Blake Shelton photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Nashville
February 6, 2007 — Blake Shelton's fourth album, due out April 3, is titled Pure BS, for Blake's initials, of course. "I've wanted to use my initials for some kind of promotion forever," he tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "I finally put my foot down and said, 'We're doing it this time.' People are starting to catch on to my sense of humor, I think."
Blake says his new record, which includes the single "Don't Make Me," is the most authentic album he has done and that it took him out of his comfort zone as an artist. "I'm really trying to explore my range," he says.
The inspiration for this shift came from his hit single "Goodbye Time," a remake of a Conway Twitty ballad that was on his 2004 album, Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill. Blake says fans kept telling him, "I didn't know you could sing like that," and the comments surprised him.
"It just bothered me some to know that there was something that had been missing in my music, and something in that song brought it out," he says. "Whatever it is, I wanted to push myself in that direction. It kind of got me excited to think maybe I could push myself more as a singer and see what I can do."
Blake says the songs on the new album also have more attitude, sarcasm, humor and passion in them. "I just think you'll hear me singing better than I have," he says.
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