Dean Brody

Canadian country star Dean Brody presents his self-titled debut, which features the single quot;Brothersquot;.

Canadian country singer Dean Brody sounds positively all-American on his self-titled 2009 debut. He has a dry, dusty sensibility that recalls Brad Paisley only without Paisley's ripping guitar and weakness for novelties. Which isn't to say Brody doesn't have a sense of humor: he serves up a clever pun on "Dirt Roads Scholar," marrying it to an insistent country-rock pulse that manages to feel simultaneously traditional and modern. Brody's strength is that he walks this line with a bit of grace, only occasionally straying toward anonymous crossover country-pop. The strident power ballad "Brothers" being the biggest offender in this regard, but the sweet, breezy "Lazy Days" shows that he can have a gentle touch, while "This Ain't the Same Town" shows that he can do a gritty honky tonk crawl with the best of them. And it's that ability to put a bit of dirt in his country, along with his lean, efficient songwriting (he writes six of the 11 songs here, co-writing three others), that makes Dean Brody a fresh, engaging debut. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Performer	Dean Brody
Music genre	Country
Music subgenre	CD - COUNTRY
Music release type	Release
Media format	CD
Original release date	2009
Edition	Standard
Language	English
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Dean Brody - Dean Brody [CD]
Track listing	Undone,Dirt Road Scholar,Gravity,This Ain't the Same Town (That I Painted Red),Lazy Days,Brothers,Old Joe Riley,This Old Raft,Back in Style,Cattleman's Gua,Up on the Moon
Record label	Broken Bow
Track name	Brothers
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N