James House Days Gone By (1995) NewPrice: $9.95 Between the traditional honky-tonk of Randy Travis and the raucous country-rock of Travis Tritt lies a middle ground of country-pop. At its best, as in the hands of a Rodney Crowell or a Kathy Mattea, country-pop marries the storytelling craft of Nashville with the harmonic sophistication of the Beatles. Crowell is the obvious model on Days Gone By, James House's third attempt to make the transition from songwriter to artist. House comes close enough to make this a thoroughly enjoyable example of commercial country-pop. Producer Don Cook, who was never bashful about building a big wall of sound with the Mavericks or Brooks & Dunn, gives these songs the Orbison-like grandeur they require.
1 This Is Me Missing You 3:28
2 A Real Good Way to Wind Up Lonesome 3:25
3 Until You Set Me Free 3:40
4 Anything For Love 3:40
5 Little By Little 4:18
6 Only a Fool 3:23
7 Silence Makes A Lonesome Sound 2:54
8 Days Gone By 4:03
9 Take Me Away 2:57
10 That's Something (You Don't See Every Day)
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