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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  Wheelhouse

  By Brad Paisley

  Great, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Apr 9, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 83
  

  Haw

  By Hiss Golden Messenger

  Excellent, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Apr 2, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 73
  

  Pioneer

  By The Band Perry

  Very Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Apr 2, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 60
  

  Based on a True Story...

  By Blake Shelton

  Satisfactory, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Mar 26, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 74
  

  The Ash & Clay

  By The Milk Carton Kids

  Great, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Mar 26, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 67
  

  Finds The Present Tense

  By Gurf Morlix

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Mar 25, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 85
  

  Same Trailer Different Park

  By Kacey Musgraves

  Exceptionally Good, based on reviews by 7 critics

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  Release date: Mar 19, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 80
  

  Impossible Truth

  By William Tyler

  Excellent, based on reviews by 9 critics

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  Release date: Mar 19, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 80
  

  The Other Life

  By Shooter Jennings

  Excellent, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Mar 12, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 76
  

  The Stand-In

  By Caitlin Rose

  Great, based on reviews by 14 critics

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  Release date: Mar 5, 2013
  Genre: Alt-Country
• 68
  

  Honky Tonk

  By Son Volt

  Very Good, based on reviews by 6 critics

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  Release date: Mar 5, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 83
  

  Like a Rose

  By Ashley Monroe

  Excellent, based on reviews by 5 critics

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  Release date: Mar 5, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 64
  

  Howl

  By The Howlin' Brothers

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Mar 5, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 80
  

  In Time

  By The Mavericks

  Excellent, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Feb 26, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 74
  

  Miracle Temple

  By Mount Moriah

  Great, based on reviews by 9 critics

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  Release date: Feb 26, 2013
  Genre: Alt-Country
• 75
  

  Old Yellow Moon

  By Rodney Crowell

  Great, based on reviews by 6 critics

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  Release date: Feb 26, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 77
  

  Untamed Beast

  By Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside

  Great, based on reviews by 5 critics

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  Release date: Feb 19, 2013
  Genre: Alt-Country
• 75
  

  Rough Carpenters

  By The Black Twig Pickers

  Great, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Feb 19, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 75
  

  Cheater's Game

  By Kelly Willis

  Great, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Feb 12, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 70
  

  Two Lanes of Freedom

  By Tim McGraw

  Very Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Feb 5, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 66
  

  The Highway

  By Holly Williams

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Feb 5, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 75
  

  Bottom of the World

  By Terry Allen

  Great, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Feb 5, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 80
  

  Angels Without Wings

  By Heidi Talbot

  Excellent, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Jan 29, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 75
  

  Set You Free

  By Gary Allan

  Great, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Jan 22, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 77
  

  Give Me All You Got

  By Carrie Rodriguez

  Great, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Jan 22, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 70
  

  Nobody Dances in This Town

  By He's My Brother She's My Sister

  Very Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Jan 22, 2013
  Genre: Alt-Country
• 60
  

  Expecting Company? [EP]

  By Henry Wagons

  Satisfactory, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Jan 22, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 80
  

  Come Cry with Me

  By Daniel Romano

  Excellent, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Jan 22, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 65
  

  Chain Letters

  By Big Harp

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Jan 22, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 86
  

  The Lone Bellow

  By The Lone Bellow

  Exceptionally Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Jan 22, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 77
  

  Blood Oaths of the New Blues

  By Wooden Wand

  Great, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Jan 8, 2013
  Genre: Country
• 50
  

  Crazy World LP

  By Boys Like Girls

  Average, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Dec 11, 2012
  Genre: Country
• 60
  

  Buddy and Jim

  By Buddy Miller

  Satisfactory, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Dec 11, 2012
  Genre: Country
• 74
  

  Spring and Fall

  By Paul Kelly

  Great, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Nov 6, 2012
  Genre: Country
• 70
  

  Hope on the Rocks

  By Toby Keith

  Very Good, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Oct 30, 2012
  Genre: Country
• 80
  

  Wreck & Ruin

  By Kasey Chambers

  Excellent, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Oct 22, 2012
  Genre: Country
• 76
  

  Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran

  By Jamey Johnson

  Great, based on reviews by 6 critics

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  Release date: Oct 16, 2012
  Genre: Country
• 66
  

  Night Train

  By Jason Aldean

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Oct 16, 2012
  Genre: Country
• 77
  

  Working Girl's Guitar

  By Rosie Flores

  Great, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Oct 16, 2012
  Genre: Alt-Country
• 80
  

  Unfinished Business

  By Wanda Jackson

  Excellent, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Oct 9, 2012
  Genre: Country
• 70
  

  Traveling Alone

  By Tift Merritt

  Very Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Oct 2, 2012
  Genre: Country
• 87
  

  Free the Music

  By Jerrod Niemann

  Exceptionally Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Oct 2, 2012
  Genre: Country
• 76
  

  3 Pears

  By Dwight Yoakam

  Great, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Sep 18, 2012
  Genre: Country
• 64
  

  Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe

  By Various Artists

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Sep 18, 2012
  Genre: Alt-Country
• 64
  

  Little Heater

  By Catherine Irwin

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Sep 18, 2012
  Genre: Country
• 60
  

  All Over the Road

  By Easton Corbin

  Satisfactory, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Sep 18, 2012
  Genre: Country
• 81
  

  Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance

  By Patterson Hood

  Excellent, based on reviews by 6 critics

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  Release date: Sep 11, 2012
  Genre: Country
• 74
  

  Tornado

  By Little Big Town

  Great, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Sep 11, 2012
  Genre: Country
• 70
  

  Over with You

  By Steve Forbert

  Very Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Sep 11, 2012
  Genre: Country
• 80
  

  Scorpion

  By Will Johnson

  Excellent, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: Sep 11, 2012
  Genre: Country