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Dec 18, 2017What Makes You Country has no shortage of potential hits.
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Dec 18, 2017if you’re averse to mawkish sentimentality you might be best advised to give the entire genre of country music a wide berth. Besides, there is a genuine emotion amid the corn.
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Dec 18, 2017Covered in a shiny electronic gloss, the album flits between slow-burners and mellow pop.
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Dec 18, 2017There are a few whiffs, like the foul "She's a Hot One" ("She might be a mess, but she's a hot one"), but Bryan truly excels when he's all nostalgic for the uncomplicated ease of a summer fling in "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset" or subtly acknowledging the beauty of all types of love in the gently uplifting "Most People Are Good."
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Dec 18, 2017What Makes You Country is among his most temperate albums, alternately soothing and fatiguing.