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With the success of his 2008 chart-topper Home, Blake Shelton took a career step With the release of his CD ' Startin' Fires. He takes it to a entirely new level.

Home ' took Shelton into new musical territory. Vocally it really stretched his style. more conventional approach Blake had taken to that poing. Startin Fires, his fifth CD, completes that journey, establishing him in the process as one of Country Music's most talented and versatile song stylists.

Exploring richer melodies and challenging himself as a vocalist.

His success is vrey evident in the project's first single.

She Wouldn't Be Gone ' is certainly not the typical cut you'd hear on one of his CD's. It has a lot of minor chords and unique melody for country music. Vocally, it is one of the tougher songs he sings. You really need the right song and the right timing to do that and -Home- Kind of opened that door.

Long time fans will soon discover Shelton honors his roots as well. Long known for the way he wraps his rich baritone voice around emotion-laden ballads. Austin and The Baby are light-hearted party anthems like Some Beach and The More I Drink. He tackles songs about country life and attitudes with more blissful assurance than ever. This really brings his personality to bear on the record as never before.

The album has plenty of all the elements that make Shelton the multidimensional artist he is today'soaring melodies, passionate lyrics, a bit of romance, and songs that celebrate the country life.

"I think this album takes things a step above where they have been." he proclaims. 'It shows me as the artist I've always wanted to be, which is somebody with a fresh sound that when you hear it, you think, 'That's got Blake Shelton's stamp on it.''

Taken as a whole, Startin' Fires is a richly nuanced look at one of this generation's most engaging singers. Certainly one of the most interesting characters. Last year as a star turn on NBC's miniseries Clash of the Choirs and Blake's apperance as a judge on Nashville Star have helped raise his profile across the board, introducing his irreverently skewed personality to the million of new fans.

Blake started out on the Oklahoma City Club circuit while he was still in High School. He was part of the entertainment for an event in Ada honoring Mae Axton, writer of the Elvis Classic Heartbreak Hotel. She saw him perform and told Blake she thought he could get a record deal if he moved to Nashville and that she was willing to help. That convinced him to move just two weeks after graduation. Blake worked with Hoyt Axton, Bobby Braddock and Earl Thomas Conley, among others, en route to his record deal, and his unveiling single, Austin, shot him to the top of the charts. It also became his first #1 video, a group that would ultimately include Heavy Liftin, Goodbye Time, Home, Nobody But Me, Some Beach, Don't Make Me, The More I Drink and the song that still gets as passionate a reaction as any.

Because of those songs, Shelton's stature as a singer has grown steadily through the years, and his charisma everywhere from network television to Youtube has raised his profile even more. With the delivery of Startin Fires, Shelton steps into the forefront as both one of the country's premiere vocalists and one of its true personalities. It's a position he declares himself grateful to be in.

A Quick Look CD Review by rick shoop
Blake Shelton's new CD Startin' Fires and Big Country Music favorite - Home. One of the most emotional moving songs I have heard in a long time. Please enjoy the song and the review.