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Tough All Over
As the title of Gary Allan's sixth album suggests, there's no change of pace or lightening up on his darkest collection to date (and first since his wife's suicide). Love goes bad on the bittersweet "Best I Ever Had," gets brutal on "I Just Got Back from Hell," and turns positively lethal on "He Can't Quit Her." The closest Allan comes to an affirmative sentiment is the schmaltzy "Life Ain't Always Beautiful," though an extended guitar solo brings the rock balladry of "Putting My Misery on Display" to a soul-stirring finale. "Nickajack Cave" evokes the mythic redemption of Johnny Cash, but there's no redemption for Allan here. He sounds like he's trying so hard to convey life's hard lessons that the comparative understatement of "Puttin' Memories Away" comes as a relief. --Don McLeese
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Tracks| 1 | Tough All Over | | 2 | Best I Ever Had | | 3 | I Just Got Back From Hell | | 4 | Ring Ring | | 5 | Promise Broken | | 6 | Nickajack Cave | | 7 | Life Ain't Always Beautiful | | 8 | He Can't Quit Her | | 9 | What Kind Of Fool | | 10 | Puttin' Memories Away | | 11 | No Damn Good | | 12 | Puttin' My Misery On Display |
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