I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Released on February 9th, 1999
MCA Nashville
Singles Released:
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
This Heartache Never Sleeps
Released on February 9th, 1999
MCA Nashville
Singles Released:
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
This Heartache Never Sleeps
Album Review From Billboard.Com
What do we make of Mark Chesnutt's foray into crossover territory? The bulk of I Don't
Want to Miss a Thing is smooth new country, retaining the elements of neo-traditionalism that
characterize the best of Chesnutt's earlier albums. There's a nice mix of material, ranging from
the tender "Tonight I'll Let My Memories Take Me Home" to the honky tonk of "That's the
Way You Make an Ex," which seems to be an homage to George Strait's "All My Ex's Live in
Texas." There's also the witty "My Way Back Home," the tale of a man who returns back to
"home sweet mobile home" to find that his woman has left him, literally, homeless, and the
vaguely Cajun "Jolie." If I Don't Want to Miss a Thing ended there, this would be another
good, but not necessarily great, Mark Chesnutt album. But overshadowing the other nine
songs on the album is the title track. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" was penned by Diane
Warren, best known for writing hit adult contemporary ballads for the likes of Cher and Celine
Dion. The song's first appearance was on the Armageddon movie soundtrack, where it
became a major hit for Aerosmith in 1998. While Aerosmith's rendition was over the top,
Chesnutt tames the beast, even as the arrangement builds to a dangerously bombastic climax
toward the end. On "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," Chesnutt proves he can sing power
ballads with the best of them. But that one of the best honky tonk singers of his generation
starts tackling this sort of material says a lot about the state of traditional country in Nashville,
none of it good. ~ Martin Monkman, All Music Guide
What do we make of Mark Chesnutt's foray into crossover territory? The bulk of I Don't
Want to Miss a Thing is smooth new country, retaining the elements of neo-traditionalism that
characterize the best of Chesnutt's earlier albums. There's a nice mix of material, ranging from
the tender "Tonight I'll Let My Memories Take Me Home" to the honky tonk of "That's the
Way You Make an Ex," which seems to be an homage to George Strait's "All My Ex's Live in
Texas." There's also the witty "My Way Back Home," the tale of a man who returns back to
"home sweet mobile home" to find that his woman has left him, literally, homeless, and the
vaguely Cajun "Jolie." If I Don't Want to Miss a Thing ended there, this would be another
good, but not necessarily great, Mark Chesnutt album. But overshadowing the other nine
songs on the album is the title track. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" was penned by Diane
Warren, best known for writing hit adult contemporary ballads for the likes of Cher and Celine
Dion. The song's first appearance was on the Armageddon movie soundtrack, where it
became a major hit for Aerosmith in 1998. While Aerosmith's rendition was over the top,
Chesnutt tames the beast, even as the arrangement builds to a dangerously bombastic climax
toward the end. On "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," Chesnutt proves he can sing power
ballads with the best of them. But that one of the best honky tonk singers of his generation
starts tackling this sort of material says a lot about the state of traditional country in Nashville,
none of it good. ~ Martin Monkman, All Music Guide
Track Listing:
1.I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
2.This Heartache Never Sleeps
3.My Ways Get Home
4.I'll Get You Back
5.That's The Way You Make An Ex
6.Tonight I'll Let My Memory Take Me Home
7.Jolie
8.What Was You Thinking
9. I'm Gome
10.Let's Talk About Our Love
1.I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
2.This Heartache Never Sleeps
3.My Ways Get Home
4.I'll Get You Back
5.That's The Way You Make An Ex
6.Tonight I'll Let My Memory Take Me Home
7.Jolie
8.What Was You Thinking
9. I'm Gome
10.Let's Talk About Our Love
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