Allan doubles up
On the songs chart, Allan took over for The Band Perry's Better Dig Two, which slipped to second. Hunter Hayes remained third with Wanted, as did Florida Georgia Line in fourth with Cruise and Jason Aldean's The Only Way I Know with Luke Bryan and Eric Church.
Carrie Underwood broke into the top 10 with Two Black Cadillacs going from 14 to 10. Thompson Square climbed from 24 to 21 with If I Didn't Have You. Casey James re-entered the chart at 24 with Crying on a Suitcase in its 24th week on the chart. Miranda Lambert was 25th with Mama's Broken Heart, up 4. Florida Georgia Line held the 27th spot with Get Your Shine On, up 3. Chris Young made it into the top 30 with I Can Take It From There, which went from 31 to 30.
Allan took over the albums chart from Taylor Swift whose "Red" slipped to second. Randy House debuted in third with "How Country Feels." Florida Georgia Line were fourth with "Here's to the Good Times" and Aldean fifth with "Night Train."
Eli Young Band jumped from 33 to 14 with "Life At Best." "Tim McGraw & Friends," a duets disc by McGraw of previously released material, debuted at 18. Kenny Rogers was one of the few artists to have an increase in chart position. "Amazing Grace" skyrocketed from 62 to 32.
On the Bluegrass Albums chart, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out stayed first with "Timeless Hits From The Past: Bluegrassed." Trampled by Turtles were again second with "Stars And Satellites" and Old Crow Medicine Show third with "Carry Me Back." Punch Brothers held fourth again with "Who's Feeling Young Now?" and Yo-Yo Ma/Stuart Duncan/Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile again fifth with "The Goat Rodeo Sessions."
On the overall top 200, Swift was 9th, Houser 11th, Florida Georgia Line 15th and Aldean 25th.
More news for Gary Allan
- 02/15/23: Allan, Lawrence join forces for tour
- 07/29/22: Allan splits with Universal
- 05/05/21: Allan gets "Ruthless"
- 04/06/16: Country performers pay homage to The Hag
- 06/24/13: Crow, Allan go Free and Easy
- 04/29/13: Allan goes to "Pieces"
- 01/30/13: Allan notches first number one
- 01/22/13: Allan, Houser top new discs
CD reviews for Gary Allan
Much of Gary Allan's "Ruthless" leans toward the big, booming production so common in contemporary country today. Even so, Allen also has one of the most compelling male voices in country music; one that more often than not cuts right through all the over embellishments. On top of that, this 13-song collection has far more winners than losers.
The biggest and best surprise is one titled "SEX." Yes, it's a song about sex – albeit, without being dirty. ...
Gary Allan sets it straight where his musical universe is at when he starts the disc with the words "That was a tough good bye" in Tough Goodbye. You know this is not going to be an easy, joyful ride throughout these dozen songs mainly constricted to heartache and hurting, just as Allan's past would indicate. A look at the song titles - It Ain't the Whiskey, You Without Me, Hungover Heart - makes that abundantly clear.
The number one hit Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain) is a ...
The title may not evoke pretty images, and Gary Allan makes it clear where he's coming from, starting with the title. This is not the feel-good, pop country infiltrating the country airwaves these days. Life and especially love ain't easy at all, and Allan makes damn sure you know that in case it wasn't absolutely, positively clear.
Allan's voice is killer, easily one of country's best, and he utilizes that to great effect here (as usual). There's a tremendous ...
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