Jimmie Allen -Tulip Drive – Violet 2LP Vinyl

Comes on 2LP violet colored vinyl.

Pressing released in October – 2022.  Tulip Drive’ has a personal meaning to Allen, it being the name of the street his late grandmother grew up on. The album also shares a genealogy with ‘Bette James’, it being jam-packed with songs, sounds and diverse styles, which is where both albums differ from Allen’s debut album, ‘Mercury Lane’. There are 17 songs on ‘Tulip Drive’ and Allen has taken an editorial decision to fill the album with songs of differing styles and genres. The positive side to this is that the listener is bound to find a number of songs that they love because Allen is a skilled songwriter and master-craftsmen of modern Country music. He also excels at R&B, Soul, Hip-Hop and Latino collaborations with the likes CeeLo Green, T-Pain, Jennifer Lopez and Kaite Ohh too. However, the chances that the same listener will enjoy this whole body of songs will be quite remote as most people, in my experience, generally listen within the genre confines of a limited number of styles.