Justin Moore - Outlaws Like Me

Artist:

Moore, Justin

UPC:

843930005154

Description:

Personnel: Curt Ryle, Steven Sheehan (acoustic guitar); Troy Lancaster (electric guitar); Mike Johnson , Russ Pahl (steel guitar); Larry Franklin (fiddle); Michael Rojas, Jim "Moose" Brown (keyboards); Tommy Harden (drums); Jason Kyle Saetveit, Russell Terrell, Perry Coleman (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Jamie Tate.
Recording information: The Padded Room, Nashville, TN; The Rukkus Room, Nashville, TN.
Photographers: Kristin Barlowe; Stephanie Diggs.
Shedding some of the big-booted affectations and sticky sentimentalism of his 2009 debut while sharpening his musical attack, Justin Moore takes a leap forward on his second album, 2011`s Outlaws Like Me. Which isn`t to say Moore can`t resist succumbing some small-town pandering -- he fetishizes pickup truck and bait, offers the NRA a potential anthem in "Guns" ("as long as I`m alive and breathing/you won`t take my guns") -- nor has his voice suddenly gained muscle or grit but, contrary to its title, Outlaws Like Me doesn`t rely heavily on macho boasts, so he`s able to deliver these songs easily with his clean tenor twang. Much of the echoing, arena-ready stomp of his debut has been sanded away, leaving a leaner country-rock that can convincingly dip its toe in hardcore country ? la David Allan Coe ("If You Don`t Like My Twang"). These tougher numbers -- the ones written in the outlaw tradition Moore claims to be heir apparent -- are the best moments here because the music packs a punch that carries through on the promise of Moore`s braggadocio, a situation that rarely happened on his debut, but happens enough here to make this a much better record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Redneck Side
2. My Kind of Woman
3. If Heaven Wasn`t So Far Away
4. Run Out of Honky Tonks
5. Beer Time
6. Bait a Hook
7. Flyin` Down a Back Road
8. If You Don`t Like My Twang
9. Guns
10. Sunshine Babies
11. Til My Last Day
12. Bed of My Chevy
13. Outlaws Like Me

Album Information

Release Date:

06/21/2011

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Subgenre:

Contemporary Country

Label:

Valory

Producer:

Jeremy Stover

Catalog Number:

0200

Original Release Year:

2011

# of Discs:

1

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

46 : 50

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