Artist: Randy Houser
Album: Fired Up
Bitrate: 256kbps avg
Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz
Label: Stoney Creek Records
Genre: Country
Size: 116.22 megs
PlayTime: 1h 00min 15sec total
Rip Date: 2016-03-25
Store Date: 2016-03-11
Track List:
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01. Back 3:34
02. We Went 3:00
03. Chasing Down A Good Time 3:33
04. Senior Year 3:59
05. Mine Tonight 3:27
06. Lucky Me 3:43
07. Song Number 7 3:00
08. Before Midnight 3:15
09. True 3:51
10. Yesterday's Whiskey 3:44
11. Fired Up 3:34
12. Little Bit Older 2:49
13. Gotta Get You Home 3:43
14. Hot Beer And Cold Women 3:46
15. Same Ole Saturday Night 3:32
16. One Way 3:43
17. Whiskeysippi River 4:02
Release Notes:
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As country music has begun to extricate itself from the terror reign of the bro
over the last year, it has become ever more clear what the genre has been
drowning in and also where it has been parched.
The bro was affable ù if a little knee-jerk anti-woman ù and the bro wanted to
have a good time. More to the point, the bro never sounded tough, or even
particularly meaty.
Which explains, in part, why Randy Houser hasnÆt had more of a foothold in
recent years. He is a rich, viscous singer with a tremendous amount of vocal
force, more abrasion than massage. He has succeeded with genial hits like
ôRunninÆ Outta Moonlightö and ôGoodnight Kiss,ö efficient songs that lacked the
verve and texture of his breakthrough songs ôBoots Onö and, especially, the
sublime ôAnything Goes.ö
On his fourth album, ôFired Upö ù his best since his 2008 debut, ôAnything Goesö
ù Mr. Houser is reclaiming his vigor, from the 1990s-style power country of ôWe
Wentö and ôBack,ö which recalls the strength of duos like Montgomery Gentry and
Brooks & Dunn, to the melancholic ôHot Beer and Cold Women.ö
This album is produced by Derek George with an appealing roughness, full of
concisely slashing rock guitar and nods to Tom Petty and the blues ù familiar
turf for Mr. Houser.
It brings out his most robust singing, even when the subject matter is
straightforward, like on ôSenior Year,ö a bruised take on the sort of nostalgia
Kenny Chesney used to render in hazy fashion, and ôSong Number 7,ö likely to be
one of the best country songs of this year. Its premise is a familiar country
conceit: music about the power of music. The songwriting ù by Justin Wilson, Ben
Hayslip and Chris Janson ù is impressive, but Mr. HouserÆs performance is truly
rousing, delivering soft sentiment with a gut punch.