Drinkin Songs & Other Logic
Drinkin' Songs & Other Logicis a straight, no chaser collection of honky-tonk songs from Clint Black. Hard twangin' accompanies hard drinkin' from the opening shot of the theme-setting title track through the last call of  "Longnecks & Rednecks." Between rounds, Black adds some cowboy philosophizing ("Code of the West"), a plea for a return to purer country or better farmland ("Too Much Rock"), and a glimmer of spirituality ("Back Home in Heaven"). With Black producing and writing (or at least collaborating on) all of the material, the results aren't quite as consistent as they were in his hitmaking heyday. He suffers a novelty low with "Undercover Cowboy," about a seductive schemer who "only wants to know how to get under the cover with you," yet channels the dance-floor inspiration ofBob Willswith the twin fiddles of "Heartaches" and the breezy swing of "I Don't Wanna Tell You." Wherever the music takes him, there's a whole lot of Texas in these tracks.--Don McLeeseMore Clint BlackKillin' TimePut Yourself in My ShoesSpend My TimeThe Greatest HitsGreatest Hits II