• Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Aug 2, 2019
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Negative: 1 out of 8
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  1. Apr 21, 2020
    9
    at first i couldn't get into it, because of the terrible first track, but then, with gems like house fire or Gemini, i just broke the ice and absorbed the beauty of this creation a hundred percent. almost, cuz that first track i just can't get through it. but that's all right, there's a skip function.
  2. Aug 6, 2019
    10
    If the overarching theme of 'Purgatory' was how love can lead a rambling heathen to redemption or, at the very least, Purgatory then 'Country Squire' is nine vignettes about Tyler and people he grew up around making the most or the best out of their choices or circumstances. This is solid country gold through and through with a song or two with shades of bluegrass and blue-eyed soul.If the overarching theme of 'Purgatory' was how love can lead a rambling heathen to redemption or, at the very least, Purgatory then 'Country Squire' is nine vignettes about Tyler and people he grew up around making the most or the best out of their choices or circumstances. This is solid country gold through and through with a song or two with shades of bluegrass and blue-eyed soul. Tyler's voice (both literally and his POV) take us on a tour of the life of road dogs from Eastern Kentucky and it's a trip I can tell I will want to take over and over. Standouts are Country Squire, Creeker, Gemini, and Peace of Mind. Collapse
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85

Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Oct 4, 2019
    89
    Childers walks the line of down-home idiosyncrasies and smooth popular jams with a star-making perfection.
  2. Aug 13, 2019
    79
    On Country Squire, his best release yet, he grapples with masculinity, family and the South in ways that feel entirely new, despite sounding really traditional. I’ll listen to his rocking chair tales any time.
  3. Uncut
    Aug 5, 2019
    80
    Childers is blessed with a timeless voice and an ear for the plurality of mountain music, these songs roaming between bluegrass, folk, straight-up country and R&B. [Sep 2019, p.26]