LIVE (LIVE THOSE SONGS AGAIN) - KENNY CHESNEY
A host of songs on this cross-country concert collection documents Chesney’s nostalgia for days of frat parties and football fields and the classic-rock oldies he heard there. Most of the rest are about drinking on the beach, both excellent themes for crowd sing-alongs, especially when the audible audience members all have female voices. Hits get stretched out with plenty of power chords and occasional ’80s pop-synth fills; the riff in “Don’t Happen Twice” might even inspire Men Without Hats flashbacks. The majority of tracks come from either “No Shoes No Shirt No Problems” or “When the Sun Goes Down,” Chesney’s two best albums, though the show ends with his earlier fan-pleasers “How Forever Feels” and “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy.” Beginning to end, Chesney couldn’t sound like a warmer guy; just listening might give you a suntan. Billboard
