A quiet bonus cut from Haywire shows Josh Turner at his most steady-hearted, where love is not a spectacle but a promise held close.
“This Kind Of Love” belongs to a very specific corner of Josh Turner’s catalog: it was issued as a special bonus track on the deluxe edition of his 2010 album Haywire. That detail matters, because the song does not sit in memory the same way as the album’s best-known radio moments. Haywire arrived during a strong commercial chapter for Turner, a period when his deep baritone had already become one of modern country’s most recognizable voices, and when songs like “Why Don’t We Just Dance” and “All Over Me” helped define the album’s public face. But a bonus track has a different kind of life. It waits at the edge of the main conversation, often heard by the listeners who stayed a little longer, bought the fuller edition, or wandered past the obvious singles into the quieter rooms of the record.
That is where “This Kind Of Love” finds its strength. It does not need to announce itself with grand drama. It fits naturally within the Turner world: warm, grounded, sincere, and shaped around a voice that can make a simple line feel carved out of oak. Since the beginning of his career, Turner’s gift has never been only the depth of his range. It has been the way that range carries restraint. His singing often suggests a man who believes emotion becomes stronger when it is not pushed too hard. On “This Kind Of Love”, that quality gives the track its quiet authority. The feeling is not flashy courtship or restless heartbreak; it is the kind of affection that sounds settled, grateful, and built to last.
The deluxe-edition context also changes how the song is heard. Standard album tracks tend to carry the weight of sequencing, singles, label strategy, and first impressions. A bonus track can feel more personal, less pressured by expectation. It may not be the song that defines an album in the marketplace, but it can reveal something about the atmosphere around the project. In the case of Haywire, an album that balanced good-natured energy with Turner’s familiar country traditionalism, “This Kind Of Love” feels like a softer light left on after the bigger numbers have passed. It gives the listener another angle on the same era: not the dance-floor smile, not the radio-ready lift, but the steady domestic center that has always been part of Turner’s appeal.
By 2010, Josh Turner had already established himself as a singer unusually comfortable with patience. In a country landscape increasingly shaped by bright production and faster turnover, he held onto a style rooted in plainspoken melody, gospel shading, Southern restraint, and a respect for the old architecture of the genre. His voice carried echoes of classic country masculinity without feeling like imitation. It could sound formal and tender at the same time, as if every phrase had been considered before it left his mouth. That makes a song like “This Kind Of Love” especially well suited to him. The title itself promises something durable, and Turner’s delivery is the kind that can make durability sound romantic rather than merely safe.
What separates this bonus track from a casual leftover is the way it contributes to the emotional weather of Haywire. The album title suggests looseness, motion, sparks flying in different directions, and the record did include playful, upbeat country built for broad appeal. But Turner has always been most convincing when he lets stillness enter the room. “This Kind Of Love” offers that stillness. It reminds us that not every meaningful recording becomes a single, and not every valuable song is the one remembered first. Sometimes the deepest pleasure in an album comes from the track that feels almost tucked away, as though it was waiting for a listener who did not mind searching.
For fans who know Haywire mainly through its hits, returning to the deluxe edition gives the album a fuller shape. “This Kind Of Love” does not rewrite the story of Josh Turner’s 2010 success, but it adds a gentler chapter to it. It shows how his music could move between charm and conviction, between polished Nashville craft and a more intimate kind of country truth. The song’s appeal lies in its modesty: a melody built for a low, reassuring voice; a feeling that does not ask to be admired so much as believed; a reminder that tenderness can be strongest when it refuses to hurry.
That may be why bonus tracks often become private favorites. They are not always the songs everyone talks about, but they can feel like discoveries made by hand. “This Kind Of Love” remains one of those quieter Josh Turner moments from the Haywire deluxe edition, a song that rewards attention not with spectacle, but with the comfort of a voice standing firmly inside the promise it sings.
