The Grand Tour

New to me. Obviously a famous classic. Not my thing really. Most tracks are the formulaic country of the era. His voice is golden, but the tracks are not the best. lots of 1-4-5 progressions, walking base lines and chorus starting on the 5. Formulaic. I guess this is where the tropes come from. . . But still it is not the best in class of its own genre. Title track is the epitome of 70's country - sad, poignant heartache. "The weatherman" and "Who will I be loving now" are good tracks. But the remaining ones are nothing special.

Country roads, take me away from this album

Been a while since I've heard any country, especially this kind of country, so it was a nice turn for me. Good reminder for me that when the genres and styles are varied, they tend to sound better to me than when it's too similar for too long, be it here or in any other listening forum. I don't recall hearing of him or hearing any of these songs before now. Sure, some of the songs are a bit croony and a little corny at times, but my ear perceives these tracks as sincere and enjoyable. Nice to hear something different today.

Gemütlicher Country

i'm always a bit partial towards nashville sound

I like this for the same reasons I like most country from the early 70s and before: the almost comedic irony of the song titles, super simple compositions, chronic heartbreak. I mean, 'Mary Don't Go 'Round'. I mean...

Oosh. Archetypal country. I instinctively want to reject, so I must fight against. He was married to Tammy Wynette, therefore has a KLF number of 2. Initially, I can take any one song in isolation as a perfect mood setter, the whole album, just no. Longer it goes on, the more I feel I am indoctrinated. Might be the wine, it's took me till 11pm to get through this 28 minute album.

As far as Country goes it's pretty bearable- great voice and musically varied and kept my interest. Not at all too marshmallowy and the production keeps it together well. Not bad.

-i have never heard of george jones tbh -oh i LOVE his voice -i love old timey country a lot like cash and this guy apparently -i LOVE darlin the chorus of voices singing “darlin” was really beautiful -the songs are more lowkey but i kinda like that -not sure i like this croony chill stuff as much as other country i have heard but im enjoying it a lot -another 3 star SORRY! i really wish there were half star ratings 😭😭😭

This was fine. I didn't think much of it, but I'd still take this over any modern country. 2.5/5

I saw this called something like the country equivalent to Sinatra’s In the Wee Small Hours, and it tracks. Not really my thing, but I can see this being a cathartic half hour if you just went through a rough breakup. Seriously, when are we getting one of Frank’s albums on here? C

This has a calming kind of charm to it for me honestly. Not gonna wanna listen to it often or anything, but hey. Call it a 3.5.

Decent country album, nothing really grabbed my attention but it was a pleasant listen all the way through.

Enjoyable country music by my tastes!

Good album. Something different. Enjoyable but nothing overly exciting.

Probably wouldn't listen to that again.

Good old-fashioned steel pedal poignant country. Slow and low.

AJ: might be the most country dude I’ve ever heard. What a voice. What a drunk!

Nice background music.

Apart from the hit single, this didn't really resonate with me. The single, though, is pain made into music.

yee haw

This is a solid old country album, there is nothing that I don't like, and as someone that doesn't like country that's impressive. This is a 3, nothing stood out but nothing was painful or hurt to listen to.

Country. Agradable.

ну это не мерзкое кантри но всё равно кантри. они слишком сладкие!

Really enjoyed this. Maybe because I don't listen to much country music all the songs were enjoyable

I like the idea of this (I love a bit of country melancholy) - and Our Private Life at the end was quite fun. There are some good songs on here - Pass Me By, for instance - but I can't say that these are even the best that Jones has written, and he is not my favourite country singer either. It feels very of its time, and a bit 'heartbreak by numbers' in places. Probably works better if you are feeling more lovelorn.

Sad Cowboy Music 2

Yeeeeeeeehaw

What a sad sack. You can’t shoot at your wife and expect her to stay, dummy. I probably won’t come back to this. It’s not the satirical country everyone knows, but god damn is it close.

I actually dig some of this older country music. While it's not my daily listening, I enjoyed this album and could see myself playing it again.

Putting aside my hate for country, this was good.

Pleasant classic country

this is the country music I always make fun of. For fuck sake I wanted to make more fun but found it suprisingly very good

Unbelievably cliche, but very well done. Just enough instrumentation to keep it fresh, while not feeling overdone.

This wasn’t bad! I’d give this 3.5. Not my genre of music really but there were some good songs on here

Hmm. This was one of the more enjoyable American country albums I've heard so far. Not sure what this has that some of the other ones I liked less didn't have, maybe it caught me on the right day? It certainly made for decent driving music on a sunny evening. It did drag on a little bit though, it was mostly too slow, but there were a couple of songs that picked it up a little. Dunno if I'll really come back to this any time soon but it was okay. Favourite: Our Private Life

Add another one to the 'Country Boomer Doesn't Understand Why Women Don't Like Him' pile.

I'm not real big on country, though this era is so much better substance wise than current country. This is pretty simple, fun, music. It's enjoyable to listen to.

Fine. Possibly a bit morose

Country with a lot of schmalz can be nice on a journey. It evokes certain emotions that Jones's voice transports over everything you need in country. It's an album you'd present to a newbie in the genre. He might not be too impressed but nothing much can go wrong too.

Nice soul-saving country. I wouldn't add it to my playlist, but anyway, sounds nice and pleasant.

