Good Time (2008)

Artist: Alan Jackson
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Label: Maverick Entertainment
UPC: 00886971994322
Release Date: 3/4/2008
Buy.com Sku: 206856358
Item#: M3YDW5
Buy.com Sales Rank: 2010
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Good Time ~ Alan Jackson
2. Small Town Southern Man ~ Alan Jackson
3. I Wish I Could Back Up ~ Alan Jackson
4. Country Boy ~ Alan Jackson
5. Right Where I Want You ~ Alan Jackson
6. 1976 ~ Alan Jackson
7. When The Love Factor's High ~ Alan Jackson
8. Long Long Way ~ Alan Jackson
9. Sissy's Song ~ Alan Jackson
10. I Still Like Bologna ~ Alan Jackson
11. Never Loved Before - (with Martina McBride) ~ Alan Jackson
12. Nothing Left To Do ~ Alan Jackson
13. Listen To Your Senses ~ Alan Jackson
14. This Time ~ Alan Jackson
15. Laid Back N' Low Key (Cay) ~ Alan Jackson
16. If You Want To Make Me Happy ~ Alan Jackson
17. If Jesus Walked The World Today ~ Alan Jackson


(C) (P) 2008 BMG Music

 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Alan Jackson: Brent Mason (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar); Bruce Watkins (acoustic guitar, banjo); James Curtis Mitchell (electric guitar, accordion); Paul Franklin (steel guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro); Robbie Flint (lap steel guitar); Stuart Duncan (mandolin, fiddle); Jim Hoke (harmonica, accordion, Jew's harp); Gary Prim (piano, Wurlitzer piano, Clavinet, Hammond b-3 organ, keyboards); Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano, Wurlitzer piano); Greenwood Hart, Shane Keister (vocoder); Glenn Worf (upright bass, bass guitar); Jimmy Carter (bass guitar); Eddie Bayers, Jr. (drums); Lucas Ketner (percussion); John A. Kelton.
On his first traditional country album since 2004's WHAT I DO, Alan Jackson steps outside the comfortable routine he's created for himself in favor of creating a more personal and introspective work. The first album on which Jackson has written all of the songs all by himself, GOOD TIME is Jackson's most autobiographical album by some distance. "Small Town Southern Man" is a touching farewell to his late father, while "I Wish I Could Back Up" and "Never Loved Before" (a duet with country superstar Martina McBride) are intimate love songs more revealing than most country radio fare. GOOD TIME is true to its title, however; alongside the revealing autobiographical tunes, there are sly, swaggering country-rockers like "Country Boy" and more thoughtful fare like the devotional "If Jesus Walked The World Today." At 17 songs, this is one of Alan Jackson's longest albums, but GOOD TIME features remarkably little filler and many outstanding new traditionalist country songs in the great Alan Jackson style.
Alan Jackson has never been away, so why does 2008's Good Time feel like a comeback album? Because this, his 14th album, is a return to straight-ahead modern country after several years of detours, including a late-night saloon album produced by Alison Krauss (Like Red on a Rose) and an austere collection of spirituals (Precious Memories). Even his last full-fledged country album, 2004's What I Do, felt a little understated and modest, adjectives that can't quite be applied to Good Time, even if it bears Jackson's unmistakable mark of casual authority. That casualness can disguise his ambitions, especially on an album as shining and snappy as this. It's only upon close inspection that the audacity behind Good Time becomes apparent: it's Jackson's first album of all-original material, and at 17 tracks it's the effective equivalent of a double-album in country music, where all albums outside of Vince Gill's mammoth triple-disc These Days are brief and to the point. Unsurprisingly given its length, Good Time drifts amiably and takes its time, lingering on its ballads and gliding through the faster tunes, sustaining a cheerful mood. It's so easy to enjoy that it takes a bit of attention to dig out the true gems lying here, and there are many: the brisk bluegrass strut of "Long Long Way," brought down to earth by Jackson's Haggard-esque phrasing; the slightly gangly, tongue-in-cheek Western swing of "I Still Like Bologna," which finds a more straightforward cousin in "Nothing Left to Do"; the gentle roll of "Listen to Your Senses," as sweet and light a song as Jackson has ever cut. These are the exceptions on an album that feels big and bright, a throwback to the days of '80s new country, especially on "Never Loved Before," a zippy duet with Martina McBride that finds its flip on "Laid Back 'n Low Key," a piece of soft rock that could have fit onto the airwaves during the prime of urban cowboy. And that is the sly genius of Good Time -- it demonstrates that Jackson is as comfortable with the poppier side of country as he is with the harder stuff, and he can deliver it without seeming as if he's pandering, a feat that is almost as impressive as those generic detours he's taken in the past few years. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Producer: Keith Stegall

Engineer: Matt Rovey; John Kelton; Kyle Lehning

 
Compilation Appearances
Crank It Up-The Music Album
Home Alone-Christmas
Vol. 1-Ultimate Country Party
Greatest Bits
Vol. 2-Ultimate Country Party
Vol. 3-Country Superstar Chris
Sharp Dressed Men Tribute To Zz Top
Best Of George Jones-Millennium Collection
Jeannie Kendall
Classic Country Road Songs
A Very Special Acoustic Christmas
Ultimate Christmas 2
50 Years Of Hits
Totally Country Vol 4
Angels & Outlaws 1
Down This Road
Time Well Wasted
Country's Got Heart
Country Christmas
Best Award Winning Country Vol 4 (Bonus Tracks) (w/ Bonus DVD)
COUNTRY HEAT 2006 / VARIOUS (CAN)
My Very Special(legacyed)
More Country Heat 2006 (Can)
Hoot
Live At Texas Stadium
40 Years Of Duets
Hear Something Country Christmas
Country's Got Hits
How Great Thou Art:gospel Favorites L
Country's 20 Classic Songs of the Century
Mixed Country W/karaoke Edge
Country Heat 2008
Billy: The Early Years of Billy Graham
Playlist Plus: A Very Special Christmas
Guy Country 5
Now That's What I Call Country Vol 2

 
Associated Artists and Works
A Tribute To Alan Jackson ~ Artists, Various
Foxworthy, Jeff
Foxworthy, Jeff
Jones, George
Pickin' On Alan Jackson ~ On, Pickin'
Pickin' On Alan Jackson ~ Pickin' On
A Tribute To Alan Jackson ~ Various Artists
Various Artists
The Western Swing Tribute to Alan Jackson ~ Various Artists
Various Artists
The Tribute to Alan Jackson [Tribute Sounds] ~ Various Artists

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 03/04/2008
Original Release Date : 2008
Catalog ID : 88697-19943-
Label : Arista Records (USA)
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00886971994322

 
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (p.82)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[H]is finest songs are always his romantic ballads, and the best one here also sounds like the one he wrote the quickest: '1976,' where he sings about meeting his wife..."

  
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Production 5
Performance 5
Composition 5
Overall Satisfaction 5
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5 of 5 CD Sunday, April 06, 2008
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