From the moment it was announced, most music industry people were calling Tim McGraw's latest album as a lame attempt at a quick buck by his label Curb Records. Well, earlier this week, Tim more or less agreed when releasing a statement to People Magazine.
"I am saddened and disappointed that my label chose to put out another hits album instead of new music," says the country singer. "I've only had one studio album since my last hits package. It has to be just as confusing to the fans as it is to me."
It was confusing, particuarly since the hits from that one album, "Let It Go," outside of the title track and "Last Dollar (Fly Away)" weren't all that big. This is what it seems to many, an attempt to get a holiday enticing package out to the fans. Tim further said:
"I had no involvement in the creation or presentation of this record," he says. "Sure, I love the songs and I don't want to take anything away from all the creative people who were a part of making those records. But the whole concept is an embarrassment to me as an artist. In the spirit of an election year, I would simply say to my fans 'I'm Tim McGraw, and I don't approve their message'."
Curb Records, for their part, responded to Tim's comments by saying that they had "numerous conversaitons" with Tim McGraw's 'people' prior to the release of this collection. They also had this to say:
"The good news is that the album (debuted) as the No. 1 album on the Billboard Country chart," label VP Dennis Hannon says. "Nevertheless, we share Tim McGraw's disappointment with the first week's sales levels and we acknowledge that unfortunately the week that this album was released was right at the peak of the collapse of the economic and finance markets."
Hannan adds: "We are going to work hard to try to take the current single 'Let It Go' to No. 1 in hopes that the economic climate is improving and that sales will also improve."
Whatever side you side with here, there's no doubting that the politics in the music world might just rival some of the politics that happen in the political world. Any thoughts on why McGraw would even want to comment on the release of this 'album?'
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