Play
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Play
Play (also known as Play: The Guitar Album) is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released on November 4, 2008 (see 2008 in country music). Like all of his previous albums, Play was released on Arista Nashville and produced by Frank Rogers. The album is largely instrumental in nature, except for five vocal tracks. One of these tracks, "Start a Band" (a duet with Keith Urban), has been released as a single and has become Paisley's ninth consecutive Number One country hit, and his thirteenth overall. The album cover photograph was taken at Bristow Run Elementary School in Bristow, Virginia.
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Slant Magazine
A gamble that pays off handsomely, Play is an insightful, compelling and fantastically performed declaration of who Paisley is as an artist and a testament to why he is one of the standard-bearers for contemporary country music.
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Blinded By Sound
I've seen Brad Paisley concerts on DVD which spurred my curiosity because it was evident that he could play and perform, but I haven't been able to get into Brad Paisley as a singer because the lyrics don't typically appeal to me. Regardless he is a master guitar player, and I recommend this album.
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Paste
At nearly an hour long, the album is a tangled braid of unworkable ideas from an artist who should stick to his forte: songs about the Internet.
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Country Music Central
This album offers everything that fans have enjoyed in the five albums Brad has and then some and continues a growing streak of career milestones for Paisley that shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
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LA Times
With "Play," a largely instrumental collection, Paisley shows off his jaw-dropping musical chops. Despite the fret board fireworks, this is an honest love letter to the art of making music.
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All Music
These ventures into pure '80s shred go a long way to illustrating just how versatile a guitarist Brad Paisley is, and they wind up as accidental autobiography, revealing a side he's previously camouflaged -- but now that it's surfaced, it's easy to see why his albums are always among the most adventurous and best country music of this decade.
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