Robbie Fulks - Georgia Hard
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Track List: Georgia Hard
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- Where There's A RoadDownload & Buy
- It's Always Raining SomewhereDownload & Buy
- Leave It To A LoserDownload & Buy
- Georgia HardDownload & Buy
- I'm Gonna Take You Home (And Make You Like Me)Download & Buy
- Coldwater, TennesseeDownload & Buy
- All You Can CheatDownload & Buy
- Countrier Than ThouDownload & Buy
- If They Could Only See Me NowDownload & Buy
- I Never Did Like PlanesDownload & Buy
- Each Night I TryDownload & Buy
- Doin' Right (For All The Wrong Reasons)Download & Buy
- You Don't Want What I HaveDownload & Buy
- Right On ReddDownload & Buy
- Goodbye, Cruel GirlDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Georgia Hard
- Release Date:
- 05/17/2005
- Label:
- Yep Roc Records
- UPC:
- 634457210127
User Reviews: Georgia Hard
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Robbie Fulks "Georgia Hard" Shows The Way
, May 23, 2005Reviewer: wornoutmorgan - See all wornoutmorgan's reviews
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Pro Reviews: Georgia Hard
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Robbie Fulks seems to have developed something of a love/hate relationship with country music. It's not so much that Fulks doesn't like the stuff anymore (quite the opposite), but his albums Let's Kill Saturday Night and Couples in Trouble have made it clear his interests has been moving into other areas, but while Couples in Trouble was the strongest and most ambitious album of his career to date, it didn't sell very well, and its wide palate of rock and pop sounds puzzled many fans who were hoping for more tunes like, say, "She Took a Lot of Pills (And Died)." Fulks has headed back into country territory with Georgia Hard, his first album for Yep Roc (and his first set not recorded on his own dime since his illfated affiliation with Geffen), which is informed by his love of countrypolitan songwriting in the manner of Bill Anderson, Shel Silverstein and Roger Miller. While this album certainly plays to Fulks' strengths, it also suggests that he's chafing a bit at its selfimposed boundaries; there are songs here that have "country hit" written all over them, especially "Where There's a Road," "I Never Did Like Planes," "If They Could Only See Me Now," and the excellent title cut. However, there are a few that edge uncomfortably towards parody in their pursuit of the twang, such as "All You Can Cheat" and "Goodbye, Cruel Girl," while "I'm Gonna Take You Home (And Make You Like Me)" and "Countrier Than Thou" are so snarky they shoot the album's balance square in the foot (the latter seems specifically designed to alienate whatever fans he has who weren't annoyed by "Roots Rock Weirdos"). Georgia Hard leaves no doubt that Robbie Fulks is as good a country songwriter as anyone working today, but bits of it clearly suggest he'd rather be doing other things, and it's a shame he hasn't been able to balance the broader vision of Couples in Trouble with the richer and more human outlook depicted in this disc's high points. - Mark Deming, All Music Guide |
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Singer/songwriter Robbie Fulks was one of the more heralded talents in the alternative country movement, displaying an offbeat, sometimes dark sense of humor in many of his best moments. As time passed, Fulks moved away from the country twang of his ...Full Robbie Fulks Biography
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Pros: Everything - the songs, performance, engineering
Cons: Not available in New Guinea till late June
This IS country music. Fulks has bent all his considerable talent to the wheel for this project and in the finish, it is unmatched by anything that might pretend to contest it. Listening to this cd is so satisfying, uplifting, misery-inducing, and by god spooky, that the danger exists of never leaving the house again. Your life will be complete.
Those tired of what passes for country music these days, and sick of stadium antics that add up to nothing in the end, those people NEED this cd.
This is my first review. Whaddya think? Too gushy? Naw. ...