Good Times (Charlie Robison album)

Good Times is the fifth solo studio album by Charlie Robison, released on September 21, 2004. It is his seventh album, overall, including a live album, appropriately titled Live, as well as a collaborate effort with Jack Ingram and Charlie's brother, Bruce Robison, titled Unleashed Live. Good Times peaked at No. 52 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.^[1]

Good Times
Studio album by Charlie Robison
Released	September 21, 2004 (2004-09-21)
Studio	Bismeaux Studios and Boar's Nest Studio, Austin, TX
Genre	Country
Length	47:40
Label	Dualtone Records
Producer	Lloyd Maines Charlie Robison
Charlie Robison chronology
Live (2003) Good Times (2004) Beautiful Day (2009)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
PopMatters	[3]
The Austin Chronicle	4/5[4]

Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. of AllMusic says, "Robison isn't a mainstream country singer, but seems like he's playing country music because it's part of who he is and how he thinks, not because a friend loaned him a George Jones album in college."^[2]

Hank Kalet of PopMatters rates this album a 7 and writes, "Throughout, there is an ominous shadow cast that makes the good times seem a desperate attempt to keep away the blues. There is sadness and there are good times and they mingle, inform each other, change each other."^[3]

Christopher Gray of The Austin Chronicle gives the album 4 stars and says, "Good Times is darker and mellower than 2001's Life of the Party, but only because there's no song told by a brawling Irishman."^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Charlie Robison, unless otherwise noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Good Times"		3:53
2.	"New Year's Day"		3:51
3.	"El Cerrito Place"	Keith Gattis	5:38
4.	"Big City Blues"	Keith Gattis	3:48
5.	"The Bottom"	Waylon Payne	5:03
6.	"Love Mens Never Having To Say You're Hungry"		3:48
7.	"Photograph"		3:46
8.	"Something in The Water"		3:51
9.	"Always"		5:08
10.	"Flatland Boogie"	Terry Allen	4:18
11.	"Magnolia"		4:36
Total length:			47:40

Musicians

• Charlie Robison – acoustic guitars, vocals, harmony vocals
• Keith Robinson – drums, percussion
• Scott Esbeck – bass guitar
• Riley Osbourn – keyboards
• David Grissom – guitars
• Eamon McLoughlin – fiddle
• Glenn Fukunaga – doghouse bass
• Chip Dolan – accordion
• Rich Brotherton – mandolin
• Ted Roddy – harmonica
• Lloyd Maines – steel guitar, dobro, papoose, lap steel guitar
• Natalie Maines – backing vocals

Production

• Producer – Charlie Robison
• Producer – Lloyd Maines
• Engineer – Billy C. "Cris" Burns
• Additional engineering – James Calloway

Track information and credits adapted the album's liner notes.^[5]

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[1]	52