- Band Name: Chris Young
- Record Label: RCA
- Release Date: Sep 17, 2013
- Summary: The fourth full-length release for the country singer was produced by James Stroud.
- Record Label: RCA
- Genre(s): Country, Contemporary Country, Neo-Traditionalist Country
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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Sep 20, 201383This disproves the popular belief that nothing good ever happens in the a.m. There’s plenty of good stuff here.
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Sep 20, 201380Young always seemed a shade too earnest on his earlier records so this unabashed embrace of country-pop--one that wasn't necessarily pushed on him, based on the six co-writes he has here, almost all of them among the poppier material--is at first a little startling but it winds up being the right direction for an artist whose greatest asset has always been his inherent likeability.
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Sep 20, 201370In the hands of a wannabe, the aforementioned songs might sound somewhat cloying, but given Young’s rugged vocals and apparent reservoir of conviction, the emotions ring true.
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Sep 20, 201367Some of that soul [heard on previous singles "Tomorrow" and "Voices"] survives on his fourth album, but too often he falls into the "bro country" trap currently plaguing the genre. [20/27 Sep 2013, p.152]