Kenny Chesney "Be As You Are" new album is now available (on Bna Records) (see here). Kenny Chesney may work the Jimmy Buffett mojo a little too hard on his CMA Award-winning album, "When the Sun Goes Down" (see here). But he comes by it naturally, having vacationed at Myrtle Beach as a child and today owning a home in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Now comes his all-out island salute, "Be As You Are" (Songs from an Old Blue Chair), which surprises only in its concentration on the restorative vibe of beachfront life rather than the bikinis and rum-soaked nights. Intimate and subdued, the album gets mandatorily frolicsome on "Guitars and Tiki Bars." But mostly it's a reflective look at the people, places, and passion that make up his south-of-the-equator equation. There are lovely moments here--the cocktail swirl of "Magic," the quiet eroticism of "Something Sexy in the Rain," and the faraway ache of "Somewhere in the Sun." This is brilliant!

Kenny Chesney "Be As You Are" album tracklisting:
1. Old Blue Chair
2. Be as You Are
3. Guitars and Tiki Bars
4. Island Boy
5. Somewhere in the Sun
6. Boston
7. Something Sexy About the Rain
8. French Kissing Life
9. Key Lime Pie
10. Sherry's Living in Paradise
11. Magic
12. Soul of a Sailor
13. Old Blue Chair (Ocean Mix)

Kenny Chesney "Be As You Are": ORDER IT NOW.