Alan Jackson's new cd is called "What I Do" After listening to it I think a better title would be "What I Do Best" because  what you have on these 12 tracks is Alan singing about heartbreak, a honky tonk a car that is need of repair. and true love, and  that is what he does best. The songs are delivered in pure country arrangements   without the overproduction that has plagued  country music so much. There are no screaming loud guitars or pounding drums. Just the sweet sounds of the weeping and dancing fiddles. Which are complimented by the crying  steel.  

Alan's vocals are delivered with  raw emotion. One of the cd's most  powerful song has to be "Monday Morning Church" a song about a man who has lost his love and is trying to cope with what he loved being put in the ground. You can feel his pain when he sings about her things she left behind. The backup vocal's of Patty Loveless only add to the overall effect. The cd is worth the price for this cut. 

The whole cd isn't about heartbreak. A few of the others are about not letting love slip by with "If Love Was A River" Another tune that should really smoke in a live setting with Alan's top notch band "The Stray horns"
 has to be "Burning The Honky Tonks down" about a man's wife tired of sitting home and goes after the Honky Tonks and torches them. Fans of the Oak Ridge Boys should instantly  recognize the bass voice of Richard Strenban providing backup.  

One to that's sure to make you smile is "If French Fries Were Fat Free" If his wife still loved him, came back home and fries were fat free his life would be perfect. Then there is the Takin song repair blues about a mechanic who is a songwriter and pitches a song while working on his car. Only to find out his song isn't that good, but Alan can fix it for him in exchange for working on his car plus 100 bucks. After listening to this cd it should prove to the listener that Alan is the king of traditional country music. So hail to the king.