Wouldn't It Be Nice

Jason Allen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 11, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: D.. Records
• ASIN: B00020HAZQ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #391,755 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Make Up Your Mind

2. Costin' to Stay in Austin

3. John Boat Blues

4. Must Have Been Meant to Be

5. Chicken Pluckin'

6. My Favorite Song

7. Hold'em Up

8. Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was on the Right)

9. Everything But the Words

10. Your Love

11. Devil's Destiny

12. Wouldn't It Be Nice

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New talent with a great voice and a big heart . . ., June 18, 2005

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Ronald Scheer "rockysquirrel" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wouldn't It Be Nice (Audio CD)

Jason Allen is a Texas singer-songwriter with a great voice and a big heart - if this collection of songs is any indication, and I suspect it is. Like any Nashville hopeful, he includes some pop-country songs, mostly of the lovin' variety (love won, love lost) and a nostalgic remembrance of small-town boyhood ("Wouldn't It Be Nice") - they're smoothly, confidently done and belong on the charts.

But the really good stuff on the album are his tributes to a several musical traditions, from Cajun ("Make Up Your Mind") and Delta blues ("John Boat Blues") to honky-tonk ("Hold 'em Up") and a two-step dance tune that makes you want to jump up and grab a partner ("Costin' to Stay in Austin").

There's also a great Buck Owens style song ("Your Heart Turned Left") and a rip-roarin' guitar picking number ("Chicken Pluckin'") featuring virtuosos Randy Cornor and Redd Volkeart. Allen even finds room for some south-of-the-border drama with his "Devil's Destiny," about a murderous bull. At the last, he goes all the way back to his roots, singing and playing old-time gospel song duets with Wesley Sligar (who I gather from the notes is his dad-in-law).

A definite go. If you like country and enjoy new talent, you can't go wrong with this up-and-comer.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice genre blend, May 20, 2004

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D. Skiba "skibot" (Virginia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wouldn't It Be Nice (Audio CD)

Jason combines great vocals and guitar riffs across a rich diversity of sounds from Gospel, Blues, Country Ballard's, to classic Texas two-step. Jason retains his authentic Country/Western style on-display from this first album and doesn't sellout to the pop influence found on today's "Country" radio stations. A must-have for your Texas album collection.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Texas music...., October 23, 2006

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aggiedude (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wouldn't It Be Nice (Audio CD)

Whether your in the mood for a nice slow love song (Must Have been Meant to Be) or a fantastic pick me up (Chicken Pluckin'), this cd has it all from a fantastically gifted Texas artist....Have been to only 2 of Jason's concerts but both were outstanding; great music from a great artist. I personally recommend this cd to any country music fan.....God bless, Marty