Good old fashioned country, my guilty pleasure. This stuff gets better the more you drink too!

Pleasant 3/5

Makes me feel like I’m wandering the desert in Fallout

first listen i like it but still a little too country for me

That's country.

5/10. It reminds me of Marty Robbins, but the without the cowboy charm to lighten up the downtrodden lyrics. Jones' occasional sarcasm helps to offset this, but this only really shone through on "Our Private Life", which at least ended things on a positive note, and is what pushed this above a 4/10.

At least it's short? 5/10

I think i liked this more than other old country albums.

Highlights: "The Weatherman," "Pass Me By," "Our Private Life" This album gets credit for seeming to work for a larger concept, exploring humiliation in more ways than one. Letting his wife leave, he brings the public in, cynically giving them the things he knows they want, before tearing them down for showing up at all. Like with the ambivalent romantic attitudes in here, the contradictions feel very intentional, part of the struggles he wants to convey. Jones had long posed a stand for real country against sugarcoated high production schmaltz, but many of this album's highlights and commercial successes stoop to swelling string arrangements and flocking choirs. But if this was a sort of self-destructive choice in its way, throwing away integrity in a crisis of faith, he wasn't wrong about what would happen. People loved to watch him bleed. It's also a fun listen; the dreariness of the various midlife crisis numbers is concise, with some charming sentiments like in "Pass Me By" where love isn't a game anymore, and there's plenty of punctuation with uptempo sardonic numbers. Good performances on top of it all make it a successfully intimate album, which is one of the things that makes country music great.

George Jones is an artist that knows how to make some of the saddest country songs. He has a good ability to make you feel relaxed and then hit you with the problems that life brings. His songs are short and concise. He made country music for everyone and country music how it should be made. This was a decent album, wanted it to be longer but still good. 6.9/10 (nice)

George Jones has an incredible voice, but I can't imagine an album where every song sounds the samer than this one. Then, out of nowhere, a song where he rails on his fans for listening to gossip. I understand the appeal but it's not for me.

I like George Jones but was unable to find this full album. Gave it a 3 as filler until I can give it a proper listen.

This album was great, just what I needed this morning

Country at its best (?)

I'm not the biggest country fan but I don't mind the folky stuff. This record was pretty standard I think. As far as my undeveloped palette knows, this was a mediocre standard record. I guess one track I thought was a highlight was "She'll Love The One She's With". I enjoyed the record more than I disliked it so it's still a positive listen. Not something I'll revisit though. Personal Enjoyment - 6.5 Songwriting - 7 Lyrics - 7 Originality - 6 Production Value - 9 Artwork - 8 Overall - 7.0

Old people music

Not what I expected from a country album, I ended up liking it a lot more than I had anticipated. I might end up listening to some more old country in the future now. The songs I liked the most were The Grand Tour and She'll Love the One She's With,

solid classic country sound.

(anguished crying)

Felt like "this is nice...I guess?" the whole time. I get the older country vibes, and I do like it, but I'm not sure if I like an album full of it. Definitely don't love it lyrically, as it made me too sad. On VALENTINE'S DAY.

Country clàssic de manual, amb una interpretació de primer nivell i unes composicions una mica genèriques, però que la veu de Jones i els arranjaments les milloren. Si pateixes de mal d'amors, alguna de les lletres et fan empatitzar força

Of all the country albums ever made, this was absolutely one of them.

The Grand Tour is American country music artist George Jones' 39th album. It's one of his greatest albums and was well received by critics. The album peaked at 11 on the Billboard Country albums chart. I really liked this country album.

Not my jam but appreciate it historically and musically

3/5. Honestly a surprise of how good this was. The latter half of the album is not as good but still an enjoyable listen.

Country. Ni fu ni fa.

3 not my style of music

Surprised me with how it kept my interest

Pleasant yet forgettable - besides the gorgeous title track the rest of the record is very homogenous and blends into itself too easily.

jammy and comfy, changed my opinion on country music :)

That's a whole lot of rootin and a whole lot of tootin, son. Now lets get you some liquor and a nice hooker.

3/11, 27%

T3B 1. She Told Me So 2. Once You’ve Had the Best 3. Darlin’ I really enjoyed this album; supplies! Solid 3!

Pretty good overall.

Earthy tones and gut wrenching tunes.

Pretty respectable country album to me. Vocals and vocal harmonies are really good. It's not very creative, and sounds pretty typical for an old sappy country album, but it’s really well made.

One word review: SMOOOOOOOTH

Já já, þokkalegt old school köntrí.

Not for me but much more enjoyable than modern country

Okay for country. Not my normal jam.

Buena voz para un estilo country de las primeras épocas. Para grandes fans de este tipo de música

George Jones is often cited as perhaps the greatest country singer of all time-though you may not know it if your first exposure to him is this album. His performance is solid, but apart from the first and last songs, none of these tracks have the staying power of classics like “He Stopped Loving Her Today.”

so depressing. I hate divorce songs :(

Great bu still generic country folk album. Pretty sure there's more than a 1000 albums better than this one.

Cover isn't exactly keeping any secrets is it? I'm guessing oldies country just like they still play on AM radio. Yeah, nailed it. Not awful (and first track is fantastic) but hard to really judge. Most of it is a bit soppy. Catchy, but soppy. Bums me out to see it's 99% covers, too. A good length at 28min though. 3/5.

