★★★★★
Antiseptic pretenders to the Alabama throne, the five-man band Sawyer Brown first slid into national prominence in 1983, when they fooled the judges of Ed McMahon's Star Search into thinking that flaccid country rock was the future of contemporary music. The group, which borrowed its name from a Nashville street sign, follows Alabama's formula ofdense vocal harmonies slathered over churning rock guitars and keyboards, all of it set to a danceable beat...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
By Cafe on the Corner, the members of Sawyer Brown had essentially (i.e., for recording purposes at least) given up on being rock 'n' rollers and revealed themselves to be a pretty decent country band. "Cafe on the Corner" paints a graphic picture of small-town desolation, but these guys are smart enough to avoid preaching: most of the album reflects the marvels of love. The rock & roll sneaks back in on the last two cuts, but by then it's too late to matter...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
If the cover depicting Sawyer Brown as a bunch of tough yet well-groomed carnies wasn't an indication that their 2005 effort Mission Temple Fireworks Stand captures a rougher, rowdier version of the veteran country-pop band, the opening title cut confirms it...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
More songs about girls and cars -- or, better yet, girls in cars. "The Walk" did so well as a single, the group included it on the next album, too.
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Sawyer Brown has never made any apologies for being a pop-oriented country-rock band, and throughout their career, they've often traded on the sounds and styles of the time to keep them sounding contemporary. Still, it's a little strange seeing frontman going post-Matchbox Twenty with his looks -- all adult-alternative pop, complete with short goatee and a photo in the liner notes where he looks startlingly like R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
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