Blake Shelton

The fires Blake Shelton is startin' on this album aren't the grillin'-burgers kind -- this country heartthrob is all about romance! The steamy "Gonna Take All Night" will make that backseat scene in Titanic look like something from Sesame Street. "I'll Hold On," "Here I Am" and "Bear Skin Rug" offer intimate glimpses of falling in love/getting seduced and the carnal knowledge that follows. But this being Blake Shelton, you can bet there are funny songs: "Country Strong" and "Green" rank right up there with his best.

It's not hard to figure out why Blake Shelton is leading country's next generation of stars.
He's a blue-eyed CMT dreamboat with a famous girlfriend (Miranda Lambert), and he's
equally adept at schmaltz-dipped ballads and laugh-out-loud novelty hits. His fifth album
leans toward slow, thoughtful stuff, like "Home Sweet Home," in which Shelton flees the
Nashville circus for the comforts of a breadbasket backwater. But he's at his bes... More >