Zac Brown Band, Aldean hold number one slots
Aldean fell to third on the song chart with Don't You Wanna Stay, the former number one with Kelly Clarkson. Darius Rucker was up one to fourth with This, and Billy Currington was at number five, down two, with Let Me Down Easy.
The rest of the Top 30 had very little movement, except for Luke Bryan's Country Girl (Shake It For Me), at 36, up 6, and Martina McBride's Teenager Daughters at 28, up 7.
The country album chart featured Zac Brown second again with "You Get What You Give" and Rascal Flatts third with "Nothing Like This." Taylor Swift was in fourth with "Speak Now" and Lady Antebellum fifth with "Need You Now."
Miranda Lambert was up four to ninth with "Revolution." Brad Paisley jumped from 29 to 17 with "Hits Alive." Keith Urban was at 21st with "Get Closer," up 3. Eric Church was at 23 with "Carolina," up 3. Easton Corbin's self-titled debut went from 28 to 24. Carrie Underwood jumped from 35 to 37 with "Play On." Toby Keith's "Bullets in the Gun" moved up from 36 to 31.
On the bluegrass album chart, Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers remained first with "Rare Bird Alert." Dierks Bentley was second with "Up on The Ridge," The Wailin' Jennys third with "Bright Morning Stars," Trampled by Turtles fourth with "Palomino" and Tommy Shaw fifth with "The Great Divide."
On the overall top 200, Aldean was at 23, Zac Brown Band 28, Rascal Flatts 30, Swift 33 and Lady Antebellum 35.
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CD reviews for Zac Brown Band
If you have even a passing familiarity of Zac Brown's personal history starting around 2018, you know the inspiration for this CD's title. First, Brown's 12-year marriage collapsed. Then, the world shook its collective head when he released a solo pop record ("Controversy") simultaneous to a ZBB release ("The Owl"). Why saturate the market with oneself, especially when the solo outing was a mess? The cover of that pop/hip-hop experimentation said it all: Brown, ...
With "Welcome Home," the Zac Brown Band continues to do what it does best, which is making quality roots music. In fact, one of the album's songs is even titled "Roots." Brown may not be the most religious guy, but his latest songs focus on many truly spiritual cornerstones of life: family and friends.
Both "Family Table" and "My Old Man" find Brown reflecting on his family life, with the latter also looking at 'the here and now' of being a father himself. ...
Fans looking for the Zac Brown Band of 2005 won't find it in "Jekyll + Hyde" - there's nothing but an aftertaste of the Georgia group's chicken-fried origins. That might be why the album's name is so appropriate. Fans have gotten to know the country-folk band, but a deviant creeps in on all 16 tracks of its fourth album. And, like the classic story, Hyde stands out as more interesting.
It hits hard, too. The opener, "Beautiful Drug," has an electric-pop ...
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