Robert Christgau: Album: George Jones: Cold Hard Truth

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George Jones: Cold Hard Truth [Asylum, 1999]
Begins with two all-time keepers and a fine novelty, after which the songs need more than the scratch vocals he was stuck with after he ran into an abutment playing his stepdaughter the tape ("Choices," "Cold Hard Truth," "Sinners & Saints") ***