The dynamic duo Brooks & Dunn have checked in with country music fans with the release of their most recent CD entitled Hillbilly Deluxe.

I should thank Dr. Phil for pointing me to this one as it was his show on which I recently saw the boys perform track 8 Believe and enjoyed their presentation so much I thought I should check out the entire CD. Good decision on my part.

Hillbilly Deluxe launches with a great track named Play Something Country, and from there proceeds to once again display why Brooks & Dunn have enjoyed their lofty status in the country music genre since hitting country gold with Boot Scootin' Boogie way back in 1992.

Over the years B&D have managed to work out their own formula for success and have taken some criticism for it, but not from this reviewer. I'm from the school that says if you find something that works stay with it, unchanged, until it doesn't work anymore.

Overall Hillbilly Deluxe is very good listening and is certainly a CD that country music fans, and fans of Brooks & Dunn in particular, will definitely want to add to their collection of country CDs.

The standout tunes on Hillbilly Deluxe are She's About As Lonely As I'm Going To Let Her track 2, One More Roll Of The Dice track 6, and I May Never Get Over You track 11. My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 8, Believe. Very nice!

Release Notes:

Brooks & Dunn originally released Hillbilly Deluxe on August 30, 2005 on the Arista Nashville record label.

CD track list follows:

1. Play Something Country
2. She's About As Lonely As I'm Going To Let Her
3. My Heart's Not A Hotel
4. Whiskey Do My Talkin'
5. Hillbilly Deluxe
6. One More Roll Of The Dice
7. Just Another Neon Night
8. Believe
9. Building Bridges
10. Her West Was Wilder
11. I May Never Get Over You
12. She Likes Get Out Of Town
13. Again

To listen to samples of each song on Hillbilly Deluxe by Brooks & Dunn go to: Brooks & Dunn CD - Hillbilly Deluxe MP3 Samples