Hemingway's Whiskey
by Kenny Chesney
  • Record Label: BNA
  • Release Date: Sep 28, 2010
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. Parera_Starr11
    Jun 30, 2012
    9
    Kenny takes a bit of a risk here moving away from his typical on a vacation in the tropics sound. An goes a little dark. An it pays off . The songs a have an intimate feel and he sings the lyrics with a real sense of conviction. Bravo Kenny, it's your best album in years.
  2. BLeat
    Jul 12, 2013
    9
    I honestly cannot believe the critics do not like this album (I agree with the critics most of the time) but this is the closest thing to gold I have ever seen in music; beside Kendrick Lamar's Good kid maad city. There is not a bad song on the album. Yes, I will content that the lyrics are not Emily Dickinson or Walt Whitman good, but they are not Jason Aldean simple either. This album isI honestly cannot believe the critics do not like this album (I agree with the critics most of the time) but this is the closest thing to gold I have ever seen in music; beside Kendrick Lamar's Good kid maad city. There is not a bad song on the album. Yes, I will content that the lyrics are not Emily Dickinson or Walt Whitman good, but they are not Jason Aldean simple either. This album is funny, sad, sobering, hyper...Everything that is Kenny Chesney.… Expand

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Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Q Magazine
    Dec 20, 2010
    60
    Hemingway's Whiskey is very much par for the course. [Dec 2010, p.114]
  2. The New York Times
    70
    Mr. Chesney is playing with a different sort of relaxation here - not sun-bleached and fatigued, but genuinely troubled, and maybe narcotized. This is a Chesney that's only rarely appeared before.
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  3. Chicago Tribune
    50
    He's a troubadour for the suburbs, a guy who sings about middle-class life with a plainspoken mixture of wistfulness and humor.
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