Leave This Town
by Daughtry
  • Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Jul 14, 2009
User Score
4.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 71 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 71
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 71
  3. Negative: 37 out of 71

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  1. Gloznichso
    Mar 23, 2017
    9
    I like every single song on this Album. He has a very good voice! And I like this kind of music. The only critic I have is that they all are very similar.
  2. AndrewN.
    Jul 16, 2009
    9
    Critics who grade music as a career are people who have lost touch with reality and are so biased towards what music they like, that when music comes by that is actually good, they fail to recognize it.
  3. JamesH.
    Jul 17, 2009
    9
    Not all music is required to be nor should it be some artistic journey. The critics that have forgotten this may have forgotten that if all cars were red it would be the blue car that is most desirable. Chris Daughtry writes grown up music that is enjoyable un-offensive and radio friendly. That is an art that has almost been lost on the bandwagonesque airwaves of the Mcmega radio Not all music is required to be nor should it be some artistic journey. The critics that have forgotten this may have forgotten that if all cars were red it would be the blue car that is most desirable. Chris Daughtry writes grown up music that is enjoyable un-offensive and radio friendly. That is an art that has almost been lost on the bandwagonesque airwaves of the Mcmega radio stations. Rock on Chris, Thanks for losing on Idol!.… Expand
  4. TylerV
    Jul 20, 2009
    9
    How can you say this album is bad??? I feel this album is a very good follow up album. Great job Daughtry!
  5. KimC
    Jul 28, 2009
    9
    It has a similar sound as his debut cd but the lyrics are much more deep and heart felt on this cd. Open your eyes is a touching song about life after death. Beautifully written.
  6. SwertM.
    Jul 16, 2009
    10
    A very excellent sophomore album for Daughtry, and a good continuation to what hopes to be a long discography. I'd recommend it for Rock fans everywhere.
  7. DevinD
    Jul 21, 2009
    10
    Honestly if you like the album you shouldn't care what critics say. They are paid to give serious reviews of an album not. "Oh my god I love this album" They are paid to go and listen to the music and compare it to other people's music. And yes compared to a bunch of albums that have come before it of course you can expect the kind of reviews you've seen. DAUGHTRY entered Honestly if you like the album you shouldn't care what critics say. They are paid to give serious reviews of an album not. "Oh my god I love this album" They are paid to go and listen to the music and compare it to other people's music. And yes compared to a bunch of albums that have come before it of course you can expect the kind of reviews you've seen. DAUGHTRY entered the world at a time where everything he's done has been done before him.… Expand
  8. Colin
    Jul 28, 2009
    8
    I personally thought this album was better than the first. I liked that it had a heavier sound to it than their first one.
  9. ToddH
    Jul 17, 2009
    10
    This album ROCKS! Daughtry is here and here to stay. I agree with Andrew N. Critics are biased towards the music that they prefer. This album has it all -- throw backs to the original, some great hard rock, and a little country feel to show their diversity in the industry. Keep brining on the best guys!
  10. TonyK
    Jul 21, 2009
    9
    Excellent Album. Keep on Rocking Daughtry. Some critics are so snobbish you can only laugh.
  11. RedRyan18
    May 22, 2014
    8
    This album offers more of the same. Angst-filled lyrics, crunchy guitar riffs, and pounding drums. While I would normally cry foul against this, I have to admit I'm glad I listened to it.

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75
#75 Most Discussed Album of 2009

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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. AllMusic
    60
    They have nothing on their mind other than making basic, black-and-white modern rock, and they do so efficiently on Leave This Town, a sophomore album that's every bit as satisfying as the first.
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  2. Boston Globe
    50
    If you called Leave This Town, his familiar-sounding sophomore effort, workmanlike, he’d probably see it as a compliment. Too bad this is disappointingly generic hard rock with virtually the same formula that made his debut such a success.
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    The blueprint of follow-up Leave This Town--chugging riffs, angsty-sensitive lyrics, here-come-the-soaring-double tracked-?choruses--may feel utterly familiar, but it's undoubtedly what the people (the people not being up for, one guesses, any major stylistic switcheroos) want.
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