

With their fourth album, Rascal Flatts firmly nailed down their country-pop formula: take some soaring close harmony singing, throw in a pinch of rock, R&B, and gospel, and then have the finest engineers and producers in Nashville polish it to a silky sheen. Here are well-constructed power ballads with catchy melodies tailor-made for their strong voices, along with a few rockers, such as the title tune and "Backwards.”