What I Do

Alan Jackson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 7, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arista
• ASIN: B0002NRRYM
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #127,824 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Long live the king of traditonal country music., October 6, 2004

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This review is from: What I Do (Audio CD)

Alan Jackson's new cd is called "What I Do" After listening to it I think a better title would be "What I Do Best" because what you have on these 12 tracks is Alan singing about heartbreak, a honky tonk a car that is need of repair. and true love, and that is what he does best. The songs are delivered in pure country arrangements without the overproduction that has plagued country music so much. There are no screaming loud guitars or pounding drums. Just the sweet sounds of the weeping and dancing fiddles. Which are complimented by the crying steel.

Alan's vocals are delivered with raw emotion. One of the cd's most powerful song has to be "Monday Morning Church" a song about a man who has lost his love and is trying to cope with what he loved being put in the ground. You can feel his pain when he sings about her things she left behind. The backup vocal's of Patty Loveless only add to the overall effect. The cd is worth the price for this cut.

The whole cd isn't about heartbreak. A few of the others are about not letting love slip by with "If Love Was A River" Another tune that should really smoke in a live setting with Alan's top notch band "The Stray horns"

has to be "Burning The Honky Tonks down" about a man's wife tired of sitting home and goes after the Honky Tonks and torches them. Fans of the Oak Ridge Boys should instantly recognize the bass voice of Richard Strenban providing backup.

One to that's sure to make you smile is "If French Fries Were Fat Free" If his wife still loved him, came back home and fries were fat free his life would be perfect. Then there is the Takin song repair blues about a mechanic who is a songwriter and pitches a song while working on his car. Only to find out his song isn't that good, but Alan can fix it for him in exchange for working on his car plus 100 bucks. After listening to this cd it should prove to the listener that Alan is the king of traditional country music. So hail to the king.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fabulous...as always, January 9, 2005

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Alejandra Vernon "artist & illustrator" (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What I Do (Audio CD)

Alan Jackson is one of the most consistent superstars in any genre, and in every facet of his enormous talent; as a songwriter always turning out melodies and lyrics of fine quality, sung so well in his relaxed warm baritone, and along with his extraordinary band, giving us nothing but brilliant musicianship.

"What I do" is what he does so perfectly: A blend of lilting ballads of the love-lost variety, up-tempo numbers with a nice slice of humor ("The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" is hilarious), and with a blazing track to show off the immense virtuosity of the musicians, "Burnin' the Honkey Tonks Down" will knock your socks off. Stuart Duncan (fiddle) and Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano) are among those that back Jackson in this CD, with the exception of the final track, which was recorded live at the 2004 Flameworthy Awards in Nashville, and has a different line-up, which includes guitarist Tom Rutledge.

The singles from this CD are "Too Much of a Good Thing" and "Monday Morning Church" (the lovely Patty Loveless sings harmony on the latter), but there isn't a song on this CD that isn't hit-worthy...it is excellence through and through.

Jackson wrote five of the twelve songs (tracks # 1, # 2, # 3, # 5, and # 6), and "Rainy Day in June", a delicate and sad love song, is a favorite...though it's hard to pick favorites in this album.

The sound is crystal clear, the booklet insert contains recording info and all the lyrics, and total playing time is 44'48.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars People Who Listen To Save A Horse Would Give This 1 Star!, October 27, 2004

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Peter R. Kic (York, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What I Do (Audio CD)

Now, I was sitting and reading reviews of this new Alan Jackson CD. I was not too pleased as to what people had to say. Just because an album is not upbeat does not mean it's not good. I think the problem these days is that people are too hyped up on this garbage coming outta Nashville. Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy?? come on, why don't guys make some porn for heaven's sake cause that's what you're promoting. Alan has stayed true to his roots an given us an amazing album. One of his best yet. From start to finish you get heartbreaking music that touches the soul...do you remember what country music used to sound like?? Something like this. What about the amazing Monday Morning Church. That's gonna be one of his classics mark my word. So you see, it's trash that's coming out of Nashville like Big and Rich that's making people forget what real music is...this is real country music. For the diehards...please don't forget and get bombarded by crap outta Nashville these days.

Thank you for your time.