Lady Antebellum: The Best Songs Off of "Need You Now."

Lady Antebellum is a band I have heard more about than actually heard music from, and by heard about I mean I have heard their name, not factoids or anything. They are a successful country music band that succeeded in landing in the pop charts as well, which for my ever-hating pop country self sounds terrible. However, I decided to give Lady Antebellum a listen and chose their album "Need You Now." The results of my listening are noted song by song below.

The best songs on the Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now," are the title track "Need You Now," and "If I Knew Then." If you need a third single I would pick "Perfect Day."

"Need You Now": This song won song and single of the year honors and I get it. It is a pretty song, sweet in its sadness, takes one to a very lonely, fairly pathetic place of emotion. The twang of the female singer's voice drives the song on the vocal side of things, with the guy part less influential to the "like" zone within my ear. Good song, worthy of naming an album after, indeed.

"Our Kind Of Love": Not enough honky or tonky, kind of boring duet that could work in a local bar to a small audience, but not as a production to funnel into one's ears for solo listening or rocking an arena.

"American Honey": Put it on a lemonade commercial, or perhaps a honey commercial, and watch sales drop. Ha. Feels like an awkward shot at prying out the inner patriot of American country music listeners.

"Hello World": This song is like watching a really slow drama movie, sometimes you are in the mood and sometimes you fall asleep, but it has enough meat in it that there will be more "getting something out of it" moments than not.

"Perfect Day": Perfect, by the numbers country music video worthy, mid to up tempo tripe. Well, I call it tripe because I'm not a country music fan in general, but some people love the taste of tripe I am sure. Admirable song for what it is? I'll give it a thumbs up because I'm a nice guy.

"Love This Pain": Where "Perfect Day" succeeded in winning me over, "Love This Pain" goes in the generic opposite. It lacks the upbeat vibe and this becomes a weird paced attempt at a sad song I like Lady Antebellum with more Hillary Scott singing than not.

"When You Got A Good Thing": It's got all of the ingredients for a strong duet, slow ballad. However, maybe the quantities are off, a pinch of this instead of that, and the whole thing just sounds like it deserves to be swallowed by a better song and not a music fan.

"Stars Tonight": Weak country rock FAIL.

"If I Knew Then": A super slow punch to the heart, let it simmer in your head, very soft, feels nice in there with the loves won, lost, and wanted.

"Something 'Bout A Woman": Bland filler.

"Ready To Love Again": A song that grows little wings, but not wings that are big enough to really take off from the ground and as it wallows in its moodiness it begins to feel less slow ballad and more corny soap opera with the orchestra additions.