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Zac Brown Band - The Foundation
Rip Info
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Artist: Zac Brown Band
Album Title: The Foundation
Record Label: Atlantic / Wea
Rip Date: 2008-11-18
Catalog Number:
Genre: Country
Year: 2008
Source: CD
Encoder: LAME 3.97 -V2 --vbr-new
Quality: 192 kbps avg / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Track List
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01 Toes 4:21
02 Whatever It Is 3:28
03 Where The Boat Leaves From 3:42
04 Violin Intro To Free 1:01
05 Free 3:48
06 Chicken Fried 3:57
07 Mary 2:47
08 Different Kind Of Fine 3:17
09 Highway 20 Ride 3:49
10 It's Not OK 4:10
11 Jolene 4:20
12 Sic'em On A Chicken 3:51
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00:42:31
62.00 megs
Rip Notes
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With hit single "Chicken Fried" in heavy radio rotation, Zac Brown and his band
of the same name truly introduce themselves in "The Foundation," despite three
respectable previous albums. Brown's gifts come best in the fact that he appeals
to other genres, without compromising his core. Just as "Free" possesses a
climactic opening, built upon Americana-influenced string play, "Chicken Fried"
pulls from '90s Rock elements, while other songs hint at Gospel and greater
roots-based muses. The Zac Brown Band is musically dynamic, and just as each
verse appears intricately written, the music feels rehearsed,
heavily-considered, and the three years since the group's last studio album are
not unspoken for. "The Foundation" is rich.
The writing is this album's charm. Although he writes primarily of love, home
and nostalgia, "The Foundation" refuses to be redundant. "Jolene," one of
several album songs dedicated to a woman, sets the singer buying cigarettes in
the morning rain prompting a pensive jaunt down memory lane, to an unforgettable
woman. The song uses a sparse chorus, as several efforts do, that reminds the
listener that while Brown may have scored his first Top 40 hit, the singer
hardly pandered his formula to do so. "Chicken Fried," despite its anthem-like
chorus, should be recognized for the images used to construct the true sense of
home. Hailing from Georgia, Brown's words seem to span a whole culture of
Americans, and although his references to towns and highways are specific, like
a true artist, he makes it universal.
Produced by Keith Stegall of Alan Jackson fame, this album feels
contained-yet-unpredictable. With its vast influence, Brown's delivery keeps
genre in tact, although musically, the producer and band seemed to set few
limits. Foundation was recorded so that each musician and band-member had a
heavy hand in every song, and an album that sounds complex and mosiac-like at
home, but made to be performed live. This quintet has arrived, and after a
decade of being a group that may have been the center of attention each night on
a tour-stop, they now are truly artists, reaching for more than whatever group
paid the price of admission.
"The Foundation" is a sweet surprise of 2008. With tours promoted by Live
Nation, and a distribution deal with Atlantic Records, it's safe to assume that
this music will be treated differently, now with its major backers. However, as
skeptics can point to numerous occurrences when the recording industry made
stars out of novices, the Zac Brown Band has the track record to prove their
dues are paid, and the writing and music to make them, just as Dave Matthews
Band is to Rock, a converging-point for so many fans of music, verse and
ambiance. The only drawback is that a summer passed before one of the year's
would-have-been essential summer albums hit shelves. Yet, country fried
leftovers have always been just about as good as they were the first day.
