Rascal Flatts appears at the 2007 People’s Choice Awards.

After four platinum albums and countless sold-out shows, everything “still feels good” for the boys of Rascal Flatts – and rightfully so.

On “Still Feels Good,” the band’s fifth album, the trio managed to extend their boundaries while keeping the sound , which was responsible for “Me and My Gang,” the number one non-compilation album of 2006.

Kicking off the album is current single “Take Me There.” Co-written by Kenny Chesney, the song has already reached no. one on the country charts and bridges the gap between albums perfectly.

Rascal Flatts enlisted the help of first-class writer Jeffrey Steele for “Here.” Recalling previous hits like “Mayberry,” “Here” is typical mid-tempo Flatts fare.

The album hits its stride with “Help Me Remember.” Had Rascal Flatts been around 20 years ago, the song would likely be their signature power ballad.

“There’s just too much hurt, too much to forgive; But we both know we weren’t always like this,” Gary LeVox sings. The track is garnering buzz as a possible second single, but it might have some competition from “Winner at a Losing Game.”

“Game” sounds as though it was plucked from an Eagles album. Written by Rascal Flatts, the track benefits from an obvious connection that other songs seem to lack.

“I know that I’ll never be the man that you need or love; Yeah, baby its killing me to stand here and see I’m not what you’ve been dreaming of ,” LeVox said.

“No Reins” is a standard freedom anthem that benefits from an above-average performance by the group. “No Reins” would fit perfectly on a Carrie Underwood album, yet still seems justifiable for music’s most popular trio.

The album’s standout track comes from the group’s most unlikely collaboration yet. Jamie Foxx joins the group on “She Goes All the Way” for what is likely to be a pop smash, whenever Lyric Street Records decides to release it.

What makes the track excel is the flow it maintains despite the obvious vocal disparities between Foxx and LeVox.

Summer oozes from every second of the title track “Still Feels Good,” while the album’s closer, “It’s Not Supposed to Go Like That,” tugs at the heartstrings.

Many of the remaining tracks are standard Flatts filler, offering fun and emotion, but no true substance.

For the most part, “Still Feels Good” is one of the better pop albums of 2007. Though the album is sure to take country music by storm, its roots are planted firmly in late ’70s and early ’80s pop music.

Mixing the groove of Hall & Oates with the soul of Vince Gill, Rascal Flatts cover all their bases on this fifth album.

If “Still Feels Good” is a sign of things to come, the future looks bright for Rascal Flatts.

Zack Timmons can be reached for comment at [email protected].