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7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 101 Ratings

  • Summary: Oklahoma's Toby Keith returns with 12 new tracks, including a duet with Willie Nelson.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Most of this album is tuneful singer/songwriterism, particularly on the second side, where this album really takes off with a series of rolling, melodic, acoustic-based songs that truly demonstrate that Keith can be a sturdy, memorable songwriter.
  2. Toby Keith has developed into a superstar for a reason, and he keeps getting better.
  3. Much of the material on this album far surpasses anything he has done previously.
  4. For the most part, Unleashed puts the grits and gravy back into mainstream country.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    58
    What this needs is a shot of Keith's humor, largely MIA here. [26 July 2002, p.69]
  6. Sadly, Keith's least-clever disc yet was almost completely written by him for the first time.
  7. Q Magazine
    40
    Nashville at its most belligerently formulaic. [Nov 2002, p.105]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 58 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 63
  3. Negative: 5 out of 63
  1. peaches
    Sep 8, 2002
    10
    Best album yet..The fact that he wrote almost the whole album is the reason why..Keep it up Toby..your the goods..
  2. RobS.
    Aug 28, 2002
    10
    Great country album!
  3. CariM
    Jun 3, 2005
    10
    Unleashed is my absolute favorite followed by Greatest Hits 2. Honkytonk is growing on me :)
  4. DonnaK.
    Sep 21, 2002
    10
    GREAT! My kids and I have already memorized almost every song. Toby your the best!!!!!!!!
  5. SueB
    Jul 23, 2003
    10
    I love it.
  6. shikec
    Nov 4, 2003
    10
    it sucks
  7. jeaniek
    Nov 2, 2003
    0
    I just wanted to comment on Toby's use of the war to make money and his disrespect for other religions and for encouraging hate towards I just wanted to comment on Toby's use of the war to make money and his disrespect for other religions and for encouraging hate towards people with differences. You can't label everyone of the same religion as bad and act like it is funny to drop bombs on them. That kind of thinking is no better than terrorism. The title of ShockandY'all shows he is trying to profit over many people's loss of life. Toby you seem like a fake to me. Expand

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