I think this is the first country album I've gotten, let's see how it goes. maybe older country is better than new country. better than I expected and I can respect it. Last song is a little too much for me but.

Somewhat impressed. I don't like country. But after listening to Sinatra's sad songs I realized George Jones is just doing the same thing, country style. If I'm indifferent but not dissatisfied with Sinatra then I can't be any different with Jones just because he drawls when Sinatra croons. I'm only impressed because I found myself able to put Jones on the same plane as Sinatra for putting together an album full of emotion-tugging sad songs (even if country). Simple plucking and country sound with simple lyrics and a soft voice. Didn't love it but you can't hate it either.

Pretty good old western country, I'm actually very into this type of old country in small doses. a 3.5

Mais um com country clássico.

Very old school country and western. Songs about heartbreak and plenty of pedal steel… not bad!

George Jones is one of my favorites from his generation, but this album is disjointed and weird. He's one of the ones that put out a ton of albums, and only a few of them are winners front to back. I recommend I Am What I Am if you like his voice but didn't necessarily love this album. Best track: Borrowed Angel

Not enough nelly for my country music 3

Another fine classic country album, short, melodic, good vocals. The last track was a pretty solid skewering of how fans treat famous people.

There are a lot of earwigs here. Released way back when... it does carry some themes that have changed with the times. If he changes them and re-releases, I'll give it a 5.

A bit better than i expected. Everything he is straightforward old country twangy with some good variety with up tempo pieces like weatherman as well as some more ballad types. Grand Tour itself is really good. Has some misogynstic tones that make it a little less pleasant.

I liked a couple of songs, more than I thought i would but country still isn't my thing.

just average

Straight down the middle slide guitar country. Fave: The Grand Tour, She Told Me so, Who Will i Be Loving Now

Rating: 6/10

So this album solidifies that when I've said in the past "I don't like country", what I MEAN is "I don't like current bro-country". Older country has a lot more genuine emotion behind it and can also be very tongue-in-cheek as well.

Country muito country MUITO country. MUITO. Country. Country. 3/5

***

A decent country album but I may not be old, nor divorced enough times to truly appreciate it.

decent country album

I liked this. It’s old school country, George Jones has such a smooth calming voice. Would have liked more pick me ups in the music as most of the album is pretty slow moving. Don’t listen if you don’t like country, you will hate it.

Country. No demasiado aburrido.

album mi ovako paše u pozadini, pogotovo u toplijem razdoblju. baš sam išo provjerit, lik ima 87 studijskih albuma, e to ko sve presluša je bolestan.

I found it to be a bit sad, with the themes etc. but clearly a very good country album. Not something I really enjoy listening to though. First track, ‘the grand tour’ is the standout.

when you hear the stuff you know why George was called “The Frank Sinatra of Country”. It’s OK, this “Nashville Sound” stuff from the 70s is so schmaltzy, so slick and so over produced. George has a great voice and sings with a ton of emotion but I’m more of an outlaw country kind of guy.

Country music hey

Gosigt

Lite kul

Avant d'arborer ses iconiques rouflaquettes, George Jones était plus ou moins une énorme victime à la coupe au brosse et au sourire de premier de la classe. Tout bascule en 1970 lorsque des amis à lui insistent pour qu'il fume une cigarette. Jones y prend goût et devient tout simplement intenable. Très vite, il se met à répondre à ses parents, fuguer la nuit, et, cerise sur le gâteau, à fumer des chichas dans le square de son quartier. L'album The Grand Tour raconte en partie comment il a pris la décision de se laisser pousser les cheveux.

J'ai passé de très douloureuses dernières 18h. En effet, hier soir, au moment de faire ma vaisselle comme chaque soir, le niveau d'eau de mon évier restait figé. La conclusion était évidente: mon évier était bouché. Après de multiples tentatives d'usage de différents produits chimiques et autres recettes de grand-mère, je me rendis dans mon magasin de bricolage pour y récupérer une ventouse très puissante. Une fois rentré, j'appliquais la ventouse sur l'entrée d'eau de l'évier, et pressait à de nombreuses reprises, non sans avoir bouché l'autre entrée d'eau avec un chiffon au préalable. Après une vingtaine de coups, je sentis quelque chose heurter ma ventouse. Je soulevais alors cette dernière à l'aide du manche, et découvrit alors un petit bout de Frank Zappa, qui était probablement bloqué dans la tuyauterie et empéchaît l'écoulement correct de mon eau. Cette mauvaise expérience derrière moi, et j'ai pu replacer le petit bout de Frank Zappa dans ma poubelle.

This is about as classic Country as it gets. Nice flow to it; good for letting it play in the background. Not especially my kind of music, but nice enough for a solid 3/5.

Decent country album with great runtime that doesn't stand out from the crowd of similar albums

I don't like country music, though this looks like is a classic.

Очень типичный кантри-альбом. Отторжения не вызвал. Фоном даже хорошо. Весь альбом звучит как одна длинная песня. Как знакомство с жанром - самое то. Нахождение в рейтинге - логично. Кто-то и правда для себя может открыть целый жанр. Может даже любимый.

Country has a whole different concept when it comes to sad songs and depressing subject matter. This guy is more emo than any of those black eye shadow dudes and actually has the depressing life story to back it up. Music is straightforward with little variation, so it's mostly about that twangy country voice thing.

