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Dec 6, 2011While it doesn't break any new ground and remains firmly entrenched in contemporary country's geography, it evokes the riled-up, bluesy hard country rock sound of Hank Jr. enough that it separates Church from the genre's other practitioners who are attempting the same thing.
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Jul 24, 2011Now a husband and soon-to-be father, you might expect Church to express that serenity and joy in songs about married bliss. Not here, where he prefers to sing of bruised heart and booze-filled adventures, even better fodder for his gnarled drawl
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Jul 25, 2011Church and his co-writers also shine as clever lyricists, making his formula-following peers sound even more generic.
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Jul 22, 2011This midlevel country dude, one of Nashville's most detail-oriented songwriters, peppers his third album, Chief, with so many proper nouns - Waylon and Springsteen, Jack Daniel's and Jesus - that it's sometimes hard to hear Eric Church through all the neo-outlaw hero worship.
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Oct 11, 2011Church has always known how to write, and he's blowing here.
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Jul 26, 2011The titles tell the story on Eric Church's third album: This is country music in the rough 'n' tumble honky-tonk tradition.
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Jul 25, 2011In what has been a truly dreadful year for country music, Chief is a surprise standout.
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Aug 16, 2011Chief is a record made for Saturday night, but it's worth playing on Sunday morning, too.
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Aug 9, 2011Chief, like Church's other work, walks the line between hard Southern boogie and softie singer-songster sap, but with plenty of chug.
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