Tailgates & Tanlines - Luke Bryan
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  • Summary: The Capitol Nashville artist returns with his third full-length album.

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Aug 4, 2011
    83
    Several snoozy ballads dampen his mojo near the end, but Tailgates & Tanlines mostly shines.
  2. American Songwriter
    Aug 9, 2011
    80
    Tailgates & Tanlines is, for the most part, exactly what the title implies: a soundtrack for fun and sun, along with an instantaneous cure for the summertime blues.
  3. All Music Guide
    Aug 9, 2011
    70
    He's not flashy yet he's not boring, he's laid-back and assured, a modern guy who knows his roots but is happy to be in the present, and it's hard not to smile along with the guy as he sings.
  4. Slant Magazine
    Aug 8, 2011
    40
    Had Bryan taken more risks of that sort with his song selection and writing, Tailgates & Tanlines might have been an interesting album. But there's no appreciable ambition here.

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  1. legrand23
    10
    This album took out the country in me. I never really listened to country before I heard this album. This album is just great, especially for people like me who's new to country.… Expand

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