The Grand Tour

#299 Heard Before? Nope. I love George Jones, but I'm only familiar with compilations. Notes: - so there's a formula. and this album fits the singles+filler model that has always dominated the country music industry. - that said, this is the work of experts, cold hearted professionals, tweaking classic ideas for maximum emotional impact. performances are note perfect and George sings wonderfully. - lots of great pathos in the lyrics, but nothing that was truly knife-twisting or tear-jerking, with the possible exception of the title track. - "Weatherman" is my favorite here, and i appreciate his attempt to gently bite the hands that feed him on the closing track. Verdict: All George Jones songs are equal, but some are more equal than others. Stick with compilations. Listen Again? I saved several tracks.

I'm not a country music fan,but this was quite pleasant.

I got Johnny Cash last week and this George Jones album this week. I am a bit surprised this album has a sub-3.00 rating. George Jones is a very important figure in music history, and these songs are unobtrusive and clever. I don't know enough about George Jones to determine if this is the best album that represents his sound and career, but I do know he needs an album in this book. This is country music. Not Morgan Wallen, not Luke Bryan, not any other bro-country artist that combines drum machines, stadium-sized choruses, and autotuned vocals about trucks, women, and whiskey. All of the cliches that are written to top the charts became cliches because none of the current country artists can do it like George Jones does on this record. Jones had his marriage falling apart and it's not hard to feel that happening in these songs. My favorite tracks: The Grand Tour Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through) She'll Love the One She's With Once You've Had the Best She Told Me So Our Private Life

These tales of heartache and lost love strike a melancholic, crack-open-a-longneck-and-listen mood right off the bat and are reinforced with exquisite arrangements and Jones’ rich, plaintive voice. The lyrics occasionally veer into well-trod country music rhetorical convention (“Pass me by if you’re only passing through”), but the songs are short and never outstay their welcome. Even if you don’t fancy country music, you have to acknowledge it is quality.

For a slower romancey country album it ripped but I wasn’t in a honky tonk love album mood

Ну вот такое кантри можно смело скипать, ну кроме фанатов подобного

еще до начала предположил оценку, ничего не поменялось после прослушивания - 2

4 stars

Just your standard classic country album with pleasant, melancholic songs about love and heartbreak. 3.5 Top tracks: Pass Me By (If You’re Only Passing Through), Borrowed Angel

Lovely country tunes, he's got a great voice

Nein.

Wär ich wirklich alt, würd ich sowas hören

This is as good as classic country gets. Excellent album.

Like working with grandpa

The Grand Tour - 3.5/5 Darlin' - 3/5 Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through) - 3/5 She'll Love the One She's With - 3/5 Once You've Had the Best - 3/5 The Weatherman - 3/5 Borrowed Angel - 3/5 She Told Me So - 3/5 Mary Don't Go 'Round - 3/5 Who Will I Be Loving Now - 3/5 Our Private Life - 3/5 You can't really go wrong with crooner country-esque music. I mean you can, but for me this is about as standard as it gets. Somehow the guy's Wikipedia page is more interesting than this. Overall: 3/5 Favorites: The Grand Tour

Au wänn er mit iwie 80 studio Albe Country in Person isch, das Album isch so tot generischte Country

Bro thinks she loves her new man like a brother

I've said it before and I guess I'll say it again, I'm just not a fan of this type of country music. It is better than modern bro-country at least.

This album was kinda hilarious. 10 tracks about love, infidelity, and heartbreak…and one track complaining about gossipy fans. He sang about carrying on a relationship with a married woman, and the next track was from the perspective of a cuckolded man. An easy 30 min of no-frills crooner country.

Pas trop mon truc

What else do you expect from a Country album? It's by an artist with a basic name. The artist sings in a Southern drawl. It has verses of heartbreak, lyrics of nonsense, and almost every song sounds the same. It's littered with acoustic guitar, particularly slow strumming. Normally, I never upgrade a rating for one song(it was damn close to a one-star rating), but "Mary Don't Go 'Round" was funny enough to earn a star on its own. Favorite Track: "Mary Don't Go 'Round".

The king.

Really enjoyed the opening track, not so much the rest (2.5)

there's something so enjoyable about nice simply country music.

I kinda get sad country now

ganz nett

Hab wohl ne schwache Stelle für Country von der ich nichts wusste

excellent stuff from a legend

Not an original thought on the whole album. Cheesey, derivative and sickly. But for all that, the perfect album to celebrate good old country music.

