Tennessee-born country star Kenny Chesney moved more than 3 million copies of his previous album, 2002's No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems, becoming the Nashville hat of choice for down-home groovers who might leave for the beach at a moment's notice (see his late-2003 holiday offering, All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan, for more evidence). When the Sun Goes Down, Chesney's eighth album, finds him singing as the no-sweat superstar he's become. Chesney's tenor has an aeronautic top end, which he uses to good effect on fine love songs such as "Anything but Mine" and when he's talking through a rocking contemplation called "When I Think About Leaving." On the title song, he hangs out at the shore, duetting with Uncle Kracker. As "Being Drunk's a Lot Like Loving You" richly indicates, Chesney knows honky-tonk. But he doesn't fret over the tradition. He's too real for that.

“Youth Knows No Pain”

“Like on 'Youth Knows No Pain' — we are the ones that should demonstrate, because we can take it,” Likke Li said. “We can pierce ourselves, take Ecstasy, dance all night and still go to work at our McDonald's jobs.” Despite the hedonistic sentiment in the song, the Swedish singer also admitted in hindsight her youth had repercussions. “I remember when I was 18-19 and feeling that I know it all,” Li said. “I always feel that I know it all. But that song is about realizing you don’t, and reflecting, ‘Boy, if I only knew what would follow.’”