It's raw and emotional. It's freight-train-to-nowhere lonely. It's hard-rockin', no-apologies country music that has traded in its twang for a gravelly growl millions of fans recognize as the voice of Gary Allan.

And with Living Hard, his 2007 release from MCA Nashville, Allan once again proves that, though times may change, the thread of truth at the center of his music remains the same.

• Watching Airplanes
• We Touched the Sun
• She's So California
• Like It's A Bad Thing
• Learning How To Bend
• As Long As You're Looking Back
• Wrecking Ball
• Yesterday's Rain
• Trying To Matter
• Half Of My Mistakes
• Living Hard