Pleasant lover boy country

01) The Grand Tour - 6,0 02) Darlin' - 7,0 03) Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through) - 7,0 04) She'll Love the One She's With - 6,0 05) Once You've Had the Best - 6,0 06) The Weatherman - 6,5 07) Borrowed Angel - 6,0 08) She Told Me So - 5,5 09) Mary Don't Go 'Round - 6,0 10) Who Will I Be Loving Now - 5,5 11) Our Private Life - 5,5 TOTAL: 6,09 (61/100) Current ranking: 822/1077

I have a soft spot for good, old-fashioned country.

Old time honky Tony stuff. Can’t hate it’s don’t love it.

Country album? Yep. Anything genre defining? Maybe not.

Not for me

started off as a hard 2 but won me over. last track is genuinely great

This album fits perfectly into the stereotype of the kind of country song you’d hear playing in the background of a movie scene meant to be mocked. I’m not a big country fan to begin with, but this one was actually pretty annoying, and I couldn’t wait for it to end. Now that it’s over, I have zero plans to ever go back down that road again. In fact, I’ll happily take the long way just to avoid it in the future.

I’m not a huge country fan, but this era of country is a lot easier for me to get into than most of what comes out now. The songs feel more sincere, and George Jones was just a phenomenal storyteller. Even when the music itself isn’t really my thing, he can make you pay attention to what he’s saying. “She Told Me So” was probably the one that stood out the most. It’s such a sad song because the guy is so completely head over heels that he can’t even see what’s happening right in front of him. That kind of emotional blindness is something Jones sells really well. This still isn’t an album I’d probably come back to very often, but I can appreciate why George Jones is so highly regarded. The writing is strong, the stories feel real, and there’s a lot more substance here than most modern country I’ve heard.

Bit sad for me

Not for me, thanks

Album No. 0220 on my list. When I looked at the cover of "The Grand Tour" for the first time, my expectations were very low. When I started the first song and realized that this would indeed be a country album, they dropped even lower. I had never before heard of George Jones and I'm not particularly into Country (with some exceptions), so I thought that this would be another 2-star album that I'd listen to once and quickly forget. But: I was wrong! To my surprise, "The Grand Tour" was actually pretty good! Yeah, it does have some cheesy country vibes, yes, there are a lot of cliches covered here as well. But I've enjoyed the album nevertheless! It's a nice collection of short, well-timed ballads; I enjoy George Jones' voice, and the lyrics were surprisingly poetic and clever, with a god dose of metaphors and word-play. And Jones sings them like he means it. I strongly prefer this more poetic, stripped-down, folk-ish style to modern country or anything that perpetuates cliches from Western movies. Musically, some of those vibes can still be found here, but not with regards to the lyrics. All in all, this was a pretty enjoyable, pleasant yet deep listen. I'm really glad I've discovered this album and will add "The Grand Tour", "Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)", "Once You've Had The Best", and "She Told Me So" to my playlist. 4/5 stars!

This is my dad’s favorite singer, so I grew up listening to George Jones. I never thought to play a full-on album of his though. It reminded me of a relaxing afternoon with my pops, despite the crushingly depressing lyrics.

Really enjoyed this and did a quick peek at George Jones Wikipedia page. Super interesting life story, married four times, battle with alcohol. But at end of the day this is a nice compact album featuring 11 songs in a mere 28 minutes, but it all pulls nicely together. Pleasantly surprised and giving this one some posthumous love.

Boring old music again

Nice

Solid country gold. Don’t love it though but it is short.

kratak i jednostavan, solidan kantri album. na guzicu pasti dakako nećete, ali neće vam ni smetati, naprotiv, neki će vam se trenutci i dopasti. lijep glas. manje od pola sata! poslušajte! [odslušao i napisao 17/10/26]

This album is a masterpiece in the history of country music. The title track, "The Grand Tour," employs a deeply sorrowful narrative device: a husband, newly left by his wife, guides a stranger through his now-empty home, where every piece of furniture—an armchair, the bed, the children's room—is viewed as if in a museum dedicated to a shattered life. George Jones was reeling from his separation from ex-wife Tammy Wynette, and many of the songs are defined by heartbreak. His voice and soulful phrasing lend the tracks an inimitable depth. The music is dominated by wailing steel guitars, orchestral accompaniment, and the sounds of the dobro or banjo. Occasionally, a playful harmonica makes an appearance. "The Weatherman" stands out from the album's otherwise somber tracks with its more positive mood. All in all, it is a quintessential country album—perhaps with a bit too much pain in the songs. But then again, that is simply part of reality.

first real country album. Very typical of what I think country was back in the 70s. It's ok but I probably won't listen again

A random white guy appeared and will be forgot tomorrow

This is... Decent old country. I didn't feel all that much listening to it but it sure was pleasant.

