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When Somebody Loves You

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I totally disagree with Rich Kienzle's unfair evaluation of this CD. Anyone who has followed Alan Jackson's music from when he first started out a decade ago, knows that It's Alright to Be a Redneck is NOT a cartoonish non-original, it's just another cool, fun song sung in Alan Jackson style and all of his CD's contain at least one song of this type. The Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Up-Tempo Love Song is another neat song that is just Alan's way of putting into words what he believes in. Alan Jackson doesn't have to try to sign like Merle Haggard or George Jones, that's why he's consistenly nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year at the CMA's -- all artists have influences, and most artists have been quoted as sounding like someone else, but Alan will always sing in his distinct and own style. Life or Love is one of the smoothest songs that you could play over and over again while cruising down the highway. It's almost magical how Alan Jackson always seems to top his last album, and he's done it again with this one -- and he certainly deserves credit for writing five of the songs on the album -- let's face it, other than George Strait and maybe Vince Gill, what other true, down-home country artists are still out there? This CD is a MUST-HAVE for every Alan Jackson's fan collection of CD's -- he just continues to get better and better.

I have always been a fan of Alan Jackson and I have to say that this album is definately one of his best. In a day and age where true country music is hard to find, Jackson stays true to his roots and has avoided the urge to go crossover. This album has several of his trademark romantic/ballad style pieces that I think are great. "A Love Like That," is a sweet, hopeful longing for a perfect love. The title track, "When Somebody Loves You," is a gentle tribute to the power of a good love. This album is a must have for all true country music fans.

Alan Jackson's 10th album, When Somebody Loves You, offers the same consistency and sound from this traditional country artist.... and that's not a bad thing!

Alan Jackson's Election Day release of "When Somebody Loves You" brings eleven songs with the heart and soul of traditional country, a nod to the technology age as well as a wink to his collaboration of "Murder on Music Row." The album is strong with the familiar sounding Jackson twang and tempo while bringing out his songwriting skills yet again.

Alan sings a country ballad like no other

The title track, "When Somebody Loves You" is sure to be Jackson's next ballad hit. It gives you a sense that Jackson has learned a few of lives lessons especially when it comes to the feeling between a man and a woman. In the ballad, "I Still Love You" it brings back memories to anyone who has broken up with someone and felt a sense of unrest or inability to move on. Jackson's third ballad, "Maybe I Should Stay Here" stirs in references to Jack Daniels and Estee Lauder in only a way that Jackson can do to keep the song country instead of pop.

Alan brings his familar twang songs to this album

Although I believe that Jackson can put more heart and soul into a country ballad than most of his contemporaries, he also doesn't fail to entertain us on this album with his own special brand of redneck songs. With his "Meat and Potato Man" describing his simple country needs to "It's Alright To Be A Redneck" declaring to the world that rednecks everywhere need not be ashamed.

Classic traditional country sound

Throw in a few Jackson standards such as "The Thrill Is Back," "Life or Love." and "Where I Come From" and you have a classic traditional country album.

And if just to prove that he didn't have anything to do with the Murder on Music Row's reference to country becoming too pop, Jackson offers a "Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Up-Tempo Love Song" that will have you singing and tapping along from the beginning.

The only nod to the current times is the current rising song, "www.memory" written by Jackson this summer. The song's video is already a top 12 hit on CMT.

"When Somebody Loves You" is another solid effort from Jackson and one that you won't regret owning. Some albums I listen to I have a hard time figuring out which track is going to be the next single because most of the tracks aren't "catchy." With this album, I'm having a hard time picking a favorite track because they are all excellent!

Alan Jackson is one of the few best-selling artists who throughout his long career has kept "real country music" thriving; during Nashville's ups and downs and pop crossover cycles, Jackson never left his roots, and for that we thank him.
In this platinum CD, which was his 10th recording, his wonderful baritone voice and relaxed style make all 11 tracks great listening.
Three of the five songs written by Jackson in this album were released as singles: "www.memory", "When Somebody Loves You", and the terrific "Where I Come From", which peaked at # 1 on the Billboard charts.

Other favorites include the opening "Meat and Potatoes Man", which is funny and tailor-made for Jackson's humor, the romantic, lilting "Maybe We Should Stay Here", and Jackson's "Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Up-tempo Love Song", which is a showpiece for his fabulous band (guitars: Bruce Watkins/acoustic, Paul Franklin/steel, Brent Mason/electric. Bass: Glenn Worf. Drums: Eddie Bayers. Fiddle: Stuart Duncan, Larry Franklin. Harmonica: Terry McMillan. Piano: Gary Prim, Keith Stegall).
Total playing time is an all-too-short (because time passes quickly when listening to Jackson) 34'01 minutes.

I just finished listening to the latest Jackson album. It's his 10th stdio album and my 10th Alan Jackson album as well. I love this guy. I was at a concert a couple of weeks ago and I loved all his old hits, Chattahoochie, Living on Love (my favorite), and so on.

Now, the new one, I Don't know what to say. I liked two songs right from the start, the one with the long title "Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Uptempo Love Song" and of course "www.memory". Now what about the rest?

