Bryan enjoys life at the top - twice
Bryan took over the songs chart top spot from the record setting megahit Cruise from Florida Georgia Line. Bryan also was third on the song chart with Crash My Party. Hunter Hayes was fourth with I Want Crazy. Brett Eldredge's Don't Ya was fifth. Keith Urban was up three to sixth with Little Bit of Everything. Thomas Rhett earned his first top 10 single with It Goes Like This at 10, up two.
Tim McGraw stood at 17, up five, with Highway Don't Care, his song with Taylor Swift.
On the Top Country Albums chart, Bryan took over the top from Florida Georgia Line's "Here's to the Good Times," which fell to second. Blake Shelton stayed third with "Based on a True Story..." Bryan also was fourth with his last regular studio CD, "tailgates & tanlines." Hayes was fifth with his self-titled debut. Bryan had yet a third disc in the top 10 with "Spring Break...Here to Party" at ninth, up four.
Carrie Underwood was at 11, up four, with "Blown Away." Little Big Town's "Tornado" was up six to 12th. Glen Campbell debuted at 22 with "See You There." "Caught in the Act: Live" from Eric Church placed 24th, up four. Johnny Cash debuted at 32 with "LIFE Unheard." "Nashville: The Music Of Nashville: Season 1: Volume 2" was at 36, up six.
The stranglehold of Steve Martin and Edie Brickell on the Bluegrass Albums chart with "Love Has Come For You" ended as The Isaacs shot to the top with "Living Years" in its first week out. Martin and Brickell were second. Steve Ivey's "Beset of Bluegrass: Collector's Edition" was third, Steven Curtis Chapman's "Deep Roots" fourth and Old Crow Medicine Show's "Carry Me Back" fifth.
On the overall top 200, Florida Georgia Line was eighth, Shelton 11th, Bryan 16 with "tailgates..." and Hayes 19th.
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CD reviews for Luke Bryan
If there's one thing Luke Bryan knows how to do, it's to stay in his lane. And why not? It often leads to great chart position. The Deluxe edition of his seventh album "Born Here, Live Here, Die Here" was born out of the pandemic tour stoppage. It includes six new songs and increases the run time to 54 minutes. The original 10 tracks are mostly in the vein of the pop laced chart toppers "One Margarita" and "Knockin' Boots."
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After taking in Luke Bryan's "Born Here Live Here Die Here," the listener will never guess this full length was released during a pandemic. Maybe that's a good thing. After all, we might need a diversion from the international health crisis now and then. The release opens with "Knockin' Boots," which is how modern cowboys describe sexual intercourse. A few songs later, Bryan gives us the drinking song (and single) "One Margarita." In between, "What ...
Luke Bryan aims to please often, and that rarely goes unpunished. The Georgia native has a strong voice, some songwriting skill and even legitimate farming cred. But Bryan still gets pegged as the face of corporate country - that pandering beast packaging artists for mass consumption. The label can be unfair, but not wholly undeserved - Bryan has a long track record, for instance, of records about chasing girls and Bud Lights. In truth, he married his college sweetheart and they share a quiet, ...
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