The pensive, sepia-toned snapshot on the cover of Jason Michael Carroll's second album, Growing Up Is Getting Old, shows that the country singer is determined to leave the pretty-boy down-home hunk of his first album behind -- at least in terms of image, if not quite in terms of music. It may be a little softer, a little broader, a little bit self-consciously older, but Growing Up Is Getting Old shows the same fondness for arena country as Carroll's 2007 debut, Waitin' in the Country, relying heavily on sports-bar rockers and radio-ready ballads, all peppered with signifiers of Middle American life. The whole thing opens with a Saturday night bar brawl, trucks appear in every other song, whiskey flows like water, and there are dewy-eyed salutes to "Where I'm From" and trips through the past fueled by flipping through a yearbook -- all capped off by simple truths like "I think honesty is right/I think lying is wrong." Like before, Carroll can almost turn clichés into something resembling genuine emotion -- his voice is warm and friendly, giving his readings a conversational lilt. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Growing Up Is Getting Old
04/28/2009 | Arista
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Jason Michael Carroll releases his sophomore album from Arista Nashville, Growing Up Is Getting Old, featuring the hit single "Where I’m From."
Credits of Growing Up Is Getting Old
- Joe Martino
- Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
- Chris McHugh
- Percussion, Drums
- Gary Morse
- Dobro, Pedal Steel
- Michael Rhodes
- Bass
- Mike Rojas
- Piano, Organ (Hammond)
- David Stallings
- Bird Calls
- Biff Watson
- Guitar (Acoustic), Banjo
- Glenn Worf
- Bass
- Jonathan Yudkin
- Banjo, Strings, Mandolin, Fiddle
- Wes Hightower
- Vocals (Background)
- Tom Bukovac
- Piano, Guitar (Electric)
- Jennifer Kemp
- Stylist
- Ilya Toshinsky
- Guitar (Acoustic), Banjo
- Darren Ankenman
- Photography
- Mike Johnson
- Dobro, Pedal Steel
- John Netti
- Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
- Judy Forde Blair
- Creative Producer
- Jim Catino
- A&R
- Scott Albert Johnson
- Production Assistant
- Kenny Aronoff
- Percussion, Drums
- Steve Beers
- Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
- J.T. Corenflos
- Guitar (Electric)
- Mark Dearnley
- Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
- Don Gehman
- Producer
- John Hobbs
- Piano, Organ (Hammond)
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