What a voice! This is when country music was simple and could still convey genuine emotion!

Not my thing but not bad overall too repetitive and outdated.

Its OK. Old school. Easy to listen to but not my style so much. Maybe 2 or 3/5

Classic ol’ country sound.

I remember being given the option to exclude specific genres. Should have done it for country music.

country in its ideal form. very soothing and lovely. got me craving a long straw of wheat

Quite enjoyed that actually

What an amazing country voice this guy had. Wonderful album and if I feel like a bit of country, I will be putting this one on!

they always talk about their wives leaving but never WHY the wives are leaving

No es lo mío

Decent classic country album.

This wasn’t bad. Proper country. Does exactly as I thought it would. Enjoyable for what it is, but not really something I’d return to.

I think I will revisit this when I am in a different mood. Today I just couldn’t get into it.

I'm not a country fan, but I find I dig country from the 70s or earlier. This album was surprisingly (to me) pretty great. I liked it way more than I thought it would, and as a bonus it's only 28 minutes long so it doesn't outstay its welcome. I might actually check this one out again.

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By no means life changing or revolutionary, but this is 30 mins of well performed classic country that is enjoyable whilst it's on.

The title track is a dream of a tune; the rest is by the numbers classic Nashville. Granted, those are pretty good numbers to go by. As a middling pedal steel player, I'm in awe at how effortless whoever that is sounds. "The Weatherman" is a welcome honky-tonk break from the syrupy self-pity that fills this one.

30 minutes of old school twang is exactly the right amount.

This is down home heartbreakin' 70's country. Especially heartbreaking: my departed, musically indifferent father loved country music, yet no one saw fit to introduce him to a George Jones album. Ain't my fault, I was five when this came out.

I love a pedal steel but it is amazing how repetitive a 28 minute album can get. 3.5/5

The last song is such an anthem, really like that one. It's a classic run-of-the-mill Country album with all the upsides and downsides of one. It's very short with less than half an hour runtime and only 11 shorter songs on it. It's one or two hits with a bunch of filler because they had to pump out like 5 Country albums a year. I think it's good and George Jones is a worthwile inclusion, but circumstances like that don't really allow for many albums of this genre to rise up to GOAT album territory. Doesn't really need to be, listening to this once or twice and remembering the best songs is good enough.

An impressive tale in 28 mins. A man’s life falling apart, the prying media, the road life. And he does it with set of beautiful and often fun tunes.

Songs are all about two minutes long. Each sounds remarkably similar to the one before. All songs talk explicitly about made up love stories and problems. Disappointing. Felt like the cassette that used to be on at market stalls in the UK in the early 00s selling music.

God, I hate country music like this.

It’s a strange sort of thrill to listen to this record and imagine the countless romantic moments Jones’ forlorn but assured crooning has surely soundtracked … and then to go again and try to work out if you can hear much, or any, of the cocaine-addled party warrior that Jones had full-time transmogrified into by the time of the Tour. On the record’s cover George Jones looks like an Elvis impersonator in Whoville – and in parts the record feels about as cartoonish. It’s tempting to read the earnest and somber meditation on promiscuity “She’ll love the one she’s with” as part one of a story that concludes with the jolly honky tonk of “Mary don’t go around” – what sympathy Jones might have afforded his subject across those tracks is instead banked and spent on the beleaguered, harried singer on “Our Private Life”. What I’d initially, and admittedly idly, picked as a sappy collection of hopelessly romantic ditties reveals itself on second listen as a crooner’s ode to the ancient art of boys will be boys. A Trojan horse of wounded male ego (tautology?) that really, really thinks it deserves that drink.

A BIG favorite of my Mom's. Listening to his soulful voice and heartbreaking lyriccs brings memories of my Mom smiling as she sang along, thororughly enjoying George Jones' music. For that alone he gets stars.

