around the Edges" & "Girls Like That" basically sound like recyclings of songs like "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" & "Bible Belt" from his previous albums. It seems that when he runs out of ideas, he resorts to this type of tune. "Mission of Love" is a standard traditional-style country ballad with a modern theme, but he does a nice job on it. Far and away the best track on the album is his cover of the great Jude Cole blues-rocker "Start the Car". A great choice for Travis to cover.
Travis had a great string of albums to kick off his career, but somehow this one doesn't measure up. The formula's starting to sound a bit tired.

Great Title Song.......2001-12-12

This is not his strongest album, but it's very, very good. The love ballads are enjoyable, particularly "The Road to You." Worth the money just for the title song that deals with the liberating power of forgiveness.

If you like Travis Tritt you will love this CD........1999-10-19

A must for true Travis Tritt fans

Moving and still country.......1999-10-08

He just keeps moving your feet and touching your heart

No More Buying Travis Tritt Music.......1999-07-21

One of these days, Travis Tritt is going to grow up and rely on his musical ability instead of rebel, macho, sophomoric lyrics. Arguably, there's no country singer as talented as Tritt, but there's also probably no singer as devoted to singing for himself rather than the people who buy his music. I returned this CD to the store where I purchased it after hearing the lyrics in "Girls Like That" that could have been written by Beavis and Butt-head. What a shame and what a waste of talent.

Average customer rating:

Remarkable!

No More Looking Over My Shoulder
Travis Tritt
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music

New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music

General | Country | Styles | Music

Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music

Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000HXKY
Release Date: 1999-01-12

Tracks:

No More Looking Over My Shoulder (Album Version)
Girls Like That (Album Version)

Customer Reviews:

Remarkable!.......2000-11-17

I think this song is great. "No More Looking Over My Shoulder" is a somewhat aggressive, feel-good country music anthem that has a very positive message which I can relate to. Travis Tritt delivers this remarkable song perfectly.

Music Album:

Music Album