My opinion is that the quality of the songs decreased over the last decade, but it's still Alan Jackson Country, that I don't care, it doesn't bother me at all. I love all his songs, any of them without exceptions, and I will continue to love all of the songs, including this album. I think you might need to get "used" to them, because a couple are kinda "rocky". What I was missing are the ballads a la "Wanted" or "Midnight in Montgomery" or "The Blues Man" - as I said: the old stuff (3 years ago and earlier) is a little bitty better. Maybe because I like ballad songs so much. But, as always, I L.O.V.E. all the songs on this album and I really recommend it. What did you think would an Alan Jackson album be if not "recommendable"?! - a pure understatement. He's the king of country.

I rushed to the store this morning to be one of the first to get a piece. And as expected it's Alan Jackson again. He will never give up to the Pop genre, never!

Go get this. You will love it, trust me.

I have been a Alan Jackson fan still I was old enough to walk, he is the greatest and his new album proves that he still rules. "When Somebody Loves You", represents what country is all about. With songs such as Meat and Potato Man, and It's Alright To Be A Redneck, Alan Jackson describes country roots. With his songs "When Somebody Loves You", "www.memory", " I still Love you", and " A Love Like That", Alan expresses his awesome voice to reach the listeners hearts. And of course he gave us fans some up beat songs with "Three Minute Postive Not Too Country Up-Tempo Love Song" and "The Thrill Is Back". The fact that he wrote five of the eleven songs on the CD shows that his talent has no limit. Alan has always dominated country music, he gives the music industry what is needs to keep country music alive. Alan truly is the sexiest and most talented artists, and this CD proves it once again just like in the past. Get this CD if you dont have it already you wont regret it, I have it and it is awesome, Let Alan sing you to sleep with is sexy, unique voice. He is like no other, Noone could ever take his place.

I have always loved songs by alan jackson, even when I was a little girl. i remember riding in the car with my dad and singing along to 'Chattahoochie'every time it came on the radio. I heard a lot of the songs on this CD, When Somebody Loves you, first on the radio. I heard them so much I basically knew all the words. I am not much at keeping up with the titles of songs or even when the songs come out. so i didn't realize that all these songs i loved so much were all on the same album. i was just looking through the country CD's at the music store, and saw the When Somebody loves You CD. I looked on the back to see the songs and there they all were on the same CD. i didn't have any money and knew i wouldn't any time soon, so i asked my aunt to get it for me for christmas. when i opened it up i screamed because i was so excited to get it finally. i listened to it straight through two times as soon as i got the plastic off. i love it, and listen to it all the time. the songs are so easy to sing along to and have really good rythmn. They have those types of chourus' that just get in your head and you just randomly start singing them throughout the day. music you can sing along to and that is easy to know all the words is the best type of music. this CD is just that.

When Somebody Loves You is only the second Alan Jackson album I've purchased(its predecessor, Under The Influence, is the other). However, after listening to this record, I can see why Alan gets a lot of praise for his music. He doesn't try to make his music "pop" in order to sell more records, but instead has remained true to his country roots. As Alan usually does, he has plenty of good slow songs on this one. The best ballads here are the title track "When Somebody Loves You", "Life Or Love", "A Love Like That", "Maybe I Should Stay Here" and Alan's current hit "www.memory"(a contemporary twist on the lost-love song that capitalizes on our current obsession with getting on the Web). Alan also has some upbeat, funny songs on this record--"Meat And Potato Man", "It's Alright To Be A Redneck", and "Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Up-Tempo Love Song", the record's concluding tune. This is a fine record from one of country music's best performers. In my opinion, when the awards shows come up, When Somebody Loves You should get nominated for best country album. It's certainly worthy of that award.

Alan Jackson is a true country singer. He writes his own songs and has a great voice. I love this CD. It's the first of his that I've gotten but I'm planning to get several more. The beautiful love song "When Somebody Loves You" is one of Alan's best. Plus, the songs "Where I Come From", "www.memory", "Meat and Potato Man", "The Thrill is Back", and "A Love Like That" are all my favorites. The best cd's are the ones where you like almost every song. This cd definitely fits the bill. It's very hard to find an Alan Jackson song that I don't like. He is definitely one of the best in country music.

Sonically, this album is very well-recorded! Plus, the songs are terrific! I am a middle-aged guy who happens to think that neo-country music is much like the rock of the 50's and 60's. Elvis, Buddy Holly and the Beatles come to mind when I listen to this CD. Alan Jackson has a very smooth vocal delivery and his voice has a lot of natural presence on this recording. Also, the recording engineers at Arista/BMG did an outstanding job of positioning the instruments in a very believable 3D soundstage. This is not what I call "in-your-face" music, which is so typical of today's overmiked and overdubbed popular music. Long live neo-country because they make listening to music enjoyable to us middle-age baby boomers. Vocalists such as Alan Jackson, Trisha Yearwood, Kathy Mattea, Garth Brooks, Wynnona, and the Dixie Chicks really care about the quality of their recordings. These artists and their recording companies stand out in a crowd of otherwise average competition.