get off on the pain

Gary Allan is one of the rare major label artists who is able to successfully straddle the line between art and commerce with a successful string of hits that always hit home with fans and critics alike.  Is his latest single, the title tune to his current CD, a success?

Even as country music moves and changes and themes of love and loss come and go from the airwaves, there remain a few stellar artists like Gary Allan who keep their music as real as possible.  How does this album play out?