This is pretty good. More country like this?
>>129072785Vince GillGeorge StraitGarth BrooksBrooks and Dunn
>Too many country artists who start strong fall off artistically as they work their market niche. So Alan Jackson's improvement is a triumph--his writing only peaked after he was sure his niche would listen. "Little Man" is populism without ressentiment, "Drive (for Daddy Gene)" makes me wish my dad had risked his Chevy on me, and "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" could end up one of the few 9/11 remembrances emotionally evenhanded enough for Americans of differing convictions to share. Then there's the forgettable bonus disc, which demonstrates by contrast why some hits deserve to be. This clarity will dissipate instantly if you move on to 50 Number Ones. Few long-running pros have front-loaded their books like George Strait, whose no-frills approach started fresh and turned ticket to hackdom in under five years. The keepers presumably scattered across the second disc are hard to locate as you shake off the cobwebs induced by the first; conceivably the 51st track, the non-No. 1 "I Hate Everything," only stands out because it's placed first. On The Essential Merle Haggard, on the other hand, hackdom ages like a fine muscatel. Back when Hag was still flexing his muscles commercially and culturally, the sentimentality of his Billy Sherrill period was rank. Now it's just gorgeously phrased. Sit back and enjoy it. No harm done.
>>129072950No grade?
>>129072785Alan's first 5 is one of the best album runs in country ever. He was one of the few mainstream artists of his era who could balance neotraditional sounds and arena-country hooks perfectly.
>>129073282http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/recyc/jackson-05.phpIt's not one of his standard capsule reviews.
>>129072785I remember listening to Alan Jackson a lot when I was 7-9. Breddy gud.
Alan Jackson is an all time great for sure. Not exactly the same but I always thought Dan Seals deserved more love.
>>129073775Are you a blonde girl from north dakota?
>>129074080Europe actually, why?
He had an awesome guitarist in Brent Mason. In country music this counts as shredding.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mdCN5P1UpY
daddy won a radiohe tuned it to a country show
>>129077609What a banger
>>12907281280's Vince Gill holds up pretty well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dHD4iOVLjw
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>>129072785I'm working on an 80s-90s neotraditional country chart. Stay tuned.
>>129072785Always liked Gary Allan
