Hunt, Bryan lead charts
Bryan led the albums chart with "Spring Break...Checkin' Out." Hunt was second with "Montevallo." "Nashville: On the Record, Volume 2" from the TV show debuted in third, one ahead of another debut "2015 Academy of Country Music Awards ZinePak." Jason Aldean rounded out the top five with "Old Boots, New Dirt."
Little Big Town is a big mover with "Pain Killer" jumping from 15 to 7. Canaan Smith debuted at 16 with his self-titled EP. The duo Striking Matches debuted at 25 with "Nothing But the Silence."
On the songs chart, Zac Brown Band was second with "Homegrown." "Girl Crush" from Little Big Town shot up from 17 to 3 in the wake of controversy about whether the song is about lesbians (it is not). Cole Swindell was fourth with "Ain't Worth the Whiskey," one ahead of Chris Young's "Lonely Eyes." Tyler Farr broke into the top 10 with "A Guy Walks Into a Bar" at 9, up 2. A Thousand Horses scored its first top 10 with "Smoke" at 10, up 2.
Billy Currington's "Don't It" was 12th, up 3. Florida Georgia Line's latest single, "Sippin' On Fire," was up 4 to 14. Eric Paslay's "She Don't Love You" moved from 19 to 15. Carrie Underwood was at 17 with "Little Toy Guns," up 5. Tim McGraw was 21st with "Diamond Rings And Old Barstools," a song with Catherine Dunn. Smith was 20th with "Love You Like That," up 6. Granger Smith broke into the top 25 with "Backroad Song."
Punch Brothers again led the Bluegrass Albums chart with "Phosphorescent Blues." Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn were one back with their self-titled debut together. Robert Earl Keen was third with "Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions. "Ralph Stanley & Friends: Man of Constant Sorrow" was fourth with The Earls of Leicester's self-titled debut fifth.
On the overall top 200, Hunt was 13th, Bryan 24th, Nashville 31st, Little Big Town 36th, Florida Georgia Line 37th and Church 48th with "The Outsiders." The country and top 200 charts use different criteria.
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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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