★★★★★
Sometimes, we need to be reminded of where we come from to realize where we should be going. Such is the case with David Nail's I'm a Fire: specifically, the cover of Glen Campbell's "Galveston," with Leanne Womack, that centers the album in the rich history of country songwriters -- a tradition that seems obvious to some, but has lost traction in recent years as cheesy wallet chains replaced leather belts and bonfire jam sessions were phased out for spring break parties...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2014-05-03
★★★★★
David Nail's 2009 debut album, I'm About to Come Alive, was situated between modern-pop country and adult-alternative-style pop-rock (think something like Train, who he covered). The single "Red Light", a #7 country hit, was the perfect example of how this could work well, putting the singing style of the latter genre (no twang, a sheen, attempts to really sing in the pop style) to use with a middle of the road song that nonetheless crystallizes heartbreak in a way that seems very of the...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-04-09
★★★★★
Always on the verge of a breakthrough success, David Nail swings for the fences on 2014's I'm a Fire, his third full-length album. Nail's gifts suggest he's a blue-collar patriot, a working man happy to churn out anthems for the unsung, but he's a bit more subtle than that, identifying exceptional songwriters and never succumbing to the good-time bro-country that is a golden ticket to the top of the charts...
- www.allmusic.com
2014-04-23
★★★★★
Golden-voiced David Nail is one of those rare singers who sounds comfortable singing just about anything, so it's to his credit that he deals in more hefty material on his third album, I'm a Fire. Lead single "Whatever She's Got"--already a No. 1 hit--actually feels like the outlier: The relentlessly upbeat track, spiked with banjo and a drum loop, has more in common with FGL's "Cruise" than David's hits like "Red Light," but it's still pretty hard to deny...
- www.countryweekly.com
2014-04-10
★★★★★
One of the most curious things about Nashville and Country music the past four years or so is the fact that David Nail isn't one of the genre's biggeststars. His first two albums I'm About To Come Alive and The Sound Of A Million Dreams both showcased a singer who not only was amongst the best vocalists in all music but they also showcased an artist who was constantly striving to make the best music he could make, without worrying about having an explicit radio-bait single...
- www.roughstock.com
2014-03-02
★★★★★
Release Date: July 17, 2012 David Nail is a country singer/songwriter from Kennett, MO, that made a splash in 2009 with his breakup ballad "Red Light." Since then he has expanded his sound and in 2011 launched a number one hit single with "Let it Rain," a driving power ballad about infidelity. While Nail continues to bang away at album number three, he's released a three song EP to keep his fans satiated...
- absolutepunk.net
2012-08-10
★★★★★
Read the liner notes of David Nail's new album and you'll find that he felt the need to provide a bit of genre-related context: "Some say I'm not country enough, some have said I'm too country." But, really, that old pop country vs. hard country debate was in play long before Nail came on the scene--and even before Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley famously took things uptown. Nail is on a well-trod path working country music's adult contemporary pop vein...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2011-11-17
★★★★★
If an album's title was ever appropriate for a debut album it is David Nail's I'm About To Come Alive. Originally signed to UMG Nashville's Mercury Nashville division in 2002, David Nail quickly recorded an album that was so close to release that it made the rounds to publications and radio stations for review and preview. Unfortunately for David, his single at the time didn't do well enough to actually get the record out and shortly thereafter Nail left the label...
- roughstock.com
2010-12-07
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