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Freight Train
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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."
Also By This Artist: Good Time Like Red On A Rose Precious Memories What I Do
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
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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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe
There isn’t anything revelatory or strikingly different here--just the solid, precise craftsmanship of an artist now deep into his career.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly
The results float comfortably in the haze of Jackson's 20 year career. If you hate surprises, he's your guy.
Read Full Review >The New York Times
The magic in his stoicism is gone too: Freight Train is filled with songs that are mature but not wise.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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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The average user rating for this album is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
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