Country Music Reviews

The Music Critic Country and Alternative Country section includes 600 album reviews from the genre. The origins of country music are found in the folk music of working-class Americans and blue-collar life, and it remains very popular in America to this day.

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  It's About Time

  By Hank Williams, Jr.

  Satisfactory, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Jan 15, 2016
  Genre: Country
• 78
  

  Mr. Misunderstood

  By Eric Church

  Great, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Nov 3, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 68
  

  Storyteller

  By Carrie Underwood

  Very Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Oct 23, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 68
  

  Holdin' the Bag

  By Supersuckers

  Very Good, based on reviews by 5 critics

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  Release date: Oct 16, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 54
  

  35 MPH Town

  By Toby Keith

  Acceptable, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Oct 9, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 75
  

  Things That Can't Be Undone

  By Corb Lund

  Great, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Oct 9, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 70
  

  The Loneliest Man I Ever Met

  By Kinky Friedman

  Very Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Oct 2, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 69
  

  Cass County

  By Don Henley

  Very Good, based on reviews by 6 critics

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  Release date: Sep 25, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 100
  

  Fish

  By Michael Chapman

  Absolutly essential, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Sep 25, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 70
  

  Cold Beer Conversation

  By George Strait

  Very Good, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Sep 25, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 80
  

  Panhandle Rambler

  By Joe Ely

  Excellent, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Sep 18, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 74
  

  Start Here

  By Maddie & Tae

  Great, based on reviews by 5 critics

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  Release date: Aug 28, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 60
  

  Wild Ones

  By Kip Moore

  Satisfactory, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Aug 21, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 79
  

  Trackless Woods

  By Iris DeMent

  Excellent, based on reviews by 5 critics

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  Release date: Aug 7, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 68
  

  Kill the Lights

  By Luke Bryan

  Very Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Aug 7, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 78
  

  Faded Gloryville

  By Lindi Ortega

  Great, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Aug 7, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 87
  

  If I've Only One Time Askin'

  By Daniel Romano

  Exceptionally Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Jul 31, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 81
  

  The Blade

  By Ashley Monroe

  Excellent, based on reviews by 7 critics

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  Release date: Jul 24, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 77
  

  Bittersweet

  By Kasey Chambers

  Great, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Jul 24, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 76
  

  Watkins Family Hour

  By Watkins Family Hour

  Great, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Jul 24, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 78
  

  Something More Than Free

  By Jason Isbell

  Great, based on reviews by 11 critics

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  Release date: Jul 17, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 80
  

  Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams

  By Larry Campbell

  Excellent, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Jun 23, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 75
  

  Pageant Material

  By Kacey Musgraves

  Great, based on reviews by 13 critics

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  Release date: Jun 23, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 68
  

  Ten Songs from Live at Carnegie Hall

  By Ryan Adams

  Very Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Jun 9, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 75
  

  The Deslondes

  By The Deslondes

  Great, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Jun 9, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 64
  

  Call Me Insane

  By Dale Watson

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Jun 9, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 90
  

  Angeleno

  By Sam Outlaw

  Fantastic, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Jun 9, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 68
  

  Django and Jimmie

  By Willie Nelson

  Very Good, based on reviews by 6 critics

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  Release date: Jun 2, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 73
  

  The Traveling Kind

  By Rodney Crowell

  Very Good, based on reviews by 6 critics

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  Release date: May 12, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 70
  

  Banditos

  By Banditos

  Very Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: May 12, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 80
  

  Traveller

  By Chris Stapleton

  Excellent, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: May 4, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 55
  

  Jekyll + Hyde

  By Zac Brown Band

  Acceptable, based on reviews by 7 critics

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  Release date: Apr 28, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 84
  

  Second Hand Heart

  By Dwight Yoakam

  Exceptionally Good, based on reviews by 6 critics

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  Release date: Apr 14, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 77
  

  The Rose of Roscrae

  By Tom Russell

  Great, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Apr 13, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 78
  

  The Ruffian's Misfortune

  By Ray Wylie Hubbard

  Great, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Apr 7, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 75
  

  Small Town Dreams

  By Will Hoge

  Great, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Apr 7, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 60
  

  Southern Style

  By Darius Rucker

  Satisfactory, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Mar 31, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 82
  

  Down to Believing

  By Allison Moorer

  Excellent, based on reviews by 7 critics

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  Release date: Mar 17, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 65
  

  Little Neon Limelight

  By Houndmouth

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Mar 17, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 60
  

  Spring Break... Checkin' Out

  By Luke Bryan

  Satisfactory, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Mar 10, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 73
  

  Gill Landry

  By Gill Landry

  Very Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Mar 3, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 70
  

  Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills
  and His Texas Playboys

  By Asleep at the Wheel

  Very Good, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Mar 3, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 74
  

  All These Dreams

  By Andrew Combs

  Great, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Mar 3, 2015
  Genre: Alt-Country
• 74
  

  Terraplane

  By Steve Earle & the Dukes

  Great, based on reviews by 9 critics

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  Release date: Feb 17, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 80
  

  Blackbirds

  By Gretchen Peters

  Excellent, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Feb 10, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 67
  

  Holding All the Roses

  By Blackberry Smoke

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Feb 10, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 80
  

  Jake Xerxes Fussell

  By Jake Fussell

  Excellent, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Jan 27, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 69
  

  Then Came the Morning

  By The Lone Bellow

  Very Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Jan 27, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 75
  

  Fear and Saturday Night

  By Ryan Bingham

  Great, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Jan 20, 2015
  Genre: Country
• 65
  

  Absent Fathers

  By Justin Townes Earle

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 5 critics

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  Release date: Jan 13, 2015
  Genre: Country