Good Time - Alan Jackson
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68 out of 100

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6.1 out of 10

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  • Summary: The 15th album was written entirely by the country singer from Georgia.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Los Angeles Times
    88
    It's an unusually rich, solidly traditional country record with 17 songs, all written by Jackson, a first in his 18-year recording career.
  2. All Music Guide
    80
    It demonstrates that Jackson is as comfortable with the poppier side of country as he is with the harder stuff, and he can deliver it without seeming as if he's pandering, a feat that is almost as impressive as those generic detours he's taken in the past few years.
  3. Rolling Stone
    60
    His finest songs are always his romantic ballads, and the best one here also sounds like the one he wrote the quickest.
  4. Village Voice
    30
    Jackson's songs don't seem uninflected so much as just plain skimpy, but their word-shy inertia suggests a sly detumescence that only the very successful can imagine, let alone turn to the service of their art.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. DanielC.
    10
    Great album...!!!
  2. PhilZ.
    10
    Breathtaking album : Alan is "back like in the good old times". Tremendous songs like "long long way" or "1976" : that's what I call Country Music, man !… Expand
  3. WilliamB.
    0
    Its time to retire.

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