Set You Free

Set You Free

by Gary Allan
Set You Free

Set You Free

by Gary Allan

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Overview

It's hard to call Gary Allan anything other than a journeyman, a singer raised in hard country who has always found his road a little bit hard to travel. Hits have come, but toward the back end of the 2000s, roughly ten years after he had his commercial breakthrough; the hits started to dwindle and he responded by getting a little bit leaner and rocking a little bit harder. All those moves pay off on Set You Free, his ninth album and one where all of his past is present in his assured professionalism. Allan isn't trying much new here, but he whittles away any lingering impressions of confessional songwriting apparent on 2010's Get Off on the Pain and concentrates on the basics: love songs and heartbreak tunes, defiant rockers and good-time anthems. He has a few new wrinkles along the way, notably on the soulful groove of "Hungover Heart" and the lite reggae pulse of "No Worries," but what satisfies here is his clean, no-frills modern country: he puts grit into the boasts of "Bones" and heart into "Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)" and when all the songs are put together, it adds up to an album that's easy to enjoy. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 01/22/2013
Label: Mca Nashville
UPC: 0602537097609
Rank: 90954

Tracks

  1. Tough Goodbye
  2. Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)
  3. Bones
  4. It Ain't the Whiskey
  5. Sand in My Soul
  6. You Without Me
  7. One More Time
  8. Hungover Heart
  9. No Worries
  10. Drop
  11. Pieces
  12. Good as New

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Gary Allan   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Marilyn Martin   Vocals (Background)
Rachel Proctor   Vocals (Background)
David Angell   Strings
Michael Rhodes   Bass
Matt Billingslea   Band
Lee Hendricks   Bass
Wurlitzer   Keyboards
Eric Darken   Percussion
Jay Joyce   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Jedd Hughes   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Levi Dennis   Band,Viola,Fiddle,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Rob McNelley   Guitar (Electric)
David Steele   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
C.J. Udeen   Band,Guitar (Steel)
Ilya Toshinskiy   Ukulele,Mandolin,Guitar (Acoustic)
Brian Aresenault   Band
Matt Warren   Harmonica
Tim Galloway   Band
Kristin Wilkinson   Strings
Jaime Hanna   Band,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Cindy Walker   Vocals (Background)
David Davidson   Strings
Tom Bukovac   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Chad Cromwell   Drums
Greg Droman   Guitar (Electric),Guitar (12 String)
Vicki Hampton   Vocals (Background)
Wes Hightower   Vocals (Background)
Russ Pahl   Pedal Steel,Guitar (Steel)
Perry Coleman   Vocals (Background)
Giles Reaves   Drums,Piano,Xylophone,Percussion,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Dan Dugmore   Guitar (Steel)
John Lancaster   Band,Organ,Piano,Keyboards,Wurlitzer,Vocals (Background)
Hillary Lindsey   Vocals (Background)
Kenny Greenberg   Guitar (Electric)
Craig Wright   Drums,Percussion

Technical Credits

Rachel Proctor   Composer,Additional Production
Brian White   Composer,Composer
Brett Warren   Composer
Sarah Buxton   Composer
Erik "Keller" Jahner   Assistant
Lowell Reynolds   Assistant
Danny Roberts   Road Crew
Michael Rhodes   Additional Production
Lee Hendricks   Additional Production
Tony Martin   Composer,Composer
Jim Daddario   Composer
Cole Degges   Composer
Craig Allen   Design
Odie Blackmon   Composer
Hannah Sanford   Production Assistant
James LeBlanc   Composer
Greg Barnhill   Composer
Eric Darken   Additional Production
Jay Joyce   Producer
Jedd Hughes   Additional Production
Rob McNelley   Additional Production
Mark Wright   Producer
Matt Warren   Composer,Composer
Matthew Wheeler   Assistant
David Steele   Additional Production
Karen Naff   Art Direction
Eric Adkins   Photography
Carie Higdon   Project Coordinator
Bruce Wallace   Composer
Lee Dickson   Road Crew
Hank Williams   Mastering
Renee Layher   Wardrobe
Josh Thompson   Composer
Lorrie Turk   Make-Up,Hair Stylist
Rick Shipp   Booking
Rob Beckham   Booking
Joel Shewmake   Composer
Glen Boster   Road Crew
Ilya Toshinskiy   Additional Production
Jason Spence   Road Crew
Scott Johnson   Production Assistant
Brian G. White   Composer
Alex Stegall   Road Crew
Allen Funderburk   Road Crew
Amos Bolton   Road Crew
Chris "Sully" Sullivan   Road Crew
Greg Watkins   Road Crew
Jeff Jackson   Road Crew
Larry Boster   Road Crew
Meredith Bolton   Road Crew
Timmy Derusha   Road Crew
Troy Blaisdell   Road Crew
Perry Coleman   Additional Production
Blair Daly   Composer
Keith Gattis   Composer
Billy Burnette   Composer
Kristin Wilkinson   String Arrangements
F. Reid Shippen   Mixing
Pat McLaughlin   Composer
Tom Bukovac   Additional Production
Chad Cromwell   Additional Production
Greg Droman   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Steve Nathan   Additional Production
Wes Hightower   Additional Production
Russ Pahl   Additional Production
Jason Hall   Engineer
Brad Warren   Composer
Giles Reaves   Additional Production
Gary Allan   Composer,Producer
Dan Dugmore   Additional Production
John Lancaster   Composer
Hillary Lindsey   Composer,Additional Production
Kenny Greenberg   Additional Production
Craig Wright   Additional Production
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