Rascal Flatts Release

By Rachel Nowery
Rascal Flatts, country’s hottest singing group, released their fourth album April 4. This much-awaited CD, titled Me and My Gang, includes thirteen new songs, including their latest release that is topping the charts:‘What Hurts The Most.’

The CD also includes a “silly” song along with the more serious ones. The song ‘Backwards’ recycles the old joke of “what happens when you play a country music record backwards? The punch line being “Ya get your house back/Ya get your dog back/You get your first and second wife back”

To this writer and loyal fan’s surprise, Me and My Gang does not include the song ‘Skin (for Sara Beth)’. This song portrays a girl who is diagnosed with cancer and as she deals with all the pain, chemotherapy, and turmoil, she still dreams and wishes to find true love. This song was a huge hit for the band and was expected to be on the album. Evidently, either the band or the record company disagreed with this and therefore, it was not placed on this CD.

Rascal Flatts’ third album, Feels Like Today, was labeled triple platinum by October 2005. Me and My Gang has high expectations to meet, but with the band’s success, this is not a far off stretch. Rascal Flatts still continues to deliver exactly what their fans have come to love and expect and that is a virtue. This solid-as-a-rock album proves the band is here for the long haul.