The Rock (Bonus Track Version)
Tracy Lawrence
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Dear Lord | Tracy Lawrence | 3:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Every Prayer | Tracy Lawrence | 3:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I'm Done | Tracy Lawrence | 3:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Book You Never Read | Tracy Lawrence | 3:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Rock | Tracy Lawrence | 4:03 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Somebody Who Would Die for You | Tracy Lawrence | 3:47 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Jesus Come Talk to Your Children | Tracy Lawrence | 2:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Where Heaven Is | Tracy Lawrence | 3:37 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Up to Him | Tracy Lawrence | 2:56 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Say a Prayer | Tracy Lawrence | 3:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Invisible Hand (Bonus Track) | Tracy Lawrence | 4:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| BookletDigital Booklet - [The Rock] | Tracy Lawrence | -- | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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iTunes Review
“I’m making peace with the past/and I’m not ashamed of my scars,” Tracy Lawrence sings in “I’m Done,” one of the key tracks on his 2009 album The Rock. Coming to terms with life’s mistakes in the light of Christian forgiveness is a reoccurring theme on this impressive release. Tracy very much puts his own individual stamp on this project, choosing songs that deal with real-life struggles even as they reaffirm biblical truths. “Dear Lord,” “Say a Prayer,” and “Up to Him” present snapshots of believers sustained by their faith through difficult times. In the title tune, Lawrence touches upon the South’s Christian roots with sensitivity and conviction. He delivers the smoldering “Jesus Come Talk to Your Children” with a revivalist’s fervor and offers “Every Prayer” as a country-rocker with an uplifting message. “Somebody Who Would Die for You” is a moving story-song, comparing favorably with Tracy’s biggest hits. Ultimately, The Rock is both a sustained act of personal testimony and one of the best-realized albums of Lawrence’s career.
Customer Reviews
He does it again!
Tracy Lawrence has proven time and time again that you can't keep his talent under wraps. He demonstrates this again while crossing the genre gap from Country Music to Country Gospel/Inspirational and does it without losing what has made him so great and timeless, the edgy vocals and great melodies. Tracy Lawrence does it again by picking great songs to build an album that connects with his audience....at least it did with me. Thanks Tracy and God Bless!
Country
Colinsdad, the new country (pop country) you are talking about is garbage. This is the stuff that made George Straight, Randy Travis, Kevin Sharp, Johm M. Montgomery, Garth Brooks famous. As far as I and real country boys see it, this is real country music. Trcy Lawrence brings a solid voice and message to this album. An album that gives praise to God. Great!
Solid album of inspirational country music
After a string of hit singles and albums with Atlantic throughout the 1990s, the label’s country division was closed. He found continued success on Warner Brothers and DreamWorks, but in 2006 he started his own Rocky Comfort imprint. The typical arc for a country star of Lawrence’s vintage would be continued success at smaller live venues, and little or no commercial reaction to his indie releases. But Lawrence’s first self-released album, For the Love, worked its way to #6 on the country chart and spun off three singles, including the #1 “Find Out Who Your Friends Are.” The latter was the slowest climbing chart topper in the history of the Billboard singles chart, taking forty-one weeks to achieve the top spot. Lawrence followed up with the holiday album All Wrapped up in Christmas, but its title track, limited to holiday play, fell shy of the country top forty. This third release on Rocky Comfort is Lawrence’s first album of inspirational country music. Lawrence sings songs of praise, such as the opening prayer of thanks, “Dear Lord,” but the meat of the album explores how faith intertwines with every day life. He sings of evolving past bad habits, petty bitterness and destructive behaviors to lead a more productive life on Earth. He draws a moving allegory between Jesus and those around you whose dedication you take for granted, and ultimately draws upon his faith to keep going from day to day. A pair of songs, “The Book You Never Read” and “The Rock,” are voiced by inanimate objects (a family bible and a foundational church stone, respectively), providing multigenerational views of faith and worship. The rocking “Jesus Come Talk to Your Children” is a plea for explanations of war and natural disaster, but its suggestion that “politics and fear and hate create the great divide” misses the irony of fundamentalist religious beliefs at the root of many of the world’s largest conflicts. That said, Lawrence offers his inspirational convictions in good faith; the only proselytizing here is by virtue of good examples rather than calls for the lost to straighten up and find Jesus. The album’s messages will appeal strongly to the faithful, but the welcoming tone also makes this interesting to non-Christians. Best of all, Lawrence is still producing music that sounds as good as anything he released in the ‘90s. [©2009 hyperbolium dot com]
Biography
Born: January 27, 1968 in Atlanta, TX
Genre: Country
Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Tracy Lawrence
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- $9.99
- Genres: Christian & Gospel, Music, Country
- Released: Jun 09, 2009
- ℗ 2009 Rocky Comfort Records
