Feels Like Today

by Rascal Flatts

Overview

Rascal Flatts are such nice guys that it's hard not to find their music rather endearing, even if it's drifting ever further toward the middle of the road. On their debut -- highlighted by their breakthrough hit single "Prayin' for Daylight," a cheerful, infectiously low-key country-pop tune that remains their best moment -- there was a hint of a looseness to their performances, a suggestion that for as tasteful as the band was, they weren't too reserved. Bit by bit, that looseness has been refined, and the group has unapologetically wound up in the middle of the road by the time of their third album, 2004's Feels Like Today. Since they always traveled close to the center, this isn't a huge change, but it is noticeable one, because the tempos don't change as much, the dynamics are muted, and the album consists almost entirely of ballads. There isn't anything as effervescent as "Prayin' for Daylight," then, nor is there anything that's truly memorable as a single, but the guys sure are likeable, even when they're singing unabashedly formulaic adult pop music that has only a hint of country to it. And that likability goes a long way, making Feels Like Today a good, relaxing listen, even if it's a shade closer to background music than it needs to be. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	09/28/2004
Label:	Lyric Street
UPC:	0720616504920
Rank:	102771

Tracks

1. Where You Are
2. Bless the Broken Road
3. Then I Did
4. Feels Like Today
5. Fast Cars and Freedom
6. When the Sand Runs Out
7. Here's to You
8. The Day Before You
9. Break Away
10. Holes
11. Oklahoma-Texas Line

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rascal Flatts   Primary Artist
Tim Akers   Accordion,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Jonathan Yudkin   Banjo,Fiddle,Strings,Mandolin,Octophone
Paul Franklin   Guitar (Steel)
Larry Beaird   Guitar (Acoustic)
Tom Bukovac   Guitar (Electric)
Steve Nathan   Piano,Organ (Hammond)
Lonnie Wilson   Drums
Gordon Mote   Piano,Organ (Hammond)
Jay DeMarcus   Bass,Vocals (Background)
Jerry McPherson   Guitar (Electric)
Joe Don Rooney   Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Sherri Halford   Art Direction
Chapman Baehler   Photography
Jennifer Kemp   Wardrobe
Gene Dries   Production Coordination
Greg McCarn   Creative Director
Doug Howard   A&R
Gregory Becker   Composer
Rhonda Parman   Make-Up,Hair Stylist
Bart Morris   Engineer,Assistant,Digital Editing,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Tom Baker   Mastering
Joe Henry   Composer
Bobby Boyd   Composer
Steve Robson   Composer
Jeff Hanna   Composer
Wendell Mobley   Composer
Wayne Hector   Composer
Dennis Matkosky   Composer
Mark Bright   Producer
Marty Williams   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Neil Thrasher   Composer
Matthew West   Composer
Randy Cantor   Composer
John Paul White   Composer
Catt Gravitt   Composer
James LeBlanc   Composer
Jonathan Yudkin   Composer,String Arrangements
Doug Johnson   Composer
Jay DeMarcus   Composer
Jeffrey Steele   Composer
Rascal Flatts   Producer
Joe Don Rooney   Composer
Gary LeVox   Composer
Marcus Hummon   Composer
Brad Crisler   Composer
Glenn Sweitzer   Design,Art Direction