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Alan Jackson

Good Time

RS: 3of 5 Stars Average User Rating: 4of 5 Stars

2008

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Country superstars don't come any more reliable than Alan Jackson. Closing in on two dec-ades on the job, he still hasn't broken his string of strong singer-songwriter records, without ever wandering anywhere near the mainstream-pop spotlight. On Good Time, he doesn't push himself hard, sticking to the familiar themes of "Small Town Southern Man," "Country Boy" and "Laid Back 'N Low Key." When he gets hold of a honky-tonk ditty like "Good Time," he lets it roll on past the five-minute mark just to prove he can. Sometimes he goes overboard, as in "I Still Like Bologna," where he gets sentimental over cold cuts on white bread as a refuge from the world of laptops and cell phones. But his 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 in the good old days when "Jimmy Carter moved to D.C./A Georgia boy just like me" and reflects, "Wonder Woman sure looked fine/Bionic Man was still prime time."

ROB SHEFFIELD

(Posted: Feb 7, 2008)

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Review 1 of 2

JackRoo writes:

2of 5 Stars


If your idea of a good time is balogna on white bread then this is for you.

Jul 17, 2008 21:18:07

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Review 2 of 2

IMightBeWrong04 writes:

2of 5 Stars


Not his best but its ok. everything he does sounds the same.

Jun 16, 2008 09:11:54

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