Not my genre of music, but good vibes.

Country. Ni fu ni fa.

Country. Agradable. 3

I love getting country albums on here, even if they're unremarkable like this one. Never heard of George Jones, but he sounds familiar. That's because this era of country music all sounded familiar. Like Buck Owens we had before, this one's emo. I like how blatantly mopey and confessional this style of music is. Songs like "Borrowed Angel" are especially human and dark, this guy's accepting the fact that his lover is married. Weird, wild stuff. Again, nothing really special about this one, but it's a solid essence of country music at the time, and I dug a few tracks. Favorite tracks: Borrowed Angel, Pass Me By, Our Private Life, The Weatherman. Album art: Just like the music, unremarkable. This picture/tracklist combo makes up for at least 40% of all vinyl records for sale at Goodwill. 3.5/5

Good ole country yeeharrr. Also a generous amount of lap steel guitar

I might listen again if I were in the right place and the right mood

George had been releasing multiple albums a year throughout the 60s and 70s but seems to have stumbled onto something good with The Grand Tour. It's an album of heartbreak, like a country album that's got the blues. I wasn't at all expecting to enjoy this (just my genre preferences) but the earthy sincerity hit right. Sometimes you just gotta let her go.

Very sentimental 70s country.

Like okay, but never been my genre

Some songs were really good, like the rocking chair one, but otherwise it was kind of dull

Dit past precies bij m'n huidige stemming. Ik heb behoefte aan vriendelijke, rustige muziek :)

Ole' no show Jones. Dude's good. He got that name because people actually wanted to see him before. He showed up and phoned it in from time to time. But yeah, overall. it's a decent piece of my country music. Not my favorite but it's good.

It's fine. 6/10

George, maybe if you’d fetched your own damn paper, maybe your old lady wouldn’t have left you! Decent country album and whilst I’ll never love the genre, Jones’ voice is pleasant and the tracks were a fun listen.

Nice, clean country

What a voice!

The odd song for my quirky indie romcom, but not a whole album

pretty chill folk/country album I really liked some tracks like Our Private Life.

its alright

As far as country goes, this is quality. As far as music, it just ain’t got it for me.

Very county

Just put on a little George Jones and just sing alone.

The stereotype of country used to be sad songs about your girl leaving you, rather than songs about beer and trucks. Here’s some of that original flavour. Some of these songs are good, some are meh. That’s all I can say. Favourite track: “Mary Don’t Go ‘Round”

Mid 70s country. A bit cringy by today's light but still great for the time period

A nice, comfy country album, but it didn't strike my particular taste in country. Still really solid, though!

Fun album, worth a listen.

liked the first half better than the second. i liked this album overall.

Classic country that clearly influenced the larger genre as a whole. The album itself flows by and helps bring Jones into discussion with other contemporaries for a style of country long forgotten.

Um álbum muito melódico, mas relativamente semelhante e longe de algo goste. Nota:5/10

nice sad cowboy music. short and sweet.

I don’t normally listen to country, but this was alright. Might listen again

I had to eat my original opinion on the album! Didn’t love the first song and then during a second listen later in the day felt differently about the it. Reminded me of my Grandpa.

They don't make em like they used to.

Sad old country music. Classic.

Nice bit of Country 🤠

Enjoyed it more than I thought I would...but won’t be in a mad hurry to listen again. Unless I go on a road trip across America.

A short, easy to listen to album from a genre that has grown on me the last few years.

Decent train choons. Got Father John Misty vibes at times, he must’ve been a fan.

I think I like a good bit of country and I know George Jones is one of those mythical country heroes, so I figured I'd like this album. But somehow, it just didn't draw me in. It's got some solid guitar work and some groovy rhythm, but on the whole, I just don't see the appeal.

Definitely old school country music

As I said in slack, this is exactly that kind of slide-guitary “my-woman-left-me-and-my-dog-died” mournful country balladeer the stereotypes come from! I had to relisten to it today to pick a fave track, as non of them stood out to me first time around. I think I'll go for the title track, "The Grand Tour", as that seems the most sad sack....

Meh. Hard to really be objective here. I can deal with country sometimes. Not really today.

Well, muggy cool dark weather this morning suited listening to the velvety rich slower songs best. Kinda made me want to morning drink scotch. Faster songs like the Weatherman I didn’t like. Yikes some of the lyrics - she’s def cheating on you wake up!

Such a romantic. Only a couple songs that were a little weird. Old country is fun!

Not a country fan in the slightest, however this album wasn't that bad. I have nothing to compare it to though. I will put 3 stars however it's more like 2.5 stars.

I used to say I didn't like country music because of people like Florida Georgia Line, but listening to people like George Jones has changed that. I enjoyed this, not my favorite, but it made me appreciate the genre a lot more. It's soft and delicate, with themes of love and religion. Favorite song The Grand Tour, 5/8.

Früher war Country für mich sehr unattraktiv. Bei ihm werde ich daran erinnert warum. Melancholisches Gejammer über Liebe, Verlust und ähnliches. Gekoppelt mit beinahe fröhlichem Gedudel. Eine merkwürdige Mischung! Nichtsdestotrotz stört es mich weniger. Wohl ein Zeichen für mein Alter...

