Kenny Chesney - All I Need To Know

After a debut album with Capricorn Record's ill-fated country division, Kenny Chesney has come back on this major-label effort with legendary producer Barry Beckett (Bob Dylan, Dire Straits). Chesney cowrote four of the 10 numbers with the rest coming from such Music Row pros as Bob DiPiero, Bob McDill, and Skip Ewing. There's no trace of a rural twang or working-class angst in Chesney's inoffensive pop crooning, and the songs' simplistic platitudes--served up over slow ballads and bouncy two-steps--prove utterly forgettable. --Geoffrey Himes