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List Price: $7.99 | | Label: Arista
Salesrank: 29956
Released: April 17, 2001 |
| Our Price: $0.97 |
| Used Price: $0.44 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Steers and Stripes Track Listing:
1. Only in America
2. Last Thing I Do
3. Long Goodbye/Go West
4. Go West
5. My Heart Is Lost to You
6. Good Girls Go to Heaven
7. When She's Gone, She's Gone
8. Ain't Nothing 'Bout You
9. Unloved
10. Deny, Deny, Deny
11. Lucky Me, Lonely You
12. I Fall
13. Every River
14. See Jane Dance
Editorial Review:
While If You See Her and Tight Rope, their previous two albums, were Brooks & Dunn's strongest and most mature, their sales didn't earn either album the usual Gold and Platinum awards. Coincidentally, both CDs deemphasized the usual line-dance fodder, generic rockers, and flaccid ballads. On 2001's Steers & Stripes, the duo stays that course--to a point. "Ain't Nothin' 'Bout You" succeeds as the radio-friendly hit it was crafted to be but pales alongside the masterfully sung "Every River" and the classy ballads "The Long Goodbye" and "My Heart Is Lost to You." Smart Tejano arrangements spice up both the latter number and the witty "Deny, Deny, Deny." "Lucky Me, Lonely You" explores the time-honored shuffle turf of Ray Price and Buck Owens. Just as prominent, however, are Brooks & Dunn's sorties into bad old habits. "Only in America" overflows with tired clichés. The ballads "When She's Gone, She's Gone" and "Unloved" stumble over their own pretense. The witless dance ditties "Good Girls Go to Heaven" and "See Jane Dance" seem dated alongside the evocative, muscular David Lee Murphy rocker "The Last Thing I Do." The strengths here are potent indeed. Unfortunately, so are the weaknesses. --Rich Kienzle
Steers and Stripes Reviews:
BROOKS AND DUNN STEERS AND STRIPES 
2009-04-15 - I purchased the Brooks and Dunn CD, Steers and Stripes, new. It has been awesome. I love the music. The CD arrived sooner than expected, so I got to enjoy my music even sooner. I have purchased music before that was not brand new and I won't make that mistake again.
Their BEST cd EVER!
2007-07-21 - Every song is great!!! Only in America is great! Last thing I do is good!
The Long Gooodbye is great! All the other ones are good! My heart is lost to you is my favorite song EVER! Go West is good! Good Girls go to heaven is good! All the other stuff is great I can't list it All!Worth 100 bucks!
10 billion stars! listen to songs at http://www.brooks-dunn.com/music/steers_stripes/index.htm copy and paste url!
Resuming their successful ways
2005-01-11 - After the comparative failure of the singles from Tight rope, their previous album, country music followers were wondering if Brooks and Dunn were yesterday's hit-makers, ready to be consigned to the history books and the oldies radio stations. With four major hits from this album, the answer was an emphatic NO.
Only in America (a brilliant rocking country song), Long goodbye (a fine ballad co-written by the Irish singer, Ronan Keating), My heart is lost to you (another fine ballad) and Ain't nothing 'bout you (a great mid-tempo song) were the singles that restored them to the upper reaches of the country charts where they had spent much of the nineties. All of those tracks can be found on their second volume of greatest hits but even if you've got that, there are ten other songs worth listening to on this album.
Of the other ten songs, my favorites are The last thing I do (a great rocking song that David Lee Murphy co-wrote), Good girls go to heaven (a mid-tempo rocker), When she's gone she's gone, Lucky me lonely you (two excellent ballads) and See Jane dance (a great rocking song with which to close the album).
This is yet another great album from country music's most successful duo of all time. I'm particularly pleased that it was a success for them after their previous failure.
Very good album to end their stagnant period 
2004-10-12 - I recall that Brooks & Dunn's '98 and '99 albums before this one were unlistenable at best, even relying on a John Waite '80s song for a remake. But this album is a surprise turnaround. Every song on here is entertaining and the music is astounding. I like the patriotic Only In America. There are still the wild rocking numbers that they're known for. My favorite here is
"Ain't Nothin' Bout You." The bridges and landscapes are so smoothly done. Sometimes the beats in the chorus come very close to one on a hip-hop song, because there's such a funkiness to this mostly country record. This is a smartly done album and I look forward to getting Red Dirt Road soon.
Love Brooks & Dunn But.... 
2003-12-03 - Maybe I'm not as hip to how B&D's albums are supposed to sound but Steers & Stripes isn't a strong set of songs in my opinion. The songs that they released are the only good ones. Those songs I absolutely love- Only In America, My Heart Is Lost To You, and Ain't Nothing 'Bout You. Every River still fails to catch my ear. I think My Heart Is Lost To You is the best song. There are fourteen tracks and only three stand out to me- that's not good. I love the cover, love the packaging, love the title but musically Steers & Stripes is not very entertaining at all. Oh, well....
