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Gary Allan Set You Free Album Review

<h3>Gary Allan Hits with Full Force with New Album Release Set You Free&period;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><strong><a title&equals;"Gary Allan" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;gary-allan-concert-tour-dates&sol;">Gary Allan<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;s single &&num;8220&semi;<strong><em>Every Storm &lpar;Runs Out Of Rain&rpar;<&sol;em><&sol;strong>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; featured on his new album which dropped last week&comma; is already a run away success having <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;countrymusicnewsblog&period;com&sol;hunter-hayes-lee-brice-and-gary-allan-certified-platinum-and-gold&sol;">reached Gold status<&sol;a> earlier this month&period; After listening to <strong><em>Set You Free<&sol;em><&sol;strong> from beginning to end and over again&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s simple to see that &&num;8220&semi;<em>Every Storm<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi; is in good company with the other eleven tracks featured on the new record&period; Allan&&num;8217&semi;s album has that rocker edge to it that we all know and love&comma; and each song reaches right in and grabs a hold of you&comma; pulling you in with well-written lyrics&comma; haunting and&sol;or catchy melodies and Gary&&num;8217&semi;s gruff but velvety vocals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4>Poetry of a Broken Heart&period;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>The major theme on this album is easily heartbreak&period; Even songs like &&num;8220&semi;<strong><em>You Without Me<&sol;em><&sol;strong>&&num;8221&semi;  and &&num;8220&semi;<strong><em>One More Time<&sol;em><&sol;strong>&&num;8221&semi; that aren&&num;8217&semi;t strictly about broken hearts and relationships are still  heart wrenching because the love and desire for a life well lived he describes are just so intense&excl; Even though most of the songs share different variations of this common thread&comma; each song still manages to be poetic&comma; unique and powerful&period; There is a different story for each track&comma; and each is as compelling as the next&period; With &&num;8220&semi;<strong><em>Sand In My Soul<&sol;em><&sol;strong>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; it is easy to visualize the beach&comma; the tiki bar&comma; and a lone figure drinking alone then shuffling off to his room as the world moves on around him&period; Anyone who has loved can relate to the addiction metaphor  &lpar;&&num;8220&semi;stoned mind&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8220&semi;jonesing for another kiss&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8220&semi;high on love&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8220&semi;strung out on a woman&&num;8221&semi;&rpar; employed in &&num;8220&semi;<strong><em>Hungover Heart<&sol;em><&sol;strong>&period;&&num;8221&semi; As you listen to the album&comma; each track is just a vivid as the next and it&&num;8217&semi;s difficult to not have an emotional reaction to the music&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Two songs which stand out from the heartbreak theme are &&num;8220&semi;<em>Every Storm &lpar;Runs Out of Rain&rpar;<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;<strong><em>Good As New<&sol;em><&sol;strong>&period;&&num;8221&semi; Both of these tracks are optimistic and bolstering&period; Like the heartbreak songs&comma; these two tunes don&&num;8217&semi;t deny the hurt in the world&comma; but highlight it&comma; and in the process emphasize just how good the good things really are in contrast&period; This lyrical quality is in keeping with the more mournful tunes as it still maintains a poetry and powerfulness that is certain to touch listeners&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4>It&&num;8217&semi;s The Little Things&period;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>Besides having 12 well-written&comma; compelling and unique songs on <em>Set You Free&comma; <&sol;em>there are little details embedded in each song that add musical diversity to the album as a whole while setting the tracks apart from each other&period; In &&num;8220&semi;<strong><em>Bones<&sol;em><&sol;strong>&&num;8221&semi; there is a strong presence of harmonica that gives it a serious groove&period; The intro to &&num;8220&semi;<strong><em>It Ain&&num;8217&semi;t The <a title&equals;"Whiskey" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;whiskeychick&period;rocks&sol;branded">Whiskey<&sol;a><&sol;em><&sol;strong>&&num;8221&semi; features an organ riff that immediately caught my attention&period; With &&num;8220&semi;<em>Sand In My Soul<&sol;em>&&num;8220&semi;&comma; the fiddle stands out and really adds an extra layer of sorrowfulness to accompany the lyrics&period; When we get closer to the end of the album &&num;8220&semi;<strong><em>Drop<&sol;em><&sol;strong>&&num;8221&semi; really shakes things up with a jazzy&sol;bluesy quality that increases the texture of the sultriness in the lyrics and the play on the word &&num;8220&semi;<em>drop<&sol;em>&period;&&num;8221&semi; When you listen to this album&comma; it is clear from beginning to end that there is a cohesiveness to the selection of tracks&comma; but these little details differentiate between songs and gives each their own unique vibe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>From the quality of the writing to the composition to the recording&comma; everything about Allan&&num;8217&semi;s <em>Set You Free<&sol;em> is absolutely top notch&period; Country fans will certainly find each of the twelve tracks to be compelling and relatable in their own unique way&period; I won&&num;8217&semi;t be surprised if we see another hit coming off this album soon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4>Find <em>Set You Free<&sol;em> on iTunes and Amazon&excl;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h3><em>Set You Free<&sol;em> Track Listing&period;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><em> <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>1&period; Tough Goodbye<br &sol;>&NewLine;2&period; Every Storm &lpar;Runs Out of Rain&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;3&period; Bones<br &sol;>&NewLine;4&period; It Ain’t the <a title&equals;"Whiskey" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;whiskeychick&period;rocks&sol;branded">Whiskey<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;5&period; Sand In My Soul<br &sol;>&NewLine;6&period; You Without Me<br &sol;>&NewLine;7&period; One More Time<br &sol;>&NewLine;8&period; Hungover Heart<br &sol;>&NewLine;9&period; No Worries<br &sol;>&NewLine;10&period; Drop<br &sol;>&NewLine;11&period; Pieces<br &sol;>&NewLine;12&period; Good As New<&sol;p>

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