God gammel country, kærlighed, afslappende

I’ve got a soft spot for good Country. Standout Tracks: The Grand Tour, Pass Me By (If You’re Only Passing Through), Our Private Life

2,5/5

I dont think ill come back to it, but it was better than I expected, considering im not a fan of country.

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.

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.

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

Another instance where his personal life is far more interesting than the music. It’s not bad! Just...sounds staid today.

A set of stark, almost haunting country tunes. These songs feel fairly empty, with nothing more besides some quiet drums, an occasional piano, and a guitar that fades into the background when it's not at its twangiest. This leaves room for Jones's voice, which is what carries these songs. The downside is that outside of a couple upbeat numbers to start and end the second side, this is full of ballads with the same tempo and sound. This album isn't even half an hour long, and they still get tiresome by the end. There are some good ones - "Borrowed Angel" is a nice twist on a classic love song. But others feel a bit clunky, especially the line "nothing's better once you've had the best." Jones's voice carries these songs, but it can't elevate it beyond any similar country music.

Old school country that's enjoyable but doesn't make a big impression for me.

Boring ol country. 2/5

Ehh. Trying to be subjective here. Seems like a tight, cohesive album overall. I like the instrumentals a lot even though I'm not a big country fan. I really don't care for the vocals, personally. This feels well executed, but not my cup of tea.

599/1089 - The Grand Tour is one of my favorite shows on TV. Love Clarkson May and Hammond. Not huge on this though.

Vingt-huit minutes. Vingt-huit putains de petites minutes au compteur de ma platine, et c'est tout ce que je retiens de cette traversée du désert en carton-pâte. Je suis désolé mais quand on me parle de la country des années 70, j’imagine des types qui saignent, des bars miteux, le désespoir qui pue le bourbon et des histoires de bagnoles rouillées au bord d'un fossé. À la place, qu'est-ce qu’on me sert ici ? Un disque poli, propre sur lui, qui me donne l'impression d'écouter dix fois exactement le même morceau en boucle. Alors soyons clairs d'emblée : ce n'est pas une bouse infâme. George Jones n'est pas un manchot, le mec sait pousser la chansonnette, et techniquement, tout est calé au millimètre près. C’est propre, c'est appliqué, le son glisse tout seul mais bordel de merde, qu'est-ce qu'on s'emmerde ! C’est le degré zéro de la prise de risque, un disque tellement engoncé dans ses propres conventions qu’il en devient asphyxiant. Je suis très loin, mais alors à des années-lumière, de mes attentes en ce qui concerne la musique country. La country, pour moi, c'est censé être une entaille vivante, pas une visite guidée et aseptisée dans un musée des horreurs sentimentales où chaque refrain ressemble à la photocopie délavée du précédent. Dès l'ouverture, la recette est posée sur la table et le cuisinier refuse obstinément de changer d'ingrédients jusqu'au mot de la fin. Cette foutue pedal-steel qui pleure exactement au même moment, ces violons sirupeux qui débarquent pour souligner le moindre chagrin et cette voix qui minaude sur les décombres d'un foyer abandonné. Au bout de trois pistes, j'ai déjà décroché. Mon esprit divague, je regarde le mur et je réalise que l'album continue de défiler sans que rien ne dépasse. Pas un accroc, pas une aspérité, pas un truc qui me fait sortir de ma torpeur c'est juste une autoroute rectiligne, plate, bordée d'arbres en plastique, où le conducteur appuie mollement sur l'accélérateur en attendant que le réservoir se vide. On nous vend ça comme un sommet de la tragédie intime, mais le formatage de Nashville dans toute sa splendeur a méthodiquement étouffé la moindre étincelle de spontanéité. Tout est tellement surproduit, tellement calibré pour plaire aux programmateurs de radio de l'époque qu'on ne ressent aucune douleur véritable. C'est du chagrin sous vide, congelé, vendu au kilo. Le drame chez Jones devient un exercice de style prévisible, où la structure des couplets ne varie pratiquement jamais, le tempo reste vissé dans une nonchalance mollassonne, et les arrangements semblent avoir été recrachés par un automate fatigué. C'est la routine absolue d'un artisan qui fait juste son boulot. À force de vouloir chanter la rupture et la misère sentimentale sur tous les tons, le bonhomme finit par anesthésier son propre sujet. On devrait avoir la gorge nouée, on devrait avoir envie de se resservir un verre en fixant le vide ; au lieu de ça, on regarde la trotteuse de sa montre tourner en attendant désespérément la fin. Vingt-huit minutes, ça paraît court sur le papier, mais quand chaque seconde s'étire dans une redondance pareille, ça ressemble à une petite éternité. C’est le genre d’écoute qui ne laisse aucune trace, aucun souvenir marquant, juste une vague sensation de lassitude une fois que les dernières secondes laissent place à un silence soulageant. La note de 2 sur 5 reflète parfaitement mon état d'esprit face à ce pétard mouillé. Ce n'est pas un naufrage honteux, ce n'est pas une insulte aux oreilles, mais c’est un gouffre d'ennui qui ne m'apporte strictement rien. Une country classique incapable de m'arracher un frisson ou de justifier le quart du statut qu'on lui prête. Passez votre chemin, il n'y a absolument rien à voir ici.

