Good Times (Charlie Robison album)

Good Times is the fifth solo studio album by Charlie Robison, released on September 21, 2004. It is his seventh album, overall, including a live album, appropriately titled Live, as well as a collaborate effort with Jack Ingram and Charlie's brother, Bruce Robison, titled Unleashed Live. Good Times peaked at No. 52 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[1]

Good Times
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2004 (2004-09-21)
StudioBismeaux Studios and Boar's Nest Studio, Austin, TX
GenreCountry
Length47:40
LabelDualtone Records
Producer
Charlie Robison chronology
Live
(2003)
Good Times
(2004)
Beautiful Day
(2009)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
PopMatters          [3]
The Austin Chronicle4/5[4]

Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. of AllMusic says, "Robison isn't a mainstream country singer, but seems like he's playing country music because it's part of who he is and how he thinks, not because a friend loaned him a George Jones album in college."[2]

Hank Kalet of PopMatters rates this album a 7 and writes, "Throughout, there is an ominous shadow cast that makes the good times seem a desperate attempt to keep away the blues. There is sadness and there are good times and they mingle, inform each other, change each other."[3]

Christopher Gray of The Austin Chronicle gives the album 4 stars and says, "Good Times is darker and mellower than 2001's Life of the Party, but only because there's no song told by a brawling Irishman."[4]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Charlie Robison, unless otherwise noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Good Times" 3:53
2."New Year's Day" 3:51
3."El Cerrito Place"Keith Gattis5:38
4."Big City Blues"Keith Gattis3:48
5."The Bottom"Waylon Payne5:03
6."Love Mens Never Having To Say You're Hungry" 3:48
7."Photograph" 3:46
8."Something in The Water" 3:51
9."Always" 5:08
10."Flatland Boogie"Terry Allen4:18
11."Magnolia" 4:36
Total length:47:40

Musicians

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  • Charlie Robison – acoustic guitars, vocals, harmony vocals
  • Keith Robinson – drums, percussion
  • Scott Esbeck – bass guitar
  • Riley Osbourn – keyboards
  • David Grissom – guitars
  • Eamon McLoughlin – fiddle
  • Glenn Fukunaga – doghouse bass
  • Chip Dolan – accordion
  • Rich Brotherton – mandolin
  • Ted Roddy – harmonica
  • Lloyd Maines – steel guitar, dobro, papoose, lap steel guitar
  • Natalie Maines – backing vocals

Production

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Track information and credits adapted the album's liner notes.[5]

Charts

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Chart (2004) Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[1] 52

References

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  1. ^ a b "Charlie Robison Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Lankford, Jr., Ronnie D.. AllMusic Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b Kalet, Hank (13 February 2005). "PopMatters Review". PopMatters. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b Gray, Christopher (8 October 2004). "Austin Chronicle Review". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  5. ^ Good Times (liner notes). Charlie Robison. Dualtone. 2004. 80302-01185-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)