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Freight Train

EMAILPRINTby Alan Jackson

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8.0 User Score:

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Album Info

Label: Arista

Release Date: 30 March 2010

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Country

Summary

The multi-award-winning country singer-songwriter releases his latest album, which includes a duet with Lee Ann Womack on the cover of Vern Gosdin's "Til The End."

What The Critics Said

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80

PopMatters

As an Alan Jackson album, Freight Train is so consistently likable that it makes me imagine that he might keep getting better over time, as well.

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70

Billboard.com

Although the style vs. substance debate has been raging for more than 50 years along Nashville's Music Row, there's no mystery about which side Alan Jackson falls on.

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70

Boston Globe

There isn’t anything revelatory or strikingly different here--just the solid, precise craftsmanship of an artist now deep into his career.

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67

Entertainment Weekly

The results float comfortably in the haze of Jackson's 20 year career. If you hate surprises, he's your guy.

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60

The New York Times

The magic in his stoicism is gone too: Freight Train is filled with songs that are mature but not wise.

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60

All Music Guide

Freight Train, Alan Jackson’s 16th album, has none of the momentum of a locomotive but all of the reassuring sturdiness of a hulking piece of steel: this is music built for distance, not speed.

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50

BBC Music

Buoyantly produced, it finds the singer leaning a little too comfortably on the conversational Georgia drawl of his baritone, and the writer coming up a little shy on the sort of detail and wordplay that lifts a cliche.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

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