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Big Day in a Small Town Image
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 5 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

  • Summary: The second full-length release for the Grammy-nominated country singer was produced by Jay Joyce.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Jun 9, 2016
    90
    If Big Day in a Small Town occasionally feels like nothing more than a collection of great songs that don't quite gel into a larger picture, that's a minor complaint: songs rarely come much better than these.
  2. Jun 9, 2016
    80
    Aggressive and big-grinned, sophomore album Big Day in a Small Town sounds fantastic; it’s often a superb piece of recorded music, designed to move people and make them feel things.
  3. Uncut
    Jun 9, 2016
    80
    These diorama-songs of a Mayberry gone to seed don't sound to different from what you might hear on mainstream US radio--only much more lovingly observed and finely crafted. [Jul 2016, p.71]
  4. Jun 17, 2016
    80
    Clark is good at bending country boilerplate.
  5. Jun 9, 2016
    70
    If you’re looking for alternatives to mainstream country, Clark is still providing one with Big Day in a Small Town--you just have to keep listening beyond the first two tracks to find it.
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  1. Apr 10, 2021
    0
    So many of the songs are just bad. The Ballards she can sing, her voice doesn’t go with upbeat songs. It’s just stereotype poor country comingSo many of the songs are just bad. The Ballards she can sing, her voice doesn’t go with upbeat songs. It’s just stereotype poor country coming from someone living a better life. Not authentic. Expand