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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Dreamworks Nashville
Salesrank: 53634
Released: July 16, 2002 |
| Our Price: $2.67 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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I Miss My Friend Track Listing:
1. Tennessee River Run
2. I Wouldn't Mind The Shackles
3. I Miss My Friend
4. Callin' Caroline
5. Family Tree
6. Back Where I Belong
7. The Least That You Can Do
8. I Built This Wall
9. Opportunity Of A Lifetime
10. Spread A Little Love Around
11. Pow
12. Where You Think You're Goin'?
Editorial Review:
Twangy, steeped in Haggardesque melodies and vocal turns, and often raggedy in execution, Darryl Worley's sophomore album should send fans of honest-to-God country searching for the nearest skywriter. The melancholy true-life title tune is a big hit, and deservedly so, but there's lots more to sample. Yes, the kickoff tune, "Tennessee River Run," borrows so much from Alan Jackson's "Chattahoochie" that he ought to get royalties. And yes, Worley includes a couple of too-soft targets--Stephen Dale Jones's heart-tugging "POW 369" and "Spread a Little Love Around," a tune so syrupy ("Throw the ball for Rover") it could give family values a bad name. But "Back Where I Belong," so evocative of Haggard's homesick ballads and punctuated by pedal-steel tears, is the very heart of country music. Don't miss the myriad of deft instrumental touches--the chicken-pickin' guitar on the irresistible "Callin' Caroline" or the mournful fiddle intro on "The Least That You Can Do." Worley, who wrote much of the material, didn't get the kudos his 2000 debut warranted. Let's hope this one makes up for it. --Alanna Nash
I Miss My Friend Reviews:
outstanding 
2006-11-04 - This is a truly great album. The title track, a tear-jerking, heart-wrenching, beautiful ballad, is my favorite song on it (and one of my favorite all-time songs), but other standouts on this album include "Tennessee River Run" and "The Least that you can do." If you like Mr. Worley's music, you will enjoy this album. I guarantee it.
SPREAD MORE LOVE AROUND
2005-01-09 - This CD came to me almost at the same time as the tidal wave 'Tsunami' hit South East Asia, including my hometown country of Thailand. All 6 provinces in the South were ravaged by this mother earth's wrath. Thousands of people were killed just in Thailand alone. So I'd like to take this opportunity to express my deepest sorrow for those who lost their loved ones. And after I got a chance to clear my head and listen to this CD, I found that it contained the very message that can be passed on to those who're less fortunate than us, let's spread a little love around as Mr. Worley told us to do. And for you 'Jam' who almost lost your life at PP Island, I miss you. I MISS MY FRIEND!
Darryl is awesome!
2004-11-25 - I can't imagine any fan of today's country music disliking any of Darryl Worley's music. He just comes across as such an honest and genuinely good guy, you can't help but like him. This cd is a top-notch follow-up to his brilliant debut cd that is also excellent. I Miss My Friend is full of great songs. The opening track, Tennessee River Run, is a great way to start the cd. Comparisons to Alan Jackson's song Chatahoochie are inevitable, but that is just because the beat and energy of both songs is similar. I love Darryl's drawl on this song. I'm surprised that this song was not released as a single on the country charts. The song I Miss My Friend is an incredible song and very much a tear-jerker, as is the song Back Where I Belong. That song will hit a chord with anyone who has every been homesick for their old stomping grounds. The pedal steel guitar in that song intensifies the emotions. Some of the songs have a light-hearted feel to them, and even the song Spread A Little Love Around, with it's overly-sweet lyrics is good. The writing for many of the songs is just as strong as on the first cd. I think Darryl Worley is a horribly under-rated talent in the world of country today. He seems to get passed over at all the country award shows. And that's a real shame. He has a great voice, great charisma, and he writes some great songs. I only wish more people would notice his greatness. I always look at Darryl as the underdog in the country industry. All the spotlight seems to be focused on Tim McGraw and Toby Keith and Alan Jackson. Meanwhile, Darryl Worley, who is just as talented, is below the surface waiting for his time in the spotlight. Don't worry, Darryl. Your time is definitely coming!
Words can't express...
2004-10-23 - "I Miss My Friend" (the song - Track 3) is one of the most powerful songs in my life... It puts in to song the innermost feelings of my heart that I can't otherwise adequately express.
unexpected delight 
2003-08-13 - After seeing "I Miss My Friend" on CMT, and thinking this is pleasant but bland, I was utterly surprised by the album has a whole. What a lot of great musicianship, humor, and bluesy-blue grass/country! Plus he throws in a country western tune ala Django Reinhart on track 9. This guy, and his band and arrangers, are no "Achy-Breaky Heart" pablum-pushers. What a delight!
