Artist: Chris Janson
Album: Buy Me A Boat
Bitrate: 251kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Warner
Genre: Country
Size: 67.34 megs
PlayTime: 0h 35min 38sec total
Rip Date: 2015-11-15
Store Date: 2015-10-13
Track List:
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01. Buy Me A Boat 3:00
02. Power Of Positive Drinkin' 3:30
03. Under The Sun 3:27
04. Holdin' Her 4:05
05. Messin' With Jesus (With Tim 3:06
McGraw)
06. Right In The Middle 2:23
07. Save A Little Sugar 3:02
08. Back In My Drinkin' Days 2:44
09. Where You Come In 3:17
10. Yeah It Is 3:18
11. White Trash 3:46
Release Notes:
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Chris JansonÆs ôBuy Me a Boatö is a working-class anthem, a bone-dry, heavily
drawled shrug about the downside of wage labor. ItÆs also wry: ôThey call me
redneck, white trash and blue collar/but I could change all that if I had a
couple million dollars.ö
In the modern country context ù denuded accents, love songs, winks to pop and
hip-hop ù it feels practically heretical.
Mr. Janson was between labels when he released ôBuy Me a Boatö; it first gained
attention when the influential and disruptive radio D.J. Bobby Bones played it
on his show. And yet it went as high as No. 2 on the Billboard country chart, a
novelty that became something more. That means that Mr. Janson might be
NashvilleÆs first viable post-bro. In the genreÆs perpetual arm wrestle over
values, ôBuy Me a Boatö feels like the beginning of a comeback for rural-minded
country.
Mr. JansonÆs impressive full-length debut album, titled after his breakthrough
hit, is an extension of that promise, from the rambunctious ôPower of Positive
DrinkinÆ ö to the tough flirtation ôSave a Little Sugarö to the surprisingly
affecting ôYeah It Is,ö a pickup song with a moral center.
Even his more conventional, value-free material ù the soft island country of
ôUnder the Sun,ö or the boy-becomes-man tale ôHoldinÆ Herö ù is strong. ThatÆs
probably because, at 29, Mr. Janson is already something of a Nashville lifer.
He released his debut single five years ago, and has been signed to at least
four record labels. In the meanwhile, heÆs written songs for several artists,
from Justin Moore (ôOff the Beaten Pathö) to Tim McGraw (ôTruck Yeahö). (Mr.
McGraw returns the favor here, teaming up with Mr. Janson on the cheeky ôMessinÆ
With Jesus.ö)
The album closes with the redemption tale ôWhite Trash.ö ItÆs a familiar class
anxiety story ù working folks versus the bourgeoisie, in a proxy fight for
country musicÆs soul. Songs like this were anathema to the heartthrobs of recent
years ù they always get the girl. But for Mr. Janson, itÆs not a given. ôTheir
daddies didnÆt want us hanging æround their girls,ö he sings, with a splash of
resentment. Does he get the girl? Of course he does. Post-bro, 1; bro, 0.