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George Jones
It Don't Get Any Better Than This
MCA Records

  In this ever changing world of ours there are only two things that are unchangeable - death and a George Jones song. I would venture to say that if George ever recorded a song that didn't sound like George Jones, the the apocalypse would be upon us, and I reckon I'd sooner face death than for George to change.
  The latest George Jones album incarnation It Don't Get Any Better Than This, is an enlivened 11 cut set that swings back to his early '80's stylings.
  "Wild Irish Rose" the first single from the album, paints a heart-wrenching picture of a Vietnam veteran lost to alcohol and homeless.
  Country's elite masters join George on the spirited title cut, "It Don't Get Any Better Than This." Waylon, Willie, Haggard, Bobby Bare and Johnny Cash weave their vocals throughout this backdoor stab at country radio. Cash, who is still justifiably upset with country radio gets in an added stab at the establishment by having his name in the liner note credits listed as "Johnny Counterfeit."
  The uptempo "Got To Get To Louisiana" features guest vocals by T. Graham Brown, but "When Did You Stop Lovin' Me" is surely the highlight of this album with its clear vintage 'tear-in-my-beer' sound.
  What George Jones does best, no one else in country music today even comes close to attaining and for that reason, when all the others have come and gone, George can say through his music hundreds of years from now that "I Can Live Forever."

-Charlton Wiggins


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