Angels and Alcohol
| Alan Jackson
Angels and Alcohol
Angels and Alcohol is the twentieth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on July 17, 2015 via Alan's Country Records and EMI Nashville. Jackson wrote seven of the album's ten tracks. The album was produced by Keith Stegall.-Wikipedia
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National Public Radio
July 8, 2015. Musically, Angels And Alcohol sticks to the meat, ma'am: no beats, no AutoTune, just plenty of brilliant playing by Jackson's many friends in the community of seasoned Nashville cats.
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AllMusic
July 17, 2015. . . . but often the real appeal of Angels and Alcohol is in the singer, not the song. As the album rolls on, it's easy to get sucked into his eloquent phrasing and assured band. He might not be trying anything new, but it's a pleasure to hear a master enjoying his work.
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Taste of Country
July 17, 2015. From top to bottom, Angels and Alcohol is a warm record that longtime fans will appreciate. He’s not pursuing radio as aggressively as he once did, which is a shame, because songs like “Jim and Jack and Hank” (technically a single) would sound as good on FM today as Jackson's cuts did 25 years ago.
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My Kind of Country
July 23, 2015. There are no stretches or surprises here, just good old country music that will not leave Jackson’s fans disappointed. Sometimes that’s enough.
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Country Exclusive
July 20, 2015. All in all, Angels and Alcohol is a great album, and in the absence of George Strait, Alan Jackson is our reigning country king. He has delivered, and I hope he will continue making refreshingly good country music.
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Saving Country Music
July 18, 2015. Angels & Alcohol has a few bumps in the road—some songs that maybe could have benefited from borrowing a line or two from a co-writer—and then the album has few really good ones. And overall, with that classic voice backed by traditional sounds, there’s just something about an Alan Jackson album that puts a smile on your face, and makes you hope new Alan Jackson albums don’t go away anytime soon.
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Kurrent Music
March 20, 2017. It’s an excellent record, one many country fans have been chomping at the bit for. Angels and Alcohol is a breath of fresh air to those of us who are physically sick of the low hanging fruit featured on mainstream country radio today.
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Country Standard Time
Jackson, thankfully, does not veer from his traditional country beat on his first new studio disc in three years. It's the traditional sound that makes him a throwback today.
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Country Universe
July 25, 2015. While Angels and Alcohol only has ten songs, none of the songs are filler, which makes the album feel as full as the longer albums of his peers. . . . Moreover, 26 years into his incredible career, Jackson’s new album is decidedly his best specifically country album in at least a decade.
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Entertainment Focus
August 8, 2015. Angels and Alcohol is a solid release from Jackson. It’s hard for any artist to find longevity in the music industry but Jackson has managed his. His music is as good today as it’s ever been and he’s still got a huge fanbase.
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Six Shooter Country
September 3, 2016. Alan Jackson has delivered an album that is the musical equivalent of Jeremy Corbyn, it sits uncomfortably among the mainstream that Alan is part of, but people are voting for it. That is a win for everyone.
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Country Music Chat
July 14, 2015. To sum it up, Angels and Alcohol is like that familiar pair of shoes in the corner that you’re just not going to throw away anytime soon – and that’s a good thing!
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Providence Journal
September 8, 2015. Alan Jackson once again proves capable of finding fresh wrinkles in his comfortable, familiar style. His new album, "Angels and Alcohol," delivers good-time honky-tonk, emotional country ballads and gentle, philosophical tunes about the enduring strengths and occasional difficulties of life.
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Nash Country Daily
July 27, 2015. On Angels & Alcohol, his first album in three years, Alan once again delivers the kind of engaging, heartfelt songs his fans have come to expect.
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Herald Standard
July 21, 2015. “Angels and Alcohol” continues Jackson’s mastery of crafting songs that speak straight to the heart.
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Flying Shoes Review
August 17, 2015. It maybe 25 years since the acclaimed Jackson’s ground-breaking, career making Here In the Real World, but he is still making essential country music, stetting a benchmark for others.
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Digital Journal
June 30, 2015. Alan Jackson brilliant on new studio album 'Angels and Alcohol'
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Nashville Gab
I hate music reviews, or at least writing them, but seriously, you should take listen to (and then buy) Alan Jackson’s new album, Angels and Alcohol, because it’s really good.
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John Emms
July 13, 2015. Alan Jackson makes real country music, that’s just the plain truth. And on his new album Angels and Alcohol due out July 17 he hits it out of the park.
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Newsday
July 15, 2015. The modesty is genuine, seeing how Jackson stays away from the spotlight as much as a country superstar can. But his mantra also works as a goal. And on his new album, "Angels and Alcohol" (ACR/EMI Nashville), Jackson achieves it, with a selection of deceptively simple songs that put all the way-too-clever jokes and all the bro-country currently littering the country airwaves to shame.
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Think Country Music
August 6, 2015. While some may say that his album’s formula is dated and predictable, my reply to them would be “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. He has definitely kept the promise he made way back in 1989 after the release of his first album to “carry on the tradition of real hard-core country music” and I am sure I am not alone in being thankful for that!
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Music Weekly News
July 29, 2015. For my 410th review, Alan Jackson delivers yet another solid country record twenty-five years into his career.
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Tap Milwaukee
With the constant reinvention of what sells — and plays — well in mainstream country music, there's also comfort in the ongoing consistency of the tradition-leaning sound and life-exploring and -affirming storytelling that has marked every one of Jackson's releases over the past 25 years.
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This Is Country Music
Alan Jackson continues to prove why he's one of the best in the business with Angels and Alcohol. . . . There's almost nobody that does country music better, and this record is just another example of that.
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