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10/24/1999
#652

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Alan Jackson
"A Lot About Livin' (And A Little 'Bout Love)"


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Year of Release: 1992
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track listing
  • Chattahoochee
  • She's Got The Rhythm
    (And I Got The Blues)
  • Tonight I
    Climbed The Wall
  • I Don't Need The Booze
    (To Get A Buzz On)
  • (Who Says)
    You Can't Have It All
  • Up To My Ears In Tears
  • Tropical Depression
  • She Likes It Too
  • If It Ain't One Thing
    (It's You)
  • Mercury Blues

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    YEE-HAWWWW!!! That pretty much sums it up for Alan Jackson's 1992 release, A Lot About Livin' (And A Little 'Bout Love). And to honestly describe this album in three words: Good (if not, great), honest,


    "Chattahoochee" makes you yell out YEE-HAWW throughout the whole song; it was a popular one for AJ, and is considered the title track of the album, having the album name in its lyrics. And, this song is a great one, indeed. "She's Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)" is a groovin' country and blues song, which is another great song.


    Slow ballad country best defines "Tonight I Climbed The Wall", a typical slow country song, with some great slide country guitar. "I Don't Need The Booze (To Get A Buzz On)" is a great honky-tonkin' country party song. With its catchy title, you can't help but laugh and enjoy this one.


    Another slow ballad, "(Who Says) You Can't Have It All" is similar to a great ballad by Randy Travis. This song also has some great country violin, likewise, the steel country guitar and country piano.


    "Up To My Ears In Tears" is another catchy title honky-tonkin' number, "Tropical Depression" has a medium tempo, compared to most songs by Garth Brooks. The honky-tonkin' sound returns with "She Likes It Too", and another great ballad, "If It Ain't One Thing (It's You)" features two great instruments for slow country songs: the steel guitar and piano. The album closes with "Mercury Blues", another common honky-tonker.


    Alan Jackson's A Lot About Livin' (And A Little 'Bout Love) truly defines country. It seems the 1990s Country leans toward the sound of pop and/or rock, and not really sounding country as it was in the beginning of country's existence. It also features two instruments throughout the album, the steel country guitar and the piano, sounding so unique for the standard country ballads. The violin is also featured, but not as heavily as the previous instruments mentioned.


    In hearing country music as it should be, this album will satisfy that crave. Alan Jackson kept this sound throughout his entire career, making it a good move, as people will define him as a true country star, both in appearance (wearing the country hat like everyone else does), and, most imporantly, in sound -- the Country sound.


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