The Grand Tour
By George Jones
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- A1 The Grand Tour 3:04
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- A2 Darlin' 2:00
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- A3 Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through) 2:56
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- A4 She'll Love the One She's With 2:40
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- A5 Once You've Had the Best 2:36
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- B1 The Weatherman 2:13
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- B2 Borrowed Angel 3:04
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- B3 She Told Me So 2:52
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- B4 Mary Don't Go 'Round 2:05
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- B5 Who Will I Be Loving Now 2:30
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- B6 Our Private Life 2:17
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- Total length: 28:17
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In the middle of his early 'seventies winning streak, George Jones released this album which is often mentioned as being among his best by fans. It clocks in at less than thirty minutes, but not one of those minutes is wasted, not one string or backup vocal put in the wrong place. The title tune and the stunning confessional closer written with his bete noire, Tammy Wynette, bookend a collection of songs that show the rockish singer-songwriters of his era what real honesty looks like in song. Sure, George and Billy Sherrill, his constant producer, are hacks and probably don't even remember making this record, but sometimes there's personal truth to be found in work that avoids the potential vertigo of acute self-consciousness. Sometimes whiskey speaks more clearly than the pot.
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There seem to have been a fair amount of country albums being generated for me recently. Despite there being a few albums that have surprised me, I still find myself sighing when I see that genre underneath the album cover. Regardless, I’ll still give it a fair listen and find out if it is one of these exceptions.
Songs I already knew: none
Favourites: The Grand Tour, She’ll Love The One She’s With, Mary Don’t Go Round
This was a pretty fantastic album to relax to in the evening. Thankfully, it was indeed one of these exceptions and was a very lovely country album. It felt like cosying up with a hot water bottle on a cold winter’s night. What is it about older country music that is so comforting, and yet the newer stuff is (usually) so dull? I don’t know the answer? But I liked this album quite a lot.
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Shaping the Mold: Review #319
7.3
While not necessarily groundbreaking in country music at the time, George Jones would obviously prove extremely influential for the Nashville sound in the coming decades. And what's here is really quite beautiful, like the iconic malaise of "The Grand Tour", or the balladry of "Pass Me By", which features some awesome baritone backing vocals from the Jordanaires and a lush piano accompaniment. I've always had a penchant for "Borrowed Angel", which is about as perfect of a classic country song as I can think of. It's really a solid album despite some of the tracks being kind of weak and phoned in instrumentally, though not something that really has the lyrical and emotive grip of some of country's best tunes. I do absolutely hate "Private Life" though, which while I get the frustrations voiced of being bothered constantly, comes off pretty condescending and makes a lot of unfair generalities about his fans. It's just kind of a sour song that doesn't fit anything else on the album. Anyway, as a whole what's here is worth checking out if you're after some """classic""" country songs, just don't build your expectations up too much.
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Fairly standard-sounding 70s mainstream country, lacking the edge of outlaw contemporaries. The songwriting, arrangements and Jones's voice are all superb though, so I'm definitely not complaining.
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This is a strong enough album - we're not in the country quality freefall yet, but close enough. This is produced by hacks and certainly not a fantastic record, but the brevity is welcome and Jones is easy to like. A clearly commercial effort, and thusly sort of not worth close examination. One longs for the days of Ray Price, Loretta Lynn or Merle Haggard, but anywho ... I guess honky-tonk was dying in seventy-four. The title track is the most interesting thing here, despite its poor lyric.
3 March 2021.
3 March 2021.
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There are a few good songs here, but overall Jones' style of country doesn't really appeal to me all that much. The title track has very little effect on me, and the tracks that enjoyed the most were the more rock-oriented ones, such as "The Weatherman."
Favorite tracks: The Weatherman, Our Private Life
Favorite tracks: The Weatherman, Our Private Life
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What a combination billy sherrill's lush productions and George jones honeyed tones makes. This has to be one of his best albums, everything just comes together brilliantly - the vocal backings, the superb steel guitar playing and piano lines and of course on top jones imbues it all with his own painful experience.
And the title track of course is just extra classic Nashville country.
And the title track of course is just extra classic Nashville country.
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Mixes well with any adult beverage I can think of.
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