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Genre:
Country
Release Date: 08/24/2004
The second album by the
Randy Rogers Band should sound oddly familiar to any
rock fans whose first exposure to
country music came in the New Traditionalist era of the '80s, post-
Urban Cowboy but pre-
Garth Brooks. Produced by
Radney Foster (half of the duo
Foster & Lloyd, one of the great
country-rock acts of that time) in
Rogers' hometown of Austin,
Rollercoaster is
country music performed with
rock & roll spunk instead of the usual Nashville candy-coating. The fact that the album was recorded with
Rogers' road band instead of the usual anonymous session musicians gives a casual, lived-in feel to the songs that suits
Rogers' traditional style. First single
"Tonight's Not the Night" is typical of the album, a slightly rueful song about a troubled relationship that sounds as much like
the Eagles as it does
Dwight Yoakam, although the album's high point is the harder-rocking
"This Time Around," a ripping kiss-off to a former flame set to the album's catchiest tune.
~Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
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