Zac Brown Band, Lady Antebellum top charts
David Nail was second, up two, with Let It Rain on the songs chart. Eric Church also was up two, to third, with Drink in My Hand. Tattoos on this Town from Jason Aldean was fourth. <>Easy by Rascal Flatts with Natasha Bedingfield, was fifth. The rest of the top 30 had very little movement. Craig Morgan made it into the top 30 - at 29 - with This Ole Boy. Lady Antebellum has its latest single, Dancin' Away With My Heart, moved up 7 to 30.
Aldean was second on the album chart with "My Kinda Party." Scotty McCreery's "Clear As Day" was third, followed by Luke Bryan's "Tailgates & Tanlines" in fourth and Toby Keith's "Clancy's Tavern" in fifth.
Pistol Annies went from 16 to 13 with "Hell On Heels." Jake Owen was at 15, up 5, with "Barefoot Blue Jean Night." Justin Moore moved from 19 to 16 with "Outlaws Like Me." Tim McGraw's "Number One Hits" was up 4 to 19. Rodney Atkins was at 21, up 4, with "Take a Back Road." Hunter Hayes' self-titled debut was a big mover, jumping 16 to 22. Chris Young's "Neon" moved up 4 to 23. "Icon: Josh Turner" was at 26, up 10. "Icon: Billy Currington" jumped from 41 to 27.
The "Footloose" soundtrack moved from 40 to 33. David Nail's "The Sound of a Million Dreams" shot from 37 to 48. "Top 50 Hottest Country Hits" debuted at 38.
On the bluegrass chart, "The Goat Rodeo Sessions" by Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile stayed first. "Paper Airplane" by Alison Krauss & Union Station remained second as did Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers' "Rare Bird Alert." Sarah Jarosz was up three to four with "Follow Me Down." Mark O'Connor's "An Appalachian Christmas" was fifth.
On the overall top 200, Lady A was 4th, Aldean 18th, McCreery 21st, Bryan 23rd and Keith 32nd.
More news for Zac Brown Band
- 08/05/24: ZBB stands behind "Two Blue Chairs & You"
- 04/19/24: ZBB, McAnally look for "Pirates & Parrots"
- 03/12/24: ZBB will "Tie Up" next week
- 02/14/24: South Africa hosts country fest
- 10/27/23: ZBB has "Baby O'Riley" covered
- 09/29/23: ZBB likes "The Way You Look Tonight"
- 12/14/22: ZBB fire up new tour
- 09/16/22: ZBB, Andress join forces "Any Day Now"
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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