That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy (2008)

Toby Keith's 14th studio album That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy maintains a purity of country form many of his pop- leaning peers lack, an abundance of steel guitar and lonesome vocal twang anchoring lyrics awash in mysterious women, lost love, and personal failings he doesn't always apologize for. And when the two halves of his persona — aggressive troop supporter and sensitive balladeer — come together on the smoky-nightclub soldier's blues of ''Missing Me Some You,'' he triumphs in bringing a tear to the American patriot's eye...with none of his former Shock'n Y'all boot-in-ass attitude. B+
Download This: Listen to ''Missing Me Some You'' on the singer's official site

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