Hank Williams Jr. Album: “Habits Old and New”

This is a Hank classic. Overlooked by a few, worshiped by the masses. Habits Old and New is a timeless classic that brings together classic Hank country and a little bit of New Orleans style blues. Hank shows his "family tradition" in this album. If Hank Sr. were alive today, he would be singing these very songs. The album begs to be listened to over and over and over again. If there were six stars to be given this album would receive all six. So if you thought you were a Hank fan before, try this album and hear all the Hank you've been missing.

Hank's has always shown the influence of his father while being distinct from it. The influence is most obvious in the many covers of his father's songs (albeit done in Junior's own style) and the many songs that are, in one way or other, about his father. On this album, the family influence is stronger than ever. There are covers of Kaw-liga and Move it on over, while there are two songs about his father - The blues man and If you don't like Hank Williams. His father also gets mentioned in Dinosaur.

All those tracks are great but the standout track here is the title track, a superb ballad about how some old habits can be broken more easily than others. Here I am again and Won't it be nice are other excellent ballads. Hank gets on his soapbox in The American way. Hank sings about the south (as he often does) in All in Alabama.

This is yet another classic album from Hank, mixing country, blues and rock in his own unique way.

This album in my opinion is one of Hank's best. The song "Old Habits" is one of my all time fanorite Hank songs. "Dinosaur" is right next to it. You can't go wrong by buying it. The whole album is great it tells alot about Hank and how he thinks about things. This has to be the appitomy of hank's albums.

I'm so glad they re-mastered the classics by Hank! This record was one of the greats by one of the greats. Old Bocephus put together a real classic here. I see the singles available up there, so I'll review a few of the lesser known songs you might want to check out.

"Dinosaur" is a very meaningful song to me personally. It's about a guy who just doesn't quite fit in anymore. I hear this song in Nashville bars a lot, but almost never anywhere else. It's a song that kind of denotes a real Hank, Jr. fan.

"The Blues Man" is another hard core Hank fan song. I simply love this song. It is purely what Hank was going through in the years leading up to the album, and you should hear it. It's a great song.

Those are the two you should listen to if you do nothing else. After that, I think you'll want to buy the who record. You won't regret it.

Hank Williams Jr. basically went through three stages in his career. The first was following in the shadow of his father, the second he emerged and established his indivduality, and the third he went completely overboard and lost all but his most dedicated fans. This is an album from Hank's middle period that shows him in all his glory. Hank's album's are always very personalized and straight from the heart. It's pure country with hints of rock and blues. This is a great first Hank Jr. album as there are literally no bad tracks. For all of you who listen to modern "country" get over it, this is the real deal.