| Daughtry Leave This Town | | | | melodic screamola,while the epic"Every Time You |
| Chris Daughtry is not in the business of | | | | Turn Around" and propulsive, percussion-heavy |
| delivering musical tofu, or escarole, or any other | | | | "Supernatural"provide requisitepower-ballad release. |
| newfangly food type metaphor. The American | | | | The distinct whiff of Nickelback on the |
| Idol season 5 finalist is a man of straightforward | | | | thunderous lead single"No Surprise" is due, no |
| meat- and -potatoes rock principle, and so far it's | | | | doubt, to the fact that Chad Kroeger; frontman |
| served him well:His self- titled late-'06 debut | | | | for the mutiplatinum Canadian juggernaut, |
| yielded a clutch of appropriately beefy top 20 | | | | co-wrote it; less expected guest Vince Gill |
| singles, and went on to become the best selling | | | | appears on the finely wrought semi-acoustic |
| album of 2007. | | | | recerie"Tennesse Line," though he keeps the |
| The blueprint of follow-up Leave This Town -- | | | | twang to an almost undetectable minimum. One |
| chugging riffs, angsty- sensitive lyrics, | | | | may saerch Town in vain for a flash of something |
| here-come-the-soaring-double-tracked-choruses--- | | | | raw and off the script, a momenttha does not |
| may feel utterly familiar, but it's undoubtedly what | | | | feel both scrupulously test-marketed and |
| the people( the people not being up for, one | | | | impeccably (over) produced, but Daughtry's |
| guesses, any major stylistic switcheroos) want. | | | | relentless competence as a mainstream-rock |
| Album opener"You Don't Belong" begins with | | | | artist likely serves him far better than any radical |
| anot-unexpected quiet-storm interlude before | | | | departure ever could. |
| exploding into a gratifying sort of Linkin Park-style | | | | |
