My Perfect World (Revisited)

Artist	Ed Burleson
Format	CD
Genre	Country
Label Name	Palo Duro
Producer	Clay Baker
Release Date	2007 08 14
Song List	1: Wide Open Spaces (3:53) 2: My Perfect World (4:05) 3: Clinging to You (3:18) 4: Dreamworld (3:08) 5: No Closing Time (3:03) 6: It All Started and Ended with You (4:08) 7: Staring out the Window (3:46) 8: No Tears (3:47) 9: Might Seem Like a Loser (2:35) 10: Going Home to Texas (3:13) 11: No One Has to Tell You (2:46) 12: Big Town, Small World Blues (2:00)
Style.Categories	Americana, Alternative Country, Cowboy

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Ed Burleson's earthy country music is melodic and winning enough to please Nashville, but doesn't drip with any of that city's clichés. Burleson's country, here augmented by legends like producer Doug Sahm and pedal steel player Lloyd Maines, is straight-ahead, no-frills honky tonk, and his work shows enough reverence for classic country to ring authentic while avoiding the trap of sheer revivalism. Burleson is a great songwriter and singer, and the opener, "Wide Open Spaces," even shows shades of Texas predecessor Willie Nelson. Several tracks also find Burleson hunkering down into a beer-soaked ballad while avoiding any twangy, dramatic clichés. He can also slip into cruising Bakersfield-tinged honky tonk with nary a wrinkle ("No Closing Time"). This construction worker and former rodeo competitor has made a debut that puts a lot of platinum artists to shame. It's just plain old country music -- not mainstream, not insurgent, not trad -- that's done right. It's no small wonder that the late Doug Sahm picked Burleson as the flagship artist on his label, Tornado. [Palo Duro's 2007 edition featured two bonus tracks and alternate album art.] ~ Erik Hage, All Music Guide