Simpson, Bentley lead charts
Tim McGraw remains second on the songs chart with "Humble and Kind." Chris Young's duet with Cassadee Pope, "Think of You," is third, one ahead of Old Dominion's second hit single, "Snapback," up three. Thomas Rhett stayed fifth with "Die a Happy Man."
Rhett also climbed three to ninth with "T-Shirt." Jon Pardi's latest single, "Head Over Boots," moved up 4 to 14. Jason Aldean's "Lights Come On" was at 19, up 3. Keith Urban was one behind with "Wasted Time," up six. Chris Lane saw "Fix" moved from 25 to 21. Jake Owen's "American Country Love Song" was up 6 to 22. Dan + Shay reached the top 25 with "From the Ground Up" at 24, up 2. Carrie Underwood closed out the top 25 with her new single, "Church Bells," up 7.
On the albums chart, Chris Stapleton was second with "Traveller," after being first last week. Joey + Rory were third with "Hymns," one ahead of Rhett's "Tangled Up." Sam Hunt was fifth with "Montevallo." Marie Osmond debuted in10th with "Music is Medicine," 1 ahead of Blake Shelton's "Reloaded 20 #1 Hits," which was up 4.
Wheeler Walker Jr. debuted at 14 with "Redneck Shit." Florida Georgia Line's "Anything Goes" was 20th, up 3. Lane debuted at 23 with his "Fix EP."
On the bluegrass chart, the "Bluegrass Gems" compilation was first, followed by The Del McCoury Band's "Del And Woody" debuting in second. Steve Marin and Edie Brickell were third with "So Familiar." Steep Canyon Rangers held fourth with "Radio." Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers moved from 10 to 5 with "Sacred Memories." Hackensaw Boys debuted in sixth with "Charismo."
On the overall top 200 chart, Simpson was 3rd, Stapleton 7th, Rhett 25th, Hunt 34th and Joey + Rory 38th. The top 200 and country charts use different criteria.
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CD reviews
Dierks Bentley opens his first self-produced album with a song about personally stability, "Same Ol' Me." Although its lyric explains how while life circumstances may change, Bentley basically remains the same person. The same thing, though, can also be said about the country star's music. He's been recording for 20 years now. Yet Bentley has come this far with his integrity still intact. He's back with a strong, 14-song set that, like a good beverage, feels good ...
Anybody that believes you can have too much of a good thing, obviously hasn't listened to Sturgill Simpson's "Cuttin' Grass" collections, volumes one and two. Volume one contains a plentiful 20 songs, and it's a hoot and a holler – start to finish.
Simpson's point of view is complicated. He sounds just as natural singing about God, as he does on "All Around You," as he does while traveling down that highway to hell with "Railroad of Sin. ...
Dierks Bentley seems intent on expanding his musical boundaries, but he may have overreached too much in eschewing where he came from.
That most evident by the dominating textured beats. Producer Ross Copperman and Bentley seem hell bent on injecting odd meters and sounds, sharp detours from past efforts. Unfortunately, the atmospheric beats muddy up the vocal delivery on "Freedom," a song that stretches far too long at almost four minutes. Bentley also channels U2 with its ...
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