Based on a True Story...
by Blake Shelton
User Score
4.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 26
  3. Negative: 12 out of 26
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  1. leafar0997
    Mar 28, 2013
    7
    This Blake's album is not his best one but is definitely a good, interesting and consisting album. Songs like Do You Remember, Country On The Radio, Doin' What She Likes, My Eyes and I Still Got A Finger are really nice and good to listen. However I think that he should be more original and write more songs of his own. I turned disappointed when I noticed that Blake didn't write any ofThis Blake's album is not his best one but is definitely a good, interesting and consisting album. Songs like Do You Remember, Country On The Radio, Doin' What She Likes, My Eyes and I Still Got A Finger are really nice and good to listen. However I think that he should be more original and write more songs of his own. I turned disappointed when I noticed that Blake didn't write any of the songs in this album.
    Shelton is a great country artist but he should show more improvement.    … Expand
  2. rwalley82
    Mar 26, 2013
    10
    This is by far the best album from him to date. There is something for every country music on this album. Luckily his website let his fans preview his album before it was released. On Red River Blue there were maybe 3 songs that I liked. This album seems to be more complete and appealing to the ears. To be honest this is the first Blake Shelton album I have been led to buy. I haveThis is by far the best album from him to date. There is something for every country music on this album. Luckily his website let his fans preview his album before it was released. On Red River Blue there were maybe 3 songs that I liked. This album seems to be more complete and appealing to the ears. To be honest this is the first Blake Shelton album I have been led to buy. I have purchased some of his singles from itunes. I see "Boys Round Here", "My Eyes", "Doing What She Likes", "Small Town Big Time" and "Mine Would Be You" released and would be hits on today's country radio.… Collapse

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Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Mar 27, 2013
    63
    With its easy rhymes and hummable choruses, the album doesn't ask the listener to work any harder than Shelton himself is prepared to work.
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  2. Boston Globe
    Mar 26, 2013
    60
    The album may be based on a true story, but it doesn’t offer enough personal touches to distinguish it from a lot of other tales coming out of Nashville.
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  3. AllMusic
    Mar 26, 2013
    60
    That Shelton can pull off this big, swinging bravado isn't much of a surprise--when his voice trills electronically on "Small Town Big Time" he makes it sound like a joke--but there's just a little bit too much of the schtick; individually the cuts work fine but they overwhelm not only the gentler moments ("Sure Be Cool If You Did," "Do You Remember") but cancel each other out over the long run.
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