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| Personnel Ilya Toshinskly acoustic guitar resonator guitar banjo Jerry McPherson electric guitar Dann Huff electric 12-string guitar Dan Dugmore steel guitar dobro Paul Franklin steel guitar sitar Neil Perry bouzouki mandolin Stuart Duncan fiddle Jim Hoke pennywhistle Charlie Judge piano Hammond b-3 organ keyboards synthesizer Aaron Sterling drums David Huff percussion programming Eric Darken percussion Cherie Oakley background vocals Audio Mixer Justin Niebank Recording information Blackbird Studios Nashville TN Westlake Recording Studios West Hollywood CA Photographers David McClister Neil Perry Ben Krebs Starting with the threats of Better Dig Two there s a swagger that underpins much of Pioneer the second album from family country-pop trio the Band Perry This boldness never quite dissipates under the thunderous cloud of big ballads of which there are many here Almost all the attitude derives from Kimberly Perry who retains a sense of palpable defiance even in the quietest moments her vigor lending passion to music that is deliberately designed to appeal to the widest possible audience as it blurs the line between contemporary country and pop At times this desire to be everything to everyone leads to some seriously odd juxtapositions as on the shred-guitar fireworks of the coda of Forever Mine Nevermind - a grace note Spinal Tap would have been proud to achieve - and the gurgling talkbox and mandolin war on I m a Keeper These accidental oddities along with Kimberly Perry s fiercely committed vocals give Pioneer a character it otherwise works overtime to avoid and for as good as the by-the-books ballads and rocking country are the moments when the fa ade slips a bit make this worth hearing as an album and not a collection of singles Stephen Thomas Erlewine |
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