Alan Jackson's Albums Are Not the Same Thing "Over and Over".

ALAN JACKSON has been making hit records since 1990.  That's not easy.  So the "Los Angeles Times" asked how he does it.  He said, quote, "I just [look] for a mixture of songs and topics that aren't the same thing over and over." Alan stuck with that plan on his latest album, "Thirty Miles West". He says, quote, "On this one there are some personal things, [and] some fun things that don't account for anything. 
"I have songs about everything, from gospel-tinged songs, drinking songs, heartache and love songs, family songs, songs about dying, we included all that."