Well, now that I know (courtesy of Wikipedia and the "1001 Albums" entry) that George Jones is one of the great country vocalists, and this is likely his best album, I'm somewhat more appreciative of getting a chance to listen to his golden tonsils. But I'll also say that this is *not* the kind of country music that I find enjoyable, attractive or worthwhile. All polish, no burrs (or spurs for that matter), with the possible exceptions of the somewhat salty "The weatherman" and "Our private life". But I guess I shouldn't be all that surprised that this was kind of disappointing, given how spotty and random this project's country-music selections are; after all, if we get this kind of syrup, why not include a much more interesting Kenny Rogers album, especially given that Rogers at least wrote much of his own material?

Great voice but only the first song stood out to me.

A great country album with some grit and depth that's easy on the ear but steers just far enough from pop to remain authentic

Love a country album about loving someone else's girl and how your girl don't love you

Very lovely. Exactly what you expect, no surprises, but very very sweet

Jesus Christ can I please get some upbeat shit that can keep my attention

'Over there sits the chair / Where she'd bring the paper to me.' I get it now - I get why I love this music so much. Tragedy is life's bottomline. We can either ignore this foundation, or we can sing that tragedy w/ clarity & heart, as the great country artists do. George Jones, like Tom T. Hall, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lyne, etc., has an unmatched clarity of desperation that somehow, w/ all those tragic contours, puts me in a reawakened & unwearied mood. I think George Jones is particularly adept at this transparency. E'en more tragic to the core than other masters, he's yet so spirited a vocalizer that he makes me want to live it thru to the end. 'You've got more love in your little finger than all the rest / & there's nothing better one you've had the best.'

The kind of soppy country music that now feels like a bit of a parody of itself. I'm sure it's good, but not for me.

not for me

Gosto muito desse estilo de música, voz foda, me transporta para um tempo diferente. Me imagino fazendo uma road trip pelo oeste dos Estados Unidos.

Bare noget hill billy pis.

Meget country er til ho-downs i lader med savsmuld på gulvet. Det her er til en hotelbar med velourbeklædte loungemøbler.

Jangly and/or whiney country. Not many redeeming characteristics here. The only reason I'm giving this a 2 is that in all fairness I'm not great at judging which trashy country album is less bad than others.

The rockin' songs were rockin'. The sad ballads were cheesy and lame.

Forlorn love ballads is definitely George Jones bread and butter. He probably does it better than just about any other country singer around. But it makes a very dreary album. This may not be the most common take, but I honestly like his upbeat songs. My favorite songs on this album where "The Weatherman" & "Our Private Life"... and of course the title track, one of the most beloved country heartbreak songs. All the rest are various shades of what George Jones does best. I'm not sure if this is my favorite album of his, but it is a good album. Still songs like "She'll Love The One She's With", turning turning Stephen Stills peace-loving hookline into sad tale of a woman settling for second best, may have looked good on a piece of paper in Nashville, but it kind of made my eyes roll. But most the songs on here really by examples of the Nashville sound, even if I'm more of a "White Lightning" or "The Race Is On" fan of his. (8.15) ★★★★

Not my prefered style of country. It is too polished. 3 stars

This isn't really my style of country music. Not bad, but nothing that exciting either. Light 3 stars.

Country schmountry. Not the worst but not too interesting either. Still better than the current series of The Grand Tour sans Jeremy Clarkson although that is quite an easy bar to jump. You could pick 3 randos off the street outside a Sterlingshire Jobcentre and you would have a better presenter line-up for the current series of The Grand Tour.

I had previously heard of George Jones but did not know any material. This is a country album. There is an assortment of ballads and up-tempo songs. It is a fine listen, but I doubt I would come back to it.

It's pretty good country. I enjoyed his voice. I didn't connect with it, but it was a nice listen. 3 out of 5

70s country ballads but imo not as good as a dolly or glen. Enjoyable but forgettable.

⭐⭐⭐ Bra röst och solidt album. Det här kan jag tänka mig att lyssna på igen men framförallt utforska mer av George Jones. Saknar dock lite stand out spår så det blir bara en 3a. Bäst är Grand Tour, Pass me by, Once you've hade the best, WHO will I be loving now

A nice old fashioned sounding country album. Nothing too catchy and nothing too offensive here.