Thirty Miles West
| Alan Jackson
Thirty Miles West
Thirty Miles West is the seventeenth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on June 5, 2012 and is Jackson's first album on his own Alan's Country Records in a joint venture with EMI Nashville. The album includes the singles "Long Way to Go," "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" and "You Go Your Way."-Wikipedia
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Taste of Country
June 7, 2012. On his first album in over two years, Jackson returns to relying on familiar emotions and a voice that God would envy if he were capable of such things. His every-man narratives are sharper than any that dotted 'Freight Train' and (with few exceptions) 'Good Times.' He sounds like a man just back from vacation: refreshed, confident and full of good stories.
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AllMusic
June 5, 2012. . . . he is a master of understatement in both his delivery and construction, the songs slowly seeping into your marrow. It's an album only an old pro could make and it's one of the best this ever-reliable singer has ever done.
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Country Universe
July 2, 2012. The production is clean, his singing doesn't get in the way of the songs, and those songs have complete ideas and actual structure. It's the first mainstream country album in a long time that isn't overrun with production tricks, or kicking up the loudness to eleven, or playing an exaggerated personality type that's condescending to its audience.
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Saving Country Music
June 5, 2012. No land speed records are broken with 30 Miles West, nor are any attempted. It is safe, steady, and solid.
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RoughStock
June 4, 2012. Meat and potatoes no-frills country music at its finest.
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Los Angeles Times
June 6, 2012. There’s nothing drastically different here than what Jackson’s been doing quite well since he first entered the country charts in 1989. Two dozen No. 1 hits later — most from his own pen — he sticks with what works, but never sounds as if he’s simply exploiting a formula.
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The New York Times
June 4, 2012. . . . you’ll find no hint of disruption in the album’s honky-slick sound: Mr. Jackson is still working with his longtime producer, Keith Stegall, and he’s a beacon of constancy besides.
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Mike's Daily Jukebox
July 8, 2012. Alan Jackson continues to carry on the tradition of old school country. . . . Unlike some artists who reinvent themselves to appeal to a younger crowd, Alan has stayed the course and brought new artists over to his side of the fence. Alan Jackson’s seventeenth album, “Thirty Miles West” released in 2012 is a perfect example.
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Apple Music
June 5, 2012. Alan Jackson’s 17th studio album is the first released on his own ACR Records, giving him freedom from his former label’s wish that he'd keep up with the times. Thirty Miles West leans harder on the traditional side of Jackson’s new traditional sound.
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My Kiss Country 93.7
June 8, 2012. ‘Thirty Miles West’ isn’t an album that’s going to be favored by younger country fans, but those who’ve built a family as Jackson has built his career will be satisfied with his best work in years.
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Nuts About Country
Even if you have to travel, 30 Miles West is a short detour to one of this year’s best albums.
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Country Music Chicago
June 8, 2012. Alan Jackson’s 17th studio album and first with his new label ACR/EMI records Nashville is pure, 100% country, no pop, no rock and roll, no big band sound, no frills, just country the way country should sound.
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CountryMusicRocks.net
June 14, 2012. Alan Jackson’s ‘Thirty Miles West’ debuts at the top of Country Album Charts.
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Tap Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
June 12, 2012. It's hard not to read that as a message delivered in Jackson's typically subtle way, and one that underscores his steely resolve: The superstar may be on a new label after more than 20 years, but he's keeping it country.
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People
June 18, 2012. Two decades in, Jackson could stand to experiment more, but overall Thirty Miles West is a journey worth taking.
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THe Morton Report
June 6, 2012. Alan Jackson learned his lessons well, and the true beauty of what he's really about is there is no way he'll ever forget them. For doubters, just listen to the man sing. Case closed, but hearts wide open.
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