AMG Review of Essential Aaron Tippin

Al Campbell
All Music Guide

Aaron Tippin was an important contributor to the traditionalist movement in the '90s. Tippin approached country music with a honky tonk attitude, leading to some of the era's rootsiest tunes on country radio. These 16 tracks include his debut hit, "You've Got to Stand for Something," "The Man That Came Between Us (Was Me)," "Working Man's Ph.D," and his first number one hit, "There Ain't Nothing Wrong With the Radio." The disc closes with an above-average version of Billy Swan's "I Can Help."