Young plans for "Young Love & Saturday Nights"
Monday, January 8, 2024 – Chris Young announced today he would release a new album in March.
"My ninth studio album, 18 tracks, my largest album to date. Young Love & Saturday Nights is yours on March 22nd," Young said via social media.
This will be the 38-year-old singer's first album since 2021's "Famous Friends." The disc featured the songs "Drowning" and "Raised on Country." The title track was a big hit with Kane Brown helping out.
More news for Chris Young
- 03/08/24: Young wonders "What She Sees In Me" ?
- 02/01/24: Young thanks fans following arrest, releases new song as thanks
- 01/27/24: Charges against Young dismissed
- 01/24/24: Young's attorney defends the singer saying charges should be dropped
- 01/23/24: Young arrested in Nashville after altercation
- 01/13/23: Young is "Looking" for "All Dogs"
- 08/24/22: Young postpones UK tour due to COVID
- 06/03/22: Young, EYB drop discs
CD reviews for Chris Young
Given the massive success of Chris Young's award-winning collaboration with Kane Brown on the title track, it would be an easy assumption to make that his eighth studio album would tow the same contemporary line that landed him a bevy of hits. The result is exactly that. But with some contingencies
The opener, "Raised on Country," starts out with a raucous groove that may get your toes tapping for the entirety, but the lyrics devolve into some painfully tired cliches like ...
Chris Young has one of the best country voices, and it's always a pleasure to hear him sing. But it's disappointing when the title cut sounds more like the groove to a Justin Bieber song than anything truly country. When, say, someone like Jason Aldean performs music with barely any resemblance to real country music, it's not that big a deal; he's not a great natural singer to begin with. However, Young's voice is just too good to waste on mere pop. ...
Song selection can sometimes seem fairly inessential whenever chosen by a master singer. Such is the case with "It Must Be Christmas," Chris Young's new holiday collection. He sounds as perfectly comfortable with the jazzy "I'll Be Home for Christmas," where its supper club vibe takes a little of the edge off one seriously sad song, as he does with the Phil Spector rock nugget "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)."
Young is also helped out by a few special guests. ...
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