Gary Allan – See If I Care (2003) {SACD ISO + FLAC 24bit/88,2khz}

While Nashville hitmakers Toby Keith and Kenny Chesney rose from clunky B-level stars to bankable stadium fillers, Gary Allan quietly tapped his foot waiting for the rest of the world to get hip to his cool. On his fifth album, the California surfer/singer-finally nominated for the CMA Horizon award in 2003-gets back to the smoldering alt-country-goes-mainstream groove that made 1999’s Smoke Rings in the Dark so brilliant, but which he’d abandoned on 2002’s Alright Guy.

One of Gary Allan’s gifts is the ability to sing about reckless drinking and fatherhood with the same amount of conviction. It’s what makes his fifth release, See If I Care, a pleasing and sincere listen. With lyrics that focus on the changes in attitude one goes through while raising a child, the poignant hit “Tough Little Boys” is the obvious highlight and avoids schmaltz through sincerity. The title cut is another bittersweet winner and the slow, epic “Songs About Rain” is further proof Allan is a master balladeer. True to the Bakersfield aesthetic, the up-tempo numbers go easy on the rock and heavy on the honky tonk. The kicking “Drinkin’ Dark Whiskey” sticks in the head for a long time and “Guys Like Me” is an energetic plea to bring back great tunes to the jukebox. The only thing keeping See If I Care from being outstanding is that, while none of the songs here are cliché, some are only fair and the album ends up more of a performer’s showcase. Too honest for mainstream country and too darn fun for the alt-country set, Allan comes off as a true maverick with enough charisma and cool to make even medium material sound well done.

Tracklist:
01. Drinkin’ Dark Whiskey
02. Can’t Do It Today
03. Tough Little Boys
04. See If I Care
05. Songs About Rain
06. I Can Love You
07. Don’t Look Away
08. Guys Like Me
09. Nothing On But The Radio
10. You Don’t Know A Thing About Me
11. A Showman’s Life

SACD ISO

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mqs.link_GaryAllanSeeIfICare2003SACDIS.part2.rar
mqs.link_GaryAllanSeeIfICare2003SACDIS.part3.rar

FLAC 24bit/88,2khz

mqs.link_GaryAllanSeeIfICare2003FLACStere2488.2.rar