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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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This is a quiet, introspective collection, predominantly an effort to find and take comfort wherever it presents itself.
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As a beach album, Lucky Old Sun is remarkably little fun.
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Chesney's sincerity is never in question, but his songs are uniformly garden-variety and obvious no matter how they are dressed.
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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.
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The album proves how vapid contemporary country can be: Very. Uh-huh.