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Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews What's this?

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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 32 Ratings

  • Summary: The second full-length release for the country artist features production from Zach Crowell, Bryce Cain and Luke Laird.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Apr 3, 2020
    83
    Southside is, for most of its 12 songs, a showcase for Hunt's affable charm and playlist-era approach to making music.
  2. Pitchfork
    Apr 9, 2020
    75
    Southside’s experiments are made with enviable effortlessness: It’s a little rough around the edges, not self-consciously provocative. Hunt doubled down on his initial mission—making hip-hop and R&B in country sound hip instead of hokey—and it paid off with this collection of songs that are, more than anything else, fun.
  3. AllMusic
    Apr 3, 2020
    70
    Mellow, multi-purpose country-pop designed to soundtrack good times at home, on the road, at the office, or at a bar.
  4. Rolling Stone
    Apr 8, 2020
    70
    Classic gestures are all over Southside, though Hunt thankfully has no interest in doing something so straightforward.
  5. American Songwriter
    Apr 3, 2020
    60
    Hunt is at his most exciting when he fuses the past and the present (“Let It Down” truly shines bright) into ambitious creations that hint at even greater promise ─ but his second offering is largely a mixed bag.
  6. Slant Magazine
    Apr 3, 2020
    40
    There are worse purveyors of bro-country spiced up with hip-hop (here’s looking at you, Florida Georgia Line), and Hunt has an ear for melody, but his reliance on lyrical clichés and hit-you-over-the-head genre fusion makes Southside worth little more than a shrug.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. 24fanatic
    Apr 8, 2020
    10
    Fun Country-Pop hybrid album with standout songs like "Hard to Forget" and "Young Once."
  2. AarinCLP
    Apr 4, 2020
    10
    Charming, personal, reflective. SOUTHSIDE, has all the making of a country singer making his mark.
  4. majorob
    Apr 11, 2020
    10
    Um novo country, é isso que Sam Hunt nos dá! Um álbum simples, com músicas que já haviam sido lançadas e escritas, o que não significa que sãoUm novo country, é isso que Sam Hunt nos dá! Um álbum simples, com músicas que já haviam sido lançadas e escritas, o que não significa que são ruins. Claramente SOUTHSIDE é a passagem do Sam Hunt para uma nova fase da carreira, vemos seu ápice nas faixas "2016" e "Breaking Up Was Easy in The 90's", algumas mais cansativas como "Let It Down", outras empolgantes como "Hard To Forget", "Kinfolks" e "Young Once". Particularmente, estava esperando outra obra prima como o Montevallo, então, obviamente fiquei um pouco decepcionado, mas não esperei quase cinco anos esse novo álbum para não dar 10, então tome meu 10.… Expand
  5. Dionatanlima
    Jul 24, 2020
    10
    O álbum é Perfeito e coeso, um trabalho moderno que não abandona suas origens, uma obra de arte para ser apreciada
  6. enzo327
    May 31, 2023
    10
    Listening to this album is so pleasant to ears and i like most of the tracks, It doesn't tope Montevallo but still i like this record
  7. Joel_Freecheck
    May 29, 2020
    4
    Years too late to capitalize on the success of "Body Like A Back Road", this album is unwelcomed in the 2020 music landscape.
  8. reoffender59
    May 7, 2020
    0
    This is a bro-country record with NOTHING in the way of creativity. Random lyrics about girls, tens of different genres mixed and marketed asThis is a bro-country record with NOTHING in the way of creativity. Random lyrics about girls, tens of different genres mixed and marketed as songs. Avoid at all costs.… Expand

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