ARTIST: Bruce Robison
TITLE: Eleven Stories
LABEL: Sustain Records / Universal
GENRE: Country
TIME: 39:15 min
SIZE:  54,7 MB
RIP DATE: May-15-2006
RELEASE DATE: Apr-04-2006
WEBSITE: n/a

Track List:

01. Every Once In A While                      03:17
02. Virginia                                   03:21
03. Tennessee Jed                              05:22
04. More And More                              02:57
05. Days Go By                                 03:57
06. All Over But The Cryin'                    04:40
07. Don't Call It Love                         03:37
08. You Really Let Yourself Go                 02:43
09. I Never Fly                                02:30
10. Kitchen Blues                              03:03
11. Bandera Waltz                              03:48

Release Notes:

As a performer, Bruce Robison isn't nearly as well
known as his wife, Kelly Willis (who contributes
plenty of duet and background vocals here); his
brother, Charlie Robison; or his sister-in-law,
Emily Robison of the Dixie Chicks. But top country
artists all know him and eagerly await each of the
songwriter’s albums, because they invariably
introduce hit-bound material (the Dixie Chicks,
George Strait, and Tim McGraw have all scored big
with his songs). The smash-just-waiting-to-happen
here is the album's centerpiece, "All Over But the
Cryin'," a romantic ballad about hanging on to a
relationship that has lost its spark. The
bittersweet "Don't Call It Love" also has plenty of
commercial possibility, though Robison's strength as
a songwriter is that he never sounds like he's
writing to formula or with an ear toward radio. His
well-crafted material just goes down as easily as
the acoustic, folkish arrangements that dominate the
album. His gentle melodies and vocal warmth belie
the comparative darkness of "Days Gone By" and the
regret of "Every Once in Awhile," while the hardcore
roadhouse of "You Really Let Yourself Go," evoking
the Buck Owens/Dwight Yoakam school, provides a
chance of pace. The choice of covers makes this
Robison's most varied release to date, as "Tennessee
Jed" highlights the back-porch country side of the
Grateful Dead, "More and More" (a duet with Wills)
channels Webb Pierce, and "Bandera Waltz" toasts
Robison's hometown in the Texas hill country.