Jackson, Bryan lead charts
On the songs chart, Sam Hunt was second and third with "House Party and "Take Your Time" respectively. Little Big Town was fourth with "Girl Crush" and Thomas Rhett fifth with "Buy Me a Boat."
Chris Janson jumped from 10th to 6th with "Buy Me a Boat." Newcomer Michael Ray was 10th with "Kiss You in the Morning," up 3. Kenny Chesney's "Save It For a Rainy Day" was up 3 to 22. Cole Swindell closed out the top 25 with "Let Me See You Girl," up 1.
Jackson took over the top spot on the albums chart from Jason Isbell's "Something More Than Free," which slipped to fourth. Ashley Monroe debuted in second with "The Blade." Hunt was again third with "Montevallo." Zac Brown Band held fifth with "Jekyll + Hyde."
Zac Brown Band also was at 17 with "Greatest Hits So Far...," moving up 5. Big Smo jumped 12 to 21 with "Bringin It Home," an EP.
The SteelDrivers led the Bluegrass Albums chart with "The Muscle Shoals Recordings." Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn were second with their self-titled debut. Robert Earl Keen was third with "Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions." Punch Brothers were in fourth with "The Phosphorescent Blues." Yonder Mountain String Band jumped eight to fifth with "Black Sheep."
On the top 200, Hunt was 9th, Jackson 16th, Zac Brown Band 26th, Erich Church 29th with "The Outsiders" and Monroe 30th. The top 200 and country albums charts use different criteria.
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CD reviews
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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