Living Hard

Artist: Gary Allan

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Average Rating: (See all reviews) Label: MCA Nashville Quantity Available: 2 24 hour shipping 1  Watching Airplanes 2  We Touched the Sun 3  She's So California 4  Like It's a Bad Thing 5  Learning How to Bend 6  As Long as You're Looking Back 7  Wrecking Ball 8  Yesterday's Rain 9  Trying to Matter 10  Half of My Mistakes 11  Living Hard Performer Notes Personnel: Russ Paul (acoustic guitar, steel guitar); John Willis (acoustic guitar, mandolin); Jaime Hanna (electric guitar, strings, background vocals); Kenny Greenberg, Brent Rowan (electric guitar); Hank Singer (fiddle); Steve Nathan (piano, Hammond b-3 organ, Wurlitzer organ); Glenn Worf, Michael Rhodes (bass instrument); Chad Cromwell (drums); Eric Darken (percussion); Jerry Flowers, Jon Randall, Wes Hightower, Russell Terrell, Perry Coleman (background vocals); Dan Dugmore, Robby Turner. LIVING HARD has a newfound bluesy rock edge that's a bit different from Gary Allan's previous, more traditionalist strain of Nashville country, but it feels more like an exploration of a slightly different sound than a naked pop crossover attempt. Tough outlaw rockers like "Wrecking Ball" sit comfortably next to power ballads like "Learning How To Bend" and winsome love songs like "She's So California." While the album seems less intensely personal than 2005's TOUGH ALL OVER (which was written and recorded in the aftermath of his wife's suicide), a strain of emotional loss still reverberates through many of these songs; even the soaring first single, "Watching Airplanes," has a melancholy edge. However, these songs are tempered by the rebellious title track and the wry bad-boy anthem "Like It's A Bad Thing." Producer: Gary Allan; Mark Wright Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo Country: USA Quantity Available: 2 UPC: 602517338357 Studio/Live: Studio Release Date: 23 October 2007

Having been a fan of Gary's for quite a few years, I was anticipating this album would be pretty good. Especially after hearing the first release, Watching Airplanes. But he's exceeded even my high expectations. He has a great range of musical styles from the rock sounding Living Hard right through to the ballad type, Yesterday's Rain with lots in between. This is an album that can be listened to in the car or sitting around with friends at a bbq over & over again. Love it.