Hunter Hayes - Hunter Hayes [10/11]

Artist:

Hayes, Hunter

UPC:

075678825491

Description:

Personnel: Charlie Judge (programming).
Audio Mixer: Justin Niebank.
Recording information: The Castle Recording Studios; The Good Noise Room; The Grip.
Photographer: Juan Pont Lezica.
Possessed with boyish good looks suggesting a blonde Justin Bieber and being a genuine teen ? la Taylor Swift, it`s perhaps easy to dismiss Hunter Hayes as country`s long-needed tween heartthrob, but that assumption overlooks an important part of his history: his co-authorship of "Play," a 2010 album track for those Nashville slicksters Rascal Flatts. Behind that grin lies the heart of a pro, a craftsman who knows how to sincerely sell the insincere. Consequently, his 2011 eponymous debut isn`t nearly as gangly and unaffected as any of Swift`s records, even the one where she`s grappling with what it means to be a star, but he can mask his calculations with aplomb, dipping his toe into a Jason Mraz-styled singalong, just enough of a switch to suggest he could cross over but not enough to suggest he`s restless. Hayes is happy with the middle of the road -- it`s the quickest destination to stardom, after all -- and he`s bright and chipper, so charming he never seems like he`s gunning for the biggest possible audience. Such incessant good cheer and clean commercialism could grate, but he has an easy touch that would be appealing even if he didn`t have sugary melodies to sweeten the deal, yet he does -- he has crisp, bright, relentless melodies designed to win over any audience. Hunter Hayes may be pure Nashville product but he believes in what he`s selling, so it`s hard not to smile along as he hawks his wares. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Storm Warning
2. Wanted
3. If You Told Me To
4. Love Makes Me
5. Faith To Fall Back On
6. Somebody`s Heartbreak
7. Rainy Season
8. Cry With You
9. Everybody`s Got Somebody But Me
10. What You Gonna Do
11. More Than I Should
12. All You Ever

Album Information

Release Date:

10/11/2011

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Label:

Atlantic

Producer:

Dann Huff; Hunter Hayes

Catalog Number:

528890

Original Release Year:

2011

# of Discs:

1

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

44 : 46

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