Special guests on the tour included Justin Moore, Eli Young Band, Jack Ingram, and Stoney LaRue.

[7] As of August 2010, the album sold 200,395 copies in the U.S.[8] Upon its release, Get Off on the Pain received generally positive reviews from most music critics.

[18] Giving it four stars out of five, Country Weekly reviewer Jessica Phillips said that the album "reveal[s] an even more authentic, intense layer" of Allan's personality.

"[13] Bill Friskics-Warren with The Washington Post called the album "terrific" saying "Allan's by turns gruff and tender vocals nevertheless are undeniably country, as is the stolid resilience with which he confronts heartache".

[10] He also acclaimed the honesty of the album, saying "Get Off On the Pain may not be the world’s most uplifting listening experience, but what it lacks in cheer it makes up in truth.

For fans who appreciate outstanding country music that deals with real issues, that fact may just make the album’s title a perfectly appropriate statement".

[16] Cody Miller with PopMatters gave it an eight star rating saying it was "contender for year’s end best of list; insightful and rare look into a singer’s psyche, a collection of top-grade Country music or soulful purging.

This country singer had a broken voice long before this album, and a sure way with an aching lyric, but here, optimism appears to have been filtered out, leaving only shadows, where Mr. Allan thrives.