Never heard before. It was ok. I don't mind a bit of country but it's only 3 days ago I was given Dolly Parton and I wasn't ready for some more!! The songs were pleasant enough although it was all a bit samey and nothing really stood out. I think Borrowed Angel was probably my favourite.

This is a Country Album in all of its country-ness (whatever that means for you, since I’m not usually a fan of that sort of sound). The title track is definitely sad, regardless of whether you read it as a divorce song or one about death, but I feel Jones’s version is more maudlin than devastating. Aside from the first song, the only other one that’s memorable for me is the ender “Our Private Life.” The rest just kind of come-and-go for me. Not a fan, personally, but I can see why someone else might enjoy it more. (2/5)

Adult contemporary country. And I don’t mean like adult contemporary the genre, I mean adult contemporary the billboard chart, because its presence in culture for the many years it’s existed, and its ever-present base, is the only reason this album is even remotely relevant. Which is it really? I don’t even know if this guy is distinguishable from Glenn Campbell, and I don’t say that as a dig against someone as great an artist as Campbell was, I say that as a dig against whoever this guy is. Title track “The Grand Tour” is the only song on here that I believe I can accept as a truly good song, for it’s a genuinely melancholic little tune with some nice writing and obviously good instrumentation and vocals. Everything else on this thing? Pretty disposable. Dare I say this was better as a cast-off single. Would’ve been better off that way. 5.2/10

Not my cup of tea

Not my favorite country record on this list but I'll happily listen to this over modern country slop

langweilig

É um álbum legal, mas não o meu estilo nesse momento. 2.5/5

Classic country, nice voice, kinda boring

5/10 - George Jones shows that he is capable of making good country songs. The back half of the album has some actually enjoyable songs on it! She told me, Mary Don't Go Round, and especially Our Private Life were all great, well written songs. So why did he put ~6 other songs that have nothing going for them on the album. Literally every song except Private Life is about love -- sometimes positive sometimes negative but about love -- which isn't inherently bad but there's not really any interesting insights or good lines, and sonically the songs just kind of blend together. Very samey. Literally listen to Pass Me By and Who Will I Be Loving Now back to back. Neither are great songs and they are also way too similar for both of them to need to exist. There was definitely potential for this album to be good but it really falls short of that potential. Sad :(

Bleh. Lots of nothing.

Nice enough voice, but still pretty dull old fashioned country music.

Country Music. Not my style

Таку американу я не люблю і оце засиллся слайд-гітари теж. Послухав і забув.

It’s like watching a balloon slowly spiral down as the air escapes - in extreme slow motion. If you are in the right mood, aka just dumped, it will hold your complete attention.

if my nan had listened to C&W then this would probably have been it very stereotypically country with a twang and that accent

I'm a sucker for this sort of thing, but I have to fight my biases and admit it's not fantastic.

Every song is pretty much the same. That said, I do like the One Song...weeping pedal steel, melancholy lyrics, honey singing, third verse key change. Pap loved George too...why did he love such sad music?

Ok country album. Perry boring to me. 2.5/5

out my wheelhouse, but didn't hate it. reminds me of riding in the back of dad's chevy impala wagon

Meh.

A couple songs were alright, but most of it was sappy, overly twangy and bland. This is the stuff films use as background noise when a character enters a dive bar in the middle of nowhere.

I like some country, but this was too country

I hate to be the country hater that says every damn one of these songs sounds exactly the same but…

Proper old school country music. Title track was petty good but the rest passed me by.

Unmemorable and disinteresting.

Better than the new country that's out, but its not for me.

Sm se bala, da bo country - in, seveda, je country. (Ampak sam 28 minut!) Fak, pr začetku "Once You've Had the Best" sm se prou nakremžila. This is not for me. Ha, in kr naenkrat je moja kuhna čista & albuma je konc.

Not so great country album, also some questionable attitudes towards women and love. saved 3/11, shelved 2/11.

completely forgettable.

Starts off with a nice song. The rest are a bit samey but overall pleasant enough. 2.5.

Not my type of album but not devastating to the ears

Тряця! Знову кантрі?

When I think of bad country music, this is exactly what's in my head. It's a nightmare made real. The caricature of every country music joke. I wish I could stream it backwards on Spotify.

Lovely voice, wild Wikipedia article

Kinda boring, it sounds older than it actually is 2

Nice bit of country but didn’t blow me away

Decent, entirely forgettable. I don't think I'll ever be able to fully embrace Nashville Sound.

Really? Another "just a man and his guitar" album? This one sounds exactly the same as all the others I've had to listen to, and it's equally as uninteresting. The actual guitar playing itself is so painfully average, and the lyrics are questionable at best, with the attitudes towards women and relationships very much relflecting how backwards people's views were back then. Hardly an essential album, and I think for everyone's sake it would be better for this and the many others like it to be forgotten with time.

I couldn’t remember much of music in my childhood but boy did this one note album w god loving lyrics bring back memories of my youth …

How many different ways can you essentially write the same song? I know absolutely nothing of Country music apart from pop culture references…I grew up hating it. Listening to this was a treat in the sense I’ve never sat through something like it. And it did remind me of road trips in the 70s with my grandparents. And evoked images of some small town bar middle of Texas. And felt like Smokey and the Bandit. For sure there is a place for music like this, it’s just not any speakers I own. 2/5

Ha Ha! Way too much slide guitar for me. It's a 'Toe tappin', 'Rooten tooten' of an album. Enjoyable, bit not my thing!

