Summary:The eighth full-length studio release for the country singer who also appears as a coach/judge on NBC's The Voice features Pistol Annies and Gwen Sebastian as guests.
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.
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.
While some of the project’s dozen tracks, like the beautiful ballad “Do You Remember” and the refreshingly ’70s-sounding “Lay Low,” which calls to mind Gary Stewart, are of Blake’s caliber, others feel rushed.
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 fansThis 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.…Expand
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 TheThis 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
Although i can't give it a 0 like some others on here, what those reviews are saying is essentially true. There's not a lot of interestingAlthough i can't give it a 0 like some others on here, what those reviews are saying is essentially true. There's not a lot of interesting stuff on here. The lead single 'Be Cool if You Did' is pretty good, and one or two other tracks stand out. Otherwise, there is nothing new here lyrically or melodically. Blake Shelton seems so likeable you want to like this music, but how can you when there are artists like Kacey Musgraves and Allison Monroe and Jamey Johnson and, for crying out loud, his wife Miranda Lambert, pushing the envelope and doing something interesting with country music.
I know there are a lot of other very good country artists who exist outside of this generic rehash of country formula. I would take a look for those artists before investing in this kind of album.…Collapse
I'm going to tell people the cold, hard truth with this album, and that's that it is a rehashed version of every other country music album outI'm going to tell people the cold, hard truth with this album, and that's that it is a rehashed version of every other country music album out there. This is why I consider this type of music to be among the bottom of the barrel of music. If you take the lyrics to "Country On The Radio" off of this album, and basically every other country music song out there, you basically get the exact same song with the exact same lyrics. And literally every song on here is the exact same as other songs in the genre. This might as well just be Red River Blue Part Deux or Starting MORE Fires or, even more fitting, Generic Country Album #8549385234235346452375023955324532509348.3593053. Blake Shelton, along with Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Dustin Lynch, and every other current country musician out there are all basically the same exact artist. They offer nothing that is even remotely new or interesting to the table. All of them write about the exact same topic with the same lyrics we've seen so many times before that it's now a cliche of the genre. But the sad thing is, it sells, especially with the teenagers and young adults, and that's sickening.…Expand
Blake Shelton has released a good album in the sense that it so stubbornly adheres to the tried-and-true country pop template, that nobodyBlake Shelton has released a good album in the sense that it so stubbornly adheres to the tried-and-true country pop template, that nobody could even dare to begin criticizing it due to how "servicable" and "innoffensive" it is.
These kind of lukewarm sentiments are exactly why we haven't seen any true evolution in mainstream country music for years. These artists can afford to be lazy because of how un-demanding their target audience is. I've seen this very same album released every year for the past 5-10 years by different people like Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Toby Keith, and a ton of other country "artists" trying to make a quick buck off of folks who have become exceedingly complacent with hearing the same sh*t over and over again.
Don't support this cheap, lazy excuse for "songwriting". Vote with your wallets. We can't let country artists degrade music by depending on an old, tired formula for every album they release.…Expand
