I have always been impressed by LBT's harmonies and "A Place to Land" is the tightest they have sounded yet. I loved "I'm With the Band" from the first time I heard them do it in concert and know how much they appreciate their fans. The title track, with it's down-home banjo intro and Kimberly's sugary sweet voice, is really cute and makes me smile. "Novocaine", "Vapor" and "Fine Line" are all clever plays on words and I laughed the first time I heard "Firebird Fly", not just because of the lyrics but because Phillip sounds kind of like Phil Vassar at the beginning. "Fury" is the most rockin' and closes the album with a bang. Jimi sounds awesome on "To Know Love" and reflects his true happiness now. I couldn't be happier for the triumphs of this band and think this collection will go platinum quick!!

As others have said, there is not a bad/weak song on LBT's latest release. All songs except one were also written by the members of LBT. For me, the song, "To Know Love" is worth the price of this CD alone. It's one of the most beautiful love songs I've ever heard -- the words and harmonies truly give me goosebumps. IMO they should consider this for their next cut off the CD. At times their tight, melodious harmonies sound similar to The Eagles. Dare I say that...but it's true and what a compliment to give to them. Congrats to LBT on a stellar release...and if you already have discovered this gem of a CD, be sure to tell your friends!

I don't think there's enough 4-part harmony in the world, let's start with that.

I'm a huge fan of LBT, I even bought the first cd which is really, really not very good. But this album is fantastic, especially if you're a fan of 70s southern rock because this has that feel. Good guitar, good tight harmonies, some good rock moments, some soft but not overdone ballads. They don't sound overproduced and slick, they sound really classic. There a guitar riff in one song that sounded really familiar and it took me several listenings to finally i.d. the sound: The Eagles. There are certainly worse bands to be compared to.

All the tracks are pretty good but the ones that I like best so far are "I'm With the Band" and "That's Where I'll Be". I was disappointed to see they were nominated twice at the CMAs, won nothing and had to perform an old song -- not the new stuff like everyone else. Not only did they get ripped off but the fans got ripped off as well. All the other acts sang new material and the powers that be had them rehashing "Boondocks". Shame on them.

Bottom line, I love, love love this album! Their best yet! Hopefully they'll get the credit they deserve on next year's CMAs. Long Live LBT.

I saw them in concert with Kenny Chesney before I had really heard much of their music, other than "Boondocks" when constantly played on the radio. They were absolutely wonderful, which made me go buy their "Road to Here" album (and see them in concert 2 more times the same year). Every song on that album is great, and they haven't disappointed on "A Place to Land". What was disappointing was that they were nominated for 2 CMA Awards and left empty handed. Their albums are awesome, they are awesome in concert...when are they going to get the credit they deserve???

Bottom-Line: Like The Road To Here, "A Place To Land" is an aural treat, a musical feast for the ears and the soul; "it ain't love, if its mean Evangeline."

Here I sit in front of my keyboard and computer; my headphones on listening once again to the lush expertly arranged four-part harmonies that I have come to learn are the hallmark of Little Big Town. This time the album is the quartettes' 3rd studio release "A Place To Land" (2007). And I have to wonder again how this group escaped my notice until this year!?

Now that I am aware of the group Little Big Town is my new musical obsession; one or another of the group's songs seems to play in a continuous loop in my head, and that is saying a lot because I listen to a LOT of music in the course of a day. But unlike some of the cookie-cutter sounds spewing out of Nashville hit machine these days, the tunes played by Little Big Town is just gorgeous music!

Little Big Town, founded in 1998 in Nashville, is composed of Karen Fairchild (lead & background vocals), Kimberly Schlapman (lead & background vocals), Jimi Westbrook (lead & background vocals, rhythm guitar), and Phillip Sweet (lead & background vocals, rhythm guitar). The quartet's musical style relies heavily on opulent four-part vocal harmonies, with all four members alternating as lead singers.

Since its release in 2007, "A Place To Land" has produced (1) Top 40 hit, track No.2 I'm With The Band. Shortly after that song's release Little Bog Town moved to a new label, Capitol Records Nashville, which acquired the rights to "A Place To Land" and subsequently released track No.1 Fine Line and track No.13 Good Lord Willing as the albums second and third singles. And collectively Little Big Town has charted (12) songs on Billboard Hot Country Songs Charts; this figure includes a live cover of Life in a Northern Town performed live in concert with Sugarland and Jake Owen.

On a side note I often wonder what the criteria is for releasing a single, because I would have choose the beautifully rendered track No.4 Evangeline (my favorite song on the CD) before either of the aforementioned tracks. The song to me epitomizes the strength of Little Big Town: the group's unwavering and delightfully engaging four-part harmony and unique C&W sound that is woefully missing in other groups.

In "A Place To Land", Little Big Town has another hit on their musical hands, another strong album with few equals on the C&W landscape. As I wrote in my review of the groups 2nd album The Road To Here, it's rare that I enjoy every song on a given album, but such again is the case with "A Place To Land". The lyrics are strong and well written (mostly by members of the group); the instrumentation is vintage American C&W, complete with banjos, rhythm and slide guitars, fiddles, and tambourines. And the vocals, yes the vocals, are comprised of strong leads accompanied by big, lush four-part harmonies that would do Boys-II-Men proud.

I stand by my statement that Little Big Town is everything a group like Lady Antebellum is not! After listening to both groups it's hard for me to square all of the accolades thrown at Lady A's (as Lady Antebellum is popularly known) collective feet, while a suburb group like Little Big Town, which epitomizes the American country sound, continues to labor without proper commercial and industry recognition; i.e. a Grammy, American Music Award, or ACM award.

Because the group changes lead signers from track to track, the music is fluid and ever changing; i.e. you never know what might be coming next, and that's half the fun of listening to "A Place To Land." The one constant however, is the sumptuous four-part harmonies that you can sit back and sink your ears into and swear you were in musical heaven. "A Place To Land" checks in at an ambitious 16 tracks, including the beautifully done live cover of Life in a Northern Town (track No.16) performed live in concert with Sugarland and Jake Owen mentioned above.

There is not one C&W group on the American backdrop--that I know if anyway--that can touch Little Big Town's musical acumen, they are unique to the C&W music world. The combination of two men and two women is the perfect (unique) combination, and produces such perfect harmonies, blend so effortlessly, that one would swear they have been together since diapers, but in fact they have only been together for twelve years. The alternating lead vocal duties are also unique, as is the fact that all four members' vocal acuity is equal to the others in the group.

Like The Road To Here, "A Place To Land" is an aural treat, a musical feast for the ears and the soul. From the first track to the last, there is not one misstep, one false note; there is everything to love and nothing to dislike on this CD. If you are fan of seriously good C&W music do yourself a huge favor and check out the "A Place To Land" from Little Big Town!