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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  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
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  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
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  Guitar Slinger

  By Vince Gill

  Very Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Oct 24, 2011
  Genre: Country
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  Here for a Good Time

  By George Strait

  Very Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Sep 6, 2011
  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
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  Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn

  By Loretta Lynn

  Very Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Nov 9, 2010
  Genre: Country
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  Remember Her Name

  By Mickey Guyton

  Very Good, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Sep 24, 2021
  Genre: Country
• 70
  

  The Sea Drift

  By The Delines

  Very Good, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Feb 11, 2022
  Genre: Country
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  Lady Antebellum

  By Lady Antebellum

  Very Good, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Apr 15, 2008
  Genre: Country
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  Little Red Boots

  By Lindi Ortega

  Very Good, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Oct 24, 2011
  Genre: Country
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  And So It Goes

  By Don Williams

  Very Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Jun 19, 2012
  Genre: Country
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  Revelation Road

  By Shelby Lynne

  Very Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Oct 18, 2011
  Genre: Country
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  Stampede

  By Orville Peck

  Very Good, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Aug 2, 2024
  Genre: Country
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  I Love You Go Easy

  By Devon Sproule

  Very Good, based on reviews by 5 critics

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  Release date: May 27, 2011
  Genre: Country
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  Dixie Lullabies

  By The Kentucky Headhunters

  Very Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Oct 18, 2011
  Genre: Country
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  Dying Star

  By Ruston Kelly

  Very Good, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Sep 7, 2018
  Genre: Country
• 70
  

  Drag It Up

  By Old 97's

  Very Good, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Jul 27, 2004
  Genre: Alt-Country
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  My Way

  By Willie Nelson

  Very Good, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Sep 14, 2018
  Genre: Country
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  Fields

  By Junip

  Very Good, based on reviews by 6 critics

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  Release date: Sep 14, 2010
  Genre: Alt-Country
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  Ashes & Fire

  By Ryan Adams

  Very Good, based on reviews by 14 critics

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  Release date: Oct 11, 2011
  Genre: Country
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  Ready for Confetti

  By Robert Earl Keen, Jr.

  Very Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Aug 29, 2011
  Genre: Country
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  This Old Road

  By Kris Kristofferson

  Very Good, based on a review by 1 critic

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  Release date: Mar 7, 2006
  Genre: Country
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  Storyline

  By Hunter Hayes

  Very Good, based on reviews by 2 critics

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  Release date: May 6, 2014
  Genre: Country
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  Adiós

  By Glen Campbell

  Very Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Jun 9, 2017
  Genre: Country
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  Release Me

  By Lyle Lovett

  Very Good, based on reviews by 5 critics

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  Release date: Feb 28, 2012
  Genre: Country
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  Negativity

  By Deer Tick

  Very Good, based on reviews by 7 critics

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  Release date: Sep 24, 2013
  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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  All I Intended To Be

  By Emmylou Harris

  Very Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Jun 10, 2008
  Genre: Country
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  The Majestic Silver Strings

  By Buddy Miller

  Very Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Mar 1, 2011
  Genre: Country
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  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
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  In Search [Reissue]

  By Chance

  Very Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Jul 16, 2013
  Genre: Country
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  Cass County

  By Don Henley

  Very Good, based on reviews by 6 critics

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  Release date: Sep 25, 2015
  Genre: Country
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  Out Among the Stars

  By Johnny Cash

  Very Good, based on reviews by 14 critics

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  Release date: Mar 25, 2014
  Genre: Country
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  Dove

  By Belly

  Very Good, based on reviews by 5 critics

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  Release date: May 4, 2018
  Genre: Alt-Country
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  Jeff Bridges

  By Jeff Bridges

  Very Good, based on reviews by 8 critics

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  Release date: Aug 16, 2011
  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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  Storyteller

  By Carrie Underwood

  Very Good, based on reviews by 4 critics

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  Release date: Oct 23, 2015
  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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  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
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  Catching a Tiger

  By Lissie

  Very Good, based on reviews by 7 critics

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  Release date: Aug 17, 2010
  Genre: Country
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  Holdin