Sunny Sweeney - 'Married Alone'

[recordyear]

1. Tie Me Up [Sunny Sweeney, Buddy Owens & Galen Griffin]
2. Easy as Hello [Sunny Sweeney, Lori McKenna & Heather Morgan]
3. Married Alone (feat. Vince Gill) [Hannah Blaylock, Josh Morningstar & Autumn McEntire]
4. Someday You'll Call My Name [Sunny Sweeney & Brennen Leigh]
5. How'd I End up Lonely Again [Sunny Sweeney, Channing Wilson & Josh Morningstar]
6. A Song Can't Fix Everything (feat. Paul Cauthen) [Sunny Sweeney & Lori McKenna]
7. Want You to Miss Me [Sunny Sweeney & Caitlyn Smith]
8. Wasting One on You [Sunny Sweeney, Buddy Owens & Monty Holmes]
9. Fool Like Me [Waylon Payne & Kendell Marvel]
10. All I Don't Need [Sunny Sweeney & Lori McKenna]
11. Leaving is My Middle Name [Sunny Sweeney, Buddy Owens, Galen Griffin & Scotch Taylor]
12. Still Here [Sunny Sweeney & Lori McKenna]



Focus track is All I Don't Need.

[recordyear]

This album lacks a stunning career song like Bottle By My Bed from her last album, but is consistently great with some cute little touches e.g. horns. Also her expressive vocals are underrated and the neo-traditional country melodies are excellent.

[.indulgecountry]

This is a solid album, but I think it might technically be Sunny's weakest effort to date considering some of her previous sets. It's definitely not on the level of Concrete or Provoked which are easily her two best records. She's a phenomenal vocalist and offers a great neo-traditional sound to the country landscape that is always welcome though. It's a shame she couldn't have made a bigger mark with a major label because I think with a higher budget her music would be a bit better. This record just has a bit of an unpolished feel to it and could benefit from more $ being thrown at it, I'd say. Agree with recordyear that there's no single song on this album that stands out on the level of 'career song.' I am currently loving "Easy as Hello" and need more listens to establish further faves, but it's still a good record. Wish she didn't take so long between projects.