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 Morgan Wallen opens One Thing at a Time with two songs where the narrator cops to drinking too much and not quite remembering what they've said. It's not the only time he alludes to letting the bottle turn him into a different man, an elliptical allusion to the scandal that embroiled the country singer after he was captured on video uttering a racial slur. The incident happened not long after the release of Wallen's Dangerous: The Double Album, and far from knocking his career off track, the scandal helped consolidate his audience; the double-LP turned into the best-selling album of 2021. One Thing at a Time offers more of the same -- a lot more of it. Weighing in at 36 songs, it's six tracks longer than Dangerous: The Double Album, a difference that clocks in at nearly an additional half-hour, bringing it just a few minutes shy of two hours. This untrammeled sprawl means One Thing at a Time offers a little something for everybody: there are sentimental weepers like "Thought You Should Know," a superstar duet thanks to Eric Church's cameo on "Man Made a Bar," party songs, sad songs, songs that lift liberally from classic rock standards ("Everything I Love," which borrows from both Allman Brothers Band's "Midnight Rider" and Marshall Tucker Band's "Can't You See"), songs about beer, songs about whiskey, and songs about wine. On Dangerous: The Double Album, all this radio-ready variety suggested that Wallen wanted to appeal to every audience everywhere, but in the wake of his scandal, this multi-purpose crowd-pleasing suggests an artist who wants to provide the perpetual jukebox within a walled garden.

Born With A Beer In My Hand
Last Night
Everything I Love
Man Made A Bar
Devil Don't Know
One Thing At A Time
98 Braves
Ain't That Some
I Wrote The Book
Tennessee Numbers
Hope That's True
Whiskey Friends
Sunrise
Keith Whitley
In The Bible
You Proof
Thought You Should Know
F150-50
Neon Star (Country Boy Lullaby)
I Deserve A Drink
Wine Into Water
Me + All Your Reasons
Tennessee Fan
Money On Me
Thinkin' Bout Me
Single Than She Was
Days That End In Why
Last Drive Down Main
Me To Me
Don't Think Jesus
180 (Lifestyle)
Had It
Cowgirls
Good Girl Gone Missin'
Outlook
Dying Man