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66

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5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 4 Ratings

  • Summary: Co-produced with Buddy Cannon, the country singer's latest release includes eight songs written by Chesney and features guest appearances from Elan, Willie Nelson, and The Wailers.
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  • Record Label: BNA
  • Genre(s): Country, Contemporary Country, New Traditionalist, Neo-Traditionalist Country
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Pirate Flag
Well I come from a little bitty, homegrown small town, Smoky Mountains, nice place to hang around. Moonshine, that's where they make it, Put it in a... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. Apr 30, 2013
    80
    Chesney returns to that reflective, often acoustic, place for Life on a Rock and again hits a high-water mark.
  2. Apr 30, 2013
    80
    This feels fuller, richer than any Chesney album in recent memory, but it's also unhurried and light, an ideal soundtrack for a long, lazy summer.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    May 3, 2013
    75
    Aside form one misguided reggae experiment, Chesney sounds right at home here. [10 May 2013, p.67]
  4. Apr 30, 2013
    67
    Ultimately, Life on a Rock’s most exciting moments come when Kenny pushes his limits on something unusual
  5. May 20, 2013
    60
    Life on a Rock ultimately seems less like a beach party album than Chesney stretching out with his ghosts.
  6. 50
    Chesney's tone-deafness here seems especially egregious because it's surrounded by better, smarter material.
  7. Apr 30, 2013
    30
    The results are mostly dismal, making for the sort of album that reinforces faith in big, lumbering institutions that understand starmaking.
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