Drive

Jackson, Alan

Genre: music4me > Country

Format: CD Album

Released: Mon 28 Jan 2002

Catalogue Number: 07863670392

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Description:
The obvious talking point on Alan Jackson's hugely successful DRIVE is "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," a song written in response to the September 11 attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. Its refreshing lack of gung-ho patriotism and focus on small details ("Did you turn off that violent old movie you're watchin'/And turn on I Love Lucy reruns") is a hallmark of Jackson's songwriting, which is adept at finding a telling detail to highlight a bigger truth.

Elsewhere, in the best country tradition, "The Sounds" is a familiar tale of heartbreak freshly told, while "Work in Progress" is a catalog of a redneck doofus's unwitting transgressions that'll find an echo in many male listeners. "Designated Drinker," a duet with George Strait, is another in a seemingly inexhaustible line of country drinking songs. Appropriately for an album named DRIVE, two automobile-related songs bookend the set. The title track is about Jackson's first boat and car, while "First Love," in the tradition of NRBQ's "Little Floater" and Neil Young's "Long May You Run," is also about a much-loved vehicle that should be food for thought for women everywhere.

Details:

Distributors: Arvato Services, Sony Music
Producer: Keith Stegall
Sound Engineer: John Kelton
Discs: 1
Release Year: 2002

Track Listing:

1.	Drive (For Daddy Gene)
2.	A Little Bluer Than That
3.	Bring On the Night
4.	Work in Progress
5.	The Sounds
6.	Designated Drinker
7.	Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)
8.	That'd Be Alright
9.	Once in a Lifetime Love
10.	When Love Comes Around
11.	Mike Wells - Supercell
12.	First Love
13.	Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) Bonus Live Track