I purchased Around the Bend this morning, Yet I am unable to get the full version of the songs. When I click on the link all I get is the sample clips. How long does it take for them to activate the song list ? Or is there something that I am not doing that is preventing me from getting the entire song? I down loaded the quick player. This is my first time purchasing anything from i tunes. So i'm sure I must be doing something wrong, or omitting a step to get it to play. Dee

That is the way iTunes works. You only get a sample of the song until you buy it, and Around The Bend will not be for sale on iTunes until July 15th. For now you can only listen to the sample of each song. Hope this helps.

Countrybug... it is just a pre-order right now. You cannot download the CD until 07/15 or after and your account is not charged until you download it to your computer.

Obviously ,I misunderstood. Thanks for clearing that up. Dee

The bonus tracks sound great (at least from the 30 second previews!)
Is iTunes going to allow international (or Australians rather) pre-order this? Right now it seems to be in the US iTunes shop only which those outside the US can't buy.
Can't wait for this to be out!!!
James

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RANDY TRAVIS
The Reviews Are In
"Around The Bend"

If you are a true "old Country" fan, you will want Randy Travis' latest album titled Around The Bend. That unmistakable deep voice with the true country twang is all over this album. True country lovers will appreciate the range of issues addressed from growing up "religious" or at least memories of going to Church on Sunday morning before real religion took hold in Every Head Bowed, to advice from a loving mother to a young man about how to recognize true love in Love Is A Gamble. Then Randy sings about the wonderful love he has found in Faith In You and Dig Two Graves to express how impossible life would be without his mate.

You gotta have a drinking song to be true Country, so Randy fills this need with his conscience talking to a real party dude in trying to convince him You Didn't Have A Good Time just because there are a lot of empty bottles, and no memory of the night before.

Then, there has to be some real hurtin' songs of somebody leaving in order to round out a real country album, and Randy does just that with two of my favorite renderings on this album. Randy sings in his best hurtin' voice with From Your Knees about a heart-wrenching break-up, and a catchy Everything I Own Has Got A Dent describes a lost love and a whole "dented up" life. The album offers the vintage Randy Travis sound with lots of real old country feeling to boot.

The iTunes pre-order has only been pushed by iTunes to their American store and to some Nordic Countries stores. Sorry for any inconvenience, we have alerted iTunes, and we will let everyone know if anything changes. The Full Around The Bend album will be available on all of iTunes sites on July 15th!