I seem to be in the minority here, but I really preferred Tim McGraw with more fun catchy tunes. I loved "I Like It I Love It" andd such similar soongs. If you prefer that side of Tim McGraw, this cd may not be for you either.

Tim McGraw's music peek was hit with Live Like You Were Dying. That was such a profound lyric, especially with what he'd just been through with his own father. That is a serious song of his that I really like. This cd does not have a track that even comes close to Live Like You Were Dying.

Maybe it's growing up and getting older, but this cd seems to be too blah. The songs are slow tempo and some are WAY TOO country. Tim McGraw was a master of the catch phrase songs. He and Kenny Chesney have made a career out of those. Last Dollar is the only catch phrase songs on the cd. And I really miss the fun side of Tim. So this cd is not my favorite at all.

I'd say the cd is half good and half bad (6 good and 7 bad for me).

There are some great songs:

1. Last Dollar
2. Let It Go
3. Nothin' to Die For
4. Suspicions
5. Train #10
6. Comin Home

There are also some that I will habitually skip because they are too gloomy and depressing:

1. Kristofferson
2. The Whiskey and Me
3. Put Your Lovin on Me
4. I'm Workin
5. Between the River and Me
6. I Need You with FAith Hill (Oh for the love of Mary, we get it, you guys love each other but stop torchering us with it!)
7. Shotgun Rider

For me, Tim McGraw's best overall cd was Everywhere. There was a great balance of fun and sweet songs. Live Like You Were Dying and Set This Circus Down were also great, as was Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors. This one just doesn't measure up.

Of course, music is subjective, and you're certainly allowed to disagree. But if you're one of those people who has fun with the catchy Tim hits of the past, you might also be disappointed with this long awaited cd.

THIS CD IS NOT THE LATEST RELEASE OF "LET IT GO" CONTAINING THE SONG "IF YOU'RE READING THIS...".
THIS CD IS LISTED AS "LET IT GO (EXTRA TRACKS)", WHICH BY AMAZON DEFINITION MEANS, EXTRA TRACKS ARE BONUS SONGS NOT INCLUDED ON THE STANDARD CD RELEASE. IT IS A INCORRECT LISTING OF THE ITEM. IT IS THE STANDARD RELEASE VERSION.
I RATED IT A 1 STAR, BECAUSE I DID NOT GET THE VERSION LISTED THAT I WANTED, I.E. THE VERSION WITH (EXTRA TRACKS). A AMAZON ERROR, NOT TIM'S FAULT.
AS FAR AS TIM MC GRAW, HE'S ALWAYS A 5 STAR !!!
DON'T BE FOOLED, AS I WAS, REGARDING THE (EXTRA TRACKS VERSION).

With his last two albums, Tim McGraw has been crafting the best music of his career. Gone is the "Indian Outlaw," the guy "likes it, loves it, and wants some more of it." Here is a McGraw who knows a good lyric when he hears it, who knows how to choose a song. He manages to make un-commercial material radio-ready, to take a song and make it his own.

On LET IT GO, he does it yet again. The album isn't quite as edgy as its two predecessors, but what it lacks in edginess, it makes up for in lyric and performance. One of McGraw's best qualities is his ability to take other artists' material and transform it into his own stuff; he does so here with Big Kenny's "Last Dollar," Lori McKenna's "I'm Workin'," Eddie Rabbit's "Suspicions," Anthony Smith's "Kristofferson" and "Shotgun Rider" (also co-written by Sherrie Austin and Jeffrey Steele), and the ever-reliable Warren Brothers' "Between the River and Me" and "Train #10" (the latter a co-write with McGraw).

There's not a song on here that lags too far behind...all of 'em (including the duet with Faith Hill, "I Need You") are high-caliber songs, performed wonderfully by McGraw and his band. However, if you want some highlites, I'd have to go with the stone-cold country of "Kristofferson" (an off-handed tribute song that, strangely, works) and "Shotgun Rider"; the exquisite "Whiskey and You;" the whimsical "Last Dollar"; and the revenge rocker "Between the River and Me" (McGraw's version is indeed noteworthy, but pales next to the original found on the Warren Brothers' WELL-DESERVED OBSCURITY album). Basically, it's hard to go wrong with this album, which may indeed be one of the best of McGraw's career. It's a thinking-man's commerical country album, bridging the gap between radio and alternative...and nobody does that better today than Tim McGraw.

Tim McGraw didn't get to be a country superstar by having the best voice in Nashville. He did it by having the best ear in town. Every Tim McGraw CD has been marked by the impeccable selection of songs. And "Let Go" continues the family tradition. It's another collection of powerful songs including "Train No. 10," "Shotgun Rider," "Put Your Lovin' On Me" and "Comin' Home." These alone would be enough to make this CD a success but wouldn't earn it 5 Stars. For that you need a little bit more and different.

And Tim gives us the extra effort with a kids' chorus on "Last Dollar," a Metallica-like break on the brilliant "Between The River And Me" and by overturning our expectations of the usual duet with Mrs. McGraw by not giving us another syrupy love song but by choosing a meditation on the addictive nature of love, "I Need You" (I need you like a needle needs a vein) in which even Faith sings with a desperate gravitas we don't expect from her.

Now don't think my saying Tim doesn't have the best voice in Nashville means he isn't a masterful singer, able to comfortably handle anything from the uptempo cowboy songs to the agonizingly honest ballads like this CD's brilliant "Nothing To Die For." As his songs show more maturity so do his vocals. He is no longer just a singer but a first class interpreter. His vocals take these high quality songs and elevates them further. He has handled the jump from superstar to artist with complete success. His creative vision and ability to wonderfully convey it is a rarity in music, especially country music with its pretty boys in hats and Shania wannabes.

The new Tim McGraw CD is a complete success that doesn't let it go after the music stops. It stays with you and leaves you wanting more.

By this point in his career Tim McGraw is one of the most decorated Country artists of the past 20 years. Unfortunately I found this album to be out in Left Field bouncing along instead of heading out over the fence. Many of the songs have the signature soulful vocals from McGraw, however I found the songwriting to be much weaker than previous albums. Nothing instrumentally seems to have the hooks or emotional sounds of albums past, so instead of peaks and valleys I felt like many of the songs just plodded along without any particular direction. Not until the eighth song did I find a song that really reached out and grabbed me, and with "Nothin to Die For" I at this point am hoping the rest of the album will finish strong. It does pump up the volume a bit with the semi-honky "Between the River and Me" as it also has a bit of a darker appeal within its sound and songwriting. The song "Train #10" is somewhat memorable, but nothing to write home about.

With song eleven the CD rolls into "I Need You" in which his wife Faith Hill sings along. By this time I've heard many tunes that the couple have sang and though this one does not stand out to me as those have, I really enjoyed it for the most part and much take my hat off to Faith's vocal performance on this track. Thirteen tracks in all, it is not near as strong as past CD's but if you are a big Tim McGraw fan and have enjoyed everything he has done up to this point, you may find it appealing enough.