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Tracy Lawrence

Tracy Lawrence
1 disc

1. Crawlin' Again
2. Life Don't Have to Be So Hard
3. It's Got You All Over It
4. Getting Back Up
5. It's Hard to Be an Outlaw
6. Meant to Be
7. That Was Us
8. She Loved the Devil Out of Me
9. Whole Lot of Lettin' Go
10. What a Memory
11. God's Green Earth
12. I Won All the Battles
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 48187
Credits

Producer Flip Anderson; Tracy Lawrence
Engineer Butch Carr
Personnel: Tracy Lawrence (vocals); B. James Lowry (acoustic guitar); Sonny Garish (steel guitar, dobro, pedabro); Brent Rowan, Alison Brown (banjo); Aubrey Haynie (mandolin); Gary Smith (keyboards); Gary Lunn (bass); Owen Hale (drums); Eric Darken (percussion); Wes Hightower, Liana Manis (background vocals).
Recorded at Emerald Entertainment, Nashville, Tennessee.
Personnel: B. James Lowry (acoustic guitar); Brent Rowan (electric guitar, banjo); Sonny Garrish (steel guitar); Alison Brown (banjo); Aubrey Haynie (mandolin); Gary W. Smith (keyboards); Owen Hale (drums); Eric Darken (percussion); Wes Hightower, Liana Manis (background vocals).
Recording information: Emerald ENtertainment, Nashville, TN.
On this self-titled album, contempo-country superstar Tracy Lawrence sticks his finger into a number of stylistic pies, tying the whole thing together with his warm, personable twang. "Crawlin' Again" sneaks a couple of surprising chord changes into an otherwise-conventional honky tonk tune. "It's Got You All Over it" is a jazzy love song led by a western swing-tinged fiddle. "It's Hard to be an Outlaw" manages to simultaneously re-examine the country outlaw image and use it as a metaphor for something more personal. The album closes with the sprightly two-stepper "I Won All the Battles," a deceptively light-hearted number that deals with marital strife and the aftermath of a conflict-besieged marriage, with Lawrence as the sorrowful victim of loneliness.
Critic Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (11/9/01, p.111) - "...Finds Lawrence in skillful form with a solid, laid-back collection of memorable songs...Traditional fare for tough times..." - Rating: B