Country Music Reviews

The Music Critic Country and Alternative Country section includes 597 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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  Court Yard Hounds

  By Court Yard Hounds

  Very Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: May 4, 2010
  Genre: Country
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  Country Music

  By Willie Nelson

  Great, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Apr 20, 2010
  Genre: Country
• 75
  

  I Am What I Am

  By Merle Haggard

  Great, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Apr 20, 2010
  Genre: Country
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  Achin' And Shakin'

  By Laura Bell Bundy

  Very Good, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Apr 13, 2010
  Genre: Country
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  Freight Train

  By Alan Jackson

  Very Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Mar 30, 2010
  Genre: Country
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  Get Off On The Pain

  By Gary Allan

  Excellent, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Mar 9, 2010
  Genre: Country
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  Easton Corbin

  By Easton Corbin

  Satisfactory, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Mar 2, 2010
  Genre: Country
• 60
  

  Hillbilly Bone [EP]

  By Blake Shelton

  Satisfactory, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Mar 2, 2010
  Genre: Country
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  Genuine Negro Jig

  By Carolina Chocolate Drops

  Great, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Feb 16, 2010
  Genre: Country
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  Haywire

  By Josh Turner

  Satisfactory, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Feb 9, 2010
  Genre: Country
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  Need You Now

  By Lady Antebellum

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Jan 26, 2010
  Genre: Country
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  OST

  By Crazy Heart

  Great, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Jan 19, 2010
  Genre: Country
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  Pizza Box

  By Danny Barnes

  Excellent, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Jan 19, 2010
  Genre: Country
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  Play On

  By Carrie Underwood

  Mediocre, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Nov 3, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Dolly

  By Dolly Parton

  Fantastic, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Oct 26, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Southern Voice

  By Tim McGraw

  Satisfactory, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Oct 20, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Natural Forces

  By Lyle Lovett

  Very Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Oct 20, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  The List

  By Rosanne Cash

  Excellent, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Oct 6, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  American Ride

  By Toby Keith

  Very Good, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Oct 6, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Revolution

  By Miranda Lambert

  Great, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Sep 29, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Closer To The Bone

  By Kris Kristofferson

  Excellent, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Sep 29, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Mountain Soul II

  By Patty Loveless

  Excellent, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Sep 29, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Somedays The Song Writes You

  By Guy Clark

  Exceptionally Good, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Sep 22, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Big Dreams & High Hopes

  By Jack Ingram

  Satisfactory, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Aug 25, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Keep On Loving You

  By Reba McEntire

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Aug 18, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Twang

  By George Strait

  Great, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Aug 11, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  American Saturday Night

  By Brad Paisley

  Exceptionally Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Jun 30, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Here With Me

  By Holly Williams

  Excellent, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Jun 16, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Secret, Profane & Sugarcane

  By Elvis Costello

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 6 critics

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  Release date: Jun 2, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Roadhouse Sun

  By Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses

  Very Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Jun 2, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Unstoppable

  By Rascal Flatts

  Acceptable, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Apr 7, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Defying Gravity

  By Keith Urban

  Great, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Mar 31, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Hills And Valleys

  By Flatlanders

  Great, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Mar 31, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Shine

  By Martina McBride

  Satisfactory, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Mar 24, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Carolina

  By Eric Church

  Great, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Mar 24, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Lucky One

  By Raul Malo

  Great, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Mar 3, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Written In Chalk

  By Buddy & Julie Miller

  Great, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Mar 3, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Easy Does It

  By Jake Owen

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Feb 24, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Feel That Fire

  By Dierks Bentley

  Very Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Feb 3, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Sing: Chapter One

  By Wynonna

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Feb 3, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  Willie And The Wheel

  By Willie Nelson And Asleep At The Wheel

  Acceptable, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Feb 3, 2009
  Genre: Country
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  X

  By Trace Adkins

  Very Good, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Nov 25, 2008
  Genre: Country
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  Startin' Fires

  By Blake Shelton

  Very Good, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Nov 18, 2008
  Genre: Country
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  Fearless

  By Taylor Swift

  Great, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Nov 11, 2008
  Genre: Country
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  Play

  By Brad Paisley

  Fairly Good, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Nov 4, 2008
  Genre: Country
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  That Don't Make Me A Bad Guy

  By Toby Keith

  Average, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Oct 28, 2008
  Genre: Country
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  Call Me Crazy

  By Lee Ann Womack

  Exceptionally Good, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Oct 21, 2008
  Genre: Country
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  Lucky Old Sun

  By Kenny Chesney

  Satisfactory, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Oct 14, 2008
  Genre: Country
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  Kellie Pickler

  By Kellie Pickler

  Mediocre, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Sep 30, 2008
  Genre: Country
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  Sleepless Nights

  By Patty Loveless

  Excellent, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Sep 9, 2008
  Genre: Country