No thank you George - moving right along.

Jones certainly presents an interesting view on women… They will just leave you for no reason, they will most definitely start loving you when you creep around them long enough, but god forbid they are not immediately agreeing to a lifelong commitment. But of course it‘s fine when Jones is the one sleeping with a married woman because… well it brings him pleasure, i guess. That alone isn‘t a reason to give the album a bad rating. THAT comes from the abundance of country-cliches, the whining vocals and the lack of real variation on here.

2.0 - Weak

Almost stereotyped syrupy, sentimental country; almost completely at odds with Jones's drug and alcohol fuelled real life.

2/5

Too country for me, I don't have enough spurs / chaps / stetsons for this album

really country, not bad very old-timey, but not my style

Not my thing

A little too country for my liking but I didnt mind it. Shout out to George for only making this album 28 minutes long...because I dont think I would have lasted 30. Favorite: Who Will I Be Loving Now

Just kinda boring, to me

Always ambivalent to country. This is an example of the bad ones. 2/5

Very nice American country sounds like others though so no originality talks about love and booze

Same sappy country love song for 30 minutes. His voice is solid, but that is about it. 3/10 Top song The weatherman

The Grand Tour is a country album by George Jones. It was released in 1974. It is a country album. It includes the following instruments: guitar, drums, pedal steel, etc.

Mixed up this guy with Jim Jones and Charles Manson at the same time. Kind of coloured my perception of the music. Ignoring the murders, the music is just regular schmegular country, nothing to write home about as someone who isn't a fan of the genre

Im not really a country fan, I think it was all just fine. Nothing offensively bad, but like. eh. I defintly enjoy it much more than very many modern country music but that bar is in hell.

Better than I was expecting

It's like all of the bad parts of Elvis' sound. Way too much twang. Songs were mostly uninteresting. Thought I would like this more but I strongly prefer Willie Nelson or George Strait if I'm listening to old-school country.

Utterly unremarkable

Same old same old

Eh. I get that people love George Jones, but I'm not one of them. It's fine, but it's a bit draggy.

Once again, sounds like bog standard country to me

This is classic sounding country and western with it's awful mawkish lyrics. Musically is pretty much indistinguishable from any other country and western. Absolutely not my thing and tiresome to listen to.

While this wasn’t an unpleasant listen, I found it to be an uninspired, generic country album. It hits every cliché of the genre - the obligatory slide guitar on every track, predictable chord progressions, and really cheesy, frankly dreadful lyrics.

American country music is so often the sound of suffering, though I think they might not want me to feel it so acutely. Some country records can capture my heart, but this one isn't for me. And while the album is not abominable, outside of its craft it's barely redeemable.

Couple of good songs but I didn't vibe with it. First track was the best. 2/5

The first song was good, but besides that this album is incredibly boring. The only saving grace of this album is that it is less than 30 minutes. Mid 2.

I'm not much for country. Sorry.

You know, not every genre is for every person. And that's okay. I still don't like country music. But a couple of the tracks didn't make me want to throw the speaker out of the car.

Not a fan of country music in general. Still gave it a chance, still not feeling it. Two star music.

Pretty standard old school country. The title track in particular stands out with a captivating lyrical story and musicality, but the rest of the album feels much more derivative in comparison. Not the greatest country album, but worth a listen, especially with the shorter runtime. Top tracks: The Grand Tour, Borrowed Angel

I don't think I'll listen to this again. It was fine, but no more than that. Country music doesn't ring my bell.

Well, if you really *must* listen to country I guess this might be it. 1+1 for meeting notability guidelines.

Rätt slätstruket

Väl genomfört men förmodligen bland det tråkigare som jag någonsin varit med om. Skonsamt nog extremt kort.

man vill ju gilla lite go' country, men det här har inte åldrats särskilt bra alltså.

Mainstream country heeft veel elementen die ik echt nice vind, vooral de spongebob squarepants jangling gitaartjes. En soms echt die Hawaiiaanse twang, die je niet direct verwacht op de prairies van mainland USA. Maar als je verder kijkt dan die geluiden, dan heeft het altijd nét iets te weinig variatie, en wordt het never nooit spannend. Het is enorm opzoek naar een catchy refrein om een song te redden, en dat lukt op dit album niet echt vaak. Ik kan het altijd wel waarderen als dit op ons af wordt gegooid, maar helaas pakt hij me niet in. 6/10

Good old, country. The Grand Tour schiet niet direct in mijn allergie, wat bij Amerikaanse Country eigenlijk altijd al winst is. Het tempo is traag en de stem van George is wel gaaf. Verder is het echt zo classic country; het typische gitaar geluid, de onderwerpen van de songs en het lelijke Amerikaans Engels. Alleen in slottrack Our Private Life gaat het tempo omhoog. Dat is wel geinig, maar eigenlijk zat de kwaliteit van de plaat in het 'man-with-his-guitar' geluid. En daarom valt dat nummer aardig uit de toon. Good old country maar echt enthousiast wordt ik er niet van hoor. 5,5/10 Highlights Passe Me By

Zeikerige country ballads. De paar meer upbeat nummers waren oke, de rest kan me echt gestolen worden.

George Jones, 1931 in Saratoga, Texas geboren, nahm The Grand Tour im Januar 1974 in den Columbia Recording Studios (Studio B) in Nashville auf – produziert von Billy Sherrill, der die Sessions mit orchestralen Streicher-Arrangements von Bergen White und den Backing-Vocals der Jordanaires ausstattete. Das bei Epic Records erschienene Album war Jones' 41. Studioalbum und endete eine sieben Jahre währende Einzeldürre ohne Nummer-eins-Erfolg: Die Titelballade „The Grand Tour", von Norro Wilson, Carmol Taylor und George Richey geschrieben, erreichte im August 1974 die Chartspitze. Ebenfalls vertreten: „Once You've Had the Best" (Platz 3) und das intime Schlussstück „Our Private Life". Das Album entstand inmitten einer zerrütteten Ehe mit Tammy Wynette und einem eskalierenden Alkoholproblem – und das hört man, ohne dass es je ausgestellt wirkt. Sherrill hatte Jones jahrelang in Richtung Crossover drängen wollen; Jones bestand auf seinem Kernidiom. Das Ergebnis ist kein Kompromiss, sondern eine Synthese: Die Countrypolitan-Zutaten – Streicher, mehrstimmige Begleitung, polierter Sound – dienen nicht der Glättung, sondern als Resonanzraum für eine Stimme, die jede Zeile ans Limit bringt, ohne je zu kippen. The Grand Tour ist mit knapp 29 Minuten bewusst kompakt: Kein Takt, der nicht zählt, kein Arrangement-Detail, das bloß dekoriert. Jones singt, als ob er die Wahrheit kennt, die dahintersteckt, und als ob er bereit ist, dafür zu bezahlen. Wer die Seele des traditionellen Country sucht, findet sie hier in ihrer verletzlichsten und reinsten Form.

I don't like America

Not my thing, but I gotta respect this guys output as a real deal drunk.

⭐️⭐️ i had a feeling i wouldn't like this very much. he's got a great voice and some of the tracks were nice, but i sadly lost interest pretty quickly while listening

Back when I was a young slip of a thing, my friends and I used to try and dream up parody Country and Western songs for our dream band - The Hillbilly Cow Pokers - to sing. If we had heard this album we would have hot the mother lode. Endless heartbreak, marriages split up, an excess of regret and she took our baby and left me her alone with nuttin'. And that's just the first song. There's one song - Once You've had the Best - that's positive and another - that has a happy ending, although it's about a troubled marriage. But the rest are a compendium of misery. 30 minutes of infidelity and heart ache with overtime on the lap steel. Hot dang!

This was in one ear, out the other. Might be someone's favourite country album, but it's not mine.

yeehaw

Country music - how to stretch 2 minutes into 10

This was fine

uninteresting country

1. tour - 2 2. darling - 2 3. pazz - 1 4. love - 2 5. bezt - 2 6. uueatherman - 1 7. angel - 2 8. told - 1 9. mary - 1 10. loving - 2 11. life - 1

158/1001 First listen. Country music. I feel like I’d be in a sorry state if i wanted to listen to this. 3/10

Just some country music. Nothing else to say about it

Inoffensive, but bland country

That did not age well it was painful

Crying in your beer country music. I can tolerate the more upbeat songs like The Weatherman and Our Private Life.

I’ve told you before, unless it’s Johnny Cash, don’t bother me with your country music!

Country-yawn.

Nein, nicht noch mehr Country. Bitte nicht

The weatherman is a great tune, other than that, this is pure cliche honky tonk. No bite. No nothing.

I'm European

country..

Such a lovely voice. What a shame the songs are just typical country pap. 2/5

It's alright, even though the lyrics of country music are up my ally (unrequted love, loss and sadness) I just feel this is played too straight for my liking. I suppose I much prefer Gram Parsons take on country.

Not a country fan at all, so that's knocking this down a star or so unfortunately. This reminds me of my grandmother since she would listen to music like this. It's a 2 star for me only because I'm not a country fan and dislike slide guitar.. Good quality production though

I'm not a fan of country music with its various tropes. This doesn't seem to be an exceptional album, but at least it's short.

There are two good songs here. And 30 mins is the maximum of this kind of country music.

i've heard worse

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

BORING

meh

Russell Adler?! That may be a hot take but look at his Spotify- About the Artist section

Now this sounds like a CD my grandma had. The album is okay, it's heartbroken ballad after ballad. A lot of the songs sound the same. Just not a sound I want to hear 10 times in a row. There was a few different songs that were good.

This doesnt belong here either

Das Album ist ziemlich durchgerauscht ohne dass etwas hängengeblieben ist. Country bzw. diese Art auch nicht meine Baustelle.

Not my kind of listening but charming in its own way.

I genuinely try to keep my biases in check as I make my way through this project, and one of those biases is my deep dislike of country music. George Jones made a lot of people happy with his music, and people who love this music see this as among the best of the genre. But at the end of the day, I just can’t bring myself around on this one. The album is musically and lyrically...uninteresting. It's just pop music with a country twang, an album of songs that are slightly different versions of each other played to please. It is inoffensive adult contemporary music. And that has its place, but I'll be damned if I'm going to commend it musically lol. For me the best thing about this album is that it was 28 minutes long.

Old country. For old men.

Another country album??