For all of you true blue Gary Allan fans out there...this is it...the latest and greatest this is it! For those of you that don't know...this is the first album released since the death of his wife in late 2005. To the best of what I can gather...his wife committed suicide at their Hendersonville TN home in the early morning hours.
This Album is the first since her death, with the first release of 'Best I Ever Had' A 'tribute' to his late wife. This album is a serious dive into the deep depressive, down and out, kind of emotions that Gary is feeling. The CD is a damn good CD, I would say his best yet, (I own all of his CDs to this point). The songs are really good, and really heartfelt for the most part, however Allan said in an interview that he wasn't really intrested in what songs went on the CD, just to cut it and get it out. With that said, I have found a few really good songs. 'Nickajack Cave' (a tribute to Johnny Cash), 'Tough All Over', 'He Can't Quit Her', 'What Kind Of Fool', and my personal fav...'I Just Got Back From Hell'.
Nickajack Cave talks about Johnny Cash as sort of a 'tribute' to the man in black. He Can't Quit Her talks about how this guy falls in love for a whore, who will not give up her ways for him. So one night he sees her with another man, and the other man shoots him (so it leads you to believe). What Kind Of Fool talks about how a man leaves this 'beautiful' woman, and is wondering how could anyone do such a thing to a wonderful lady. And my Personal Fav is 'I Just Got Back From Hell' this song talks about his struggles with depression (hell) and how he wasn't sure that he could make it out alive, but somehow he did, and he's going to 'look up' from this point on. This is a VERY powerful song to anyone dealing with depression. It does show you that there is other life out there. I love that song.
As before stated, this album is by far the BEST of his albums. I would give this one a 5 star rating HANDS DOWN! His latest album is a greatest hits album, that is in stores now. For all of you Gary Allan fans out there, check my stash out, there's a lot of Gary Allan videos there.
