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On The Record
May 4, 2012
There's a warm, exuberant, distinctly Bon Jovian rasp to Georgia troubadour Kip Moore's voice on this debut, led by the raucous, bluesy radio hit "Somethin' 'Bout a Truck" (which commemorates how excited the ladies got when a young Kip traded up from an Isuzu). The rest of Up All Night prefers gentle pop-country grace to grit: Mostly it's lost love, not hedonism, keeping him awake, so soft-lit jams hailing romances both doomed ("Crazy One More Time") and successfully consummated ("Hey Pretty Girl") dominate. If "Tunnel of Love" is your favorite Springsteen song, here's your jam.
On The Record: Kip Moore talks Bruce Springsteen
On the Record is a video series where rock stars gush about their favorite records -- in exactly 45 seconds. Click above to watch Kip Moore give it up for Bruce Springsteen.