Track Listing
1. Free
2. Barefoot and Crazy
3. That's a Man
4. Seeing Stars
5. Not Giving Up On Me
6. Barbie Doll - (featuring The Little Big Lost Beat Up Ford Funky Times Freedom Choir/Dierks Bentley)
7. Big Dreams & High Hopes
8. Heartache
9. Man In Your Life
10. King of Wasted Time
11. In the Corner
12. That's a Man [Video]
13. Barefoot and Crazy [Video]
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Dierks Bentley, The Little Big Lost Beat Up Ford Funky Times Choir | | Producer: | Doug Lancio, Jack Ingram, Jay Joyce, Jeremy Stover, Radney Foster | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Recording information: HEK Productions, Austin, TX; Omni Sound Studios; Tragedy, Nashville, TN; Wine Cellar Studio; Doug's Basement, Nashville, TN; The Rukkus Room, Nashville, TN; Bismeaux Studios, Austin, TX; Ronnie's Place, Nashville, TN; Blackbird Studios; The Zone, Austin, TX; The Padded Room, Nashville, TN; The Sound Kitchen Studios, Franklin, TN; The Love Shack, Nashville, TN.
Jack Ingram became an "overnight success" in 2005 with his number one charting country single "Wherever You Are," after toiling for a decade in Nashville's fields. For a long time, Ingram was a poet, albeit one that Nashville bigwigs didn't want to hear from. He writes about the tough spot he felt himself in on BIG DREAM & HIGH HOPE's final track, "In the Corner." Now, it's true that these songs--at least the half or so he wrote on this set--don't much resemble that angry young man who's had a poet's touch and a steely critical eye. They do, however, reflect the sound of a songwriter who knows what it takes to be successful. BIG DREAMS & HIGH HOPES is the sound of contemporary country music and all of its tropes: the big '70s rock production, the sheen, the compressed guitars and over-amped drums, the perfectly punched vocals, the hooky pop choruses and sound effects that feel like they come from the disco era without the rhythm tracks. Still, Ingram wrote or co-wrote the album's best songs. There's the beautiful ballad "Seeing Stars," a duet with Patty Griffin; "Not Giving Up on Me," a midtempo power ballad about wreckage and redemption; and "Barbie Doll" (co-written with Todd Snider), a solid swaggering street rocker that features Dierks Bentley and Little Big Town. The title track is written in Ingram's older style--it's got the elegant simplicity, the simple tune, and the keen insight that brought most of his original fans to his door.
Editorial Reviews
Billboard Jack Ingram has graduated from the Texas circuit to the country mainstream in fine fashion, and his appropriately titled new release 'Big Dreams & High Hopes,' will only help his star rise higher.
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