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Hank Williams III - Straight to Hell Audio CD

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Hank Williams III Band: Hank Williams III
Title: Straight to Hell
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Release Date: 2006-02-28
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Satan Is Real, Straight to Hell 2: Thrown Out of the Bar 3: Things You Do To Me 4: Country Heroes 5: D Ray White 6: Low Down 7: Pills I Took 8: Smoke & Wine 9: My Drinkin Problem 10: Crazed Country Rebel 11: Dick in Dixie 12: Not Everybody Likes Us 13: Angel of Sin 14: Louisiana Stripes

Evil Country At Its Finest
I really enjoy this CD; I like the way he throws elements of metal and punk-rock into the mix, while still keeping it insufferably hillbilly. This is the first Hank III CD I have purchased, so I can't really compare it to his other work, or anything else for that matter. I prefer the more high-energy songs--"Pills I Took" is wrong and hilarious, one of my favorites! His slower songs tend to be that sad kinda funny, and sound a lot like the work of his grandfather. All in all, this CD is quite good.


An instant classic across all genres
It's overly simplistic to the point of inspiring a boy / power girl band mood with zero lyrical depth and raw crap they crank out from sample boxes called music. I hate country music. It's rated G music at best Disney buys up for the next film about a cute ant falling in love with a mean dragonfly.

Hank III agrees with me, and he made an album rivaling Cashs' best work. Straight to Hell is by far one of the best albums to come from the 2000's, and boy we needed one.


This is not your daddy's country music!
This two-disc album offers as much as anyone can hope for from high-tempo pickin' to raw analog recordings. "Straight To Hell" is a revelation. From its sinister opening on the first disc all the way throughout the 42-minute "Hidden Track" on the second disc there is a lot here to take in.

The first disc is a showcase of some of the finest example of classic country with very little in the way of over-produced production. It gets right back to the basics of what country music should be and doesn't let up. Sure there are the occasional sound effects but that doesn't detract from the overall roots feel to the material.

The second disc kicks off with "Louisiana Stripes", a fitting piece that finds Hank III channeling the late Johnny Cash. afterwards is the aforementioned "Hidden Track" that throws about as much into the mix as possible laced with darkness (a track is deliberately slowed down to a sinister growl) and dark humor (the cover of Cheech & Chong's "Up In Smoke" with an intro by one of Hank's stoned friends via an answering machine message).

This is stuff not meant for radio play. But then, considering the stuff on the radio, that's a blessing. It's certainly not a boring album over here for I find myself listening to it from time to time. Not a bad album at all!.


Awesome Album
I am not a huge country fan, but I can appreciate the musicality of the album. Great album. Catchy melodies, great vocals, memorable lyrics, and a good band. .


Runnin' and a' gunnin' and lookin for a damn good time!
From the opening lines "Satan is real. . " to the closing croon "when you're lovin' an angel of sin, she'll never be there for you" this album takes you on a meteoric ride to the far reaches of good times and late nights. This album is the soundtrack for any party worth havin! Sapelak says that 3 was following him around and writing songs about all the things he did (that may might be true), but I think this record speaks to a certain strata of folks who exist below the radar of the normalers and those folks who live this way get it and those that don't, well, they never will and this record wasn't written for them. 3 writes real country from a mindset settled when country was rock n' roll and "rock n' roll" wasn't even a phrase! While "not everybody likes us", that's just how it goes. Some of us have enough friends. .


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