Steers & Stripes

1	Only in America 4:29
2	The Last Thing I Do 4:02
3	The Long Goodbye/Go West 3:51
4	Go West 3:56
5	My Heart Is Lost to You 2:59
6	Good Girls Go to Heaven 2:50
7	When She's Gone, She's Gone 4:25
8	Ain't Nothing 'Bout You 3:22
9	Unloved 4:30
10	Deny, Deny, Deny 3:20
11	Lucky Me, Lonely You 3:24
12	I Fall 3:15
13	Every River 3:29
14	See Jane Dance 4:12

Barnes & Noble

Anyone who's been longing for a good fix of some barn-burning Brooks & Dunn honky-tonk rave-ups need look no further than Steers & Stripes. The rompin', stompin' pace is breathtaking, with the 14 songs here steeped in the duo's signature hard-country brio of searing guitars and pounding drums. Ronnie Dunn sets the pace with an emotional vocal on the hard-charging opener, "Only in America." "The Last Thing I Do" burns with anticipation as Dunn sings about a truck-drivin' man who puts the pedal to the metal as he heads homeward, fueled by a high-octane case of lust for his gal. In a bit of a departure from the script, the duo offers up a swinging, Latin-tinged love song, "My Heart Is Lost to You" and the most sarcastic Buck Owens homage this side of Dwight Yoakam on the loping, Bakersfield-styled "Lucky Me, Lonely You." Throw in a roiling, dramatic treatment of Kim Richey's beautiful "Every River," and you have the makings of another Brooks & Dunn dance hall behemoth. Tami Johansson

All Music Guide

Ronnie Dunn told Country Weekly magazine that "Country music is more diversified than ever, so you can really do more styles and different things." Lucky for Brooks & Dunn, who've obviously used the state of country music to their advantage, making album number nine something undoubtedly worth hearing. Or maybe it's the year they spent working on it. Whatever it is, Steers & Stripes is one of the finer albums from the eight-time winners of CMA's Vocal Duo of the Year. It seems to recapture everything likable about Brooks & Dunn that's been missing from the last few albums. The 14-track collection offers up a bevy of beauties from hardcore country to some penetrating rock. The slow, agonizing conviction in "The Long Goodbye," the Latin-flavored "My Heart Is Lost to You," the reassuring sentiment in "Unloved," and the rockabilly revelry of "See Jane Dance" are just a few tunes on this eminent song-packed album that really make a lasting impression. ~ Maria Konicki Dinoia, All Music Guide