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Lucky Old Sun - Kenny Chesney
Metascore
60 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
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  1. Billboard
    80
    Kenny Chesney does heroes George Strait and Jimmy Buffett proud on his latest set, which has a free-and-easy feel befitting its island inspiration.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    It's a slightly more commercial sequel to 2005's similarly mellow and nautical Be as You Are. Lucky Old Sun feels encouragingly personal for Chesney.
  3. The New York Times
    70
    Through the album, Mr. Chesney steers the songs toward half-smiles or at least a certain resigned acceptance, but he still sounds less complacent than ever.
  4. Boston Globe
    70
    It's nice to see Chesney cast in a different hue (and this one's distinctly blue), but eventually Lucky Old Sun recedes into its own down tempo, like waves drawing out to sea.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    63
    This is a quiet, introspective collection, predominantly an effort to find and take comfort wherever it presents itself.
  6. PopMatters
    60
    As a beach album, Lucky Old Sun is remarkably little fun.
  7. Hartford Courant
    50
    Chesney's sincerity is never in question, but his songs are uniformly garden-variety and obvious no matter how they are dressed.
  8. All Music Guide
    40
    To be sure, there's some pleasure to be had here, but it's all about appreciating the album as pure texture: it's merely sunbleached mood music.
  9. Slant Magazine
    20
    The album proves how vapid contemporary country can be: Very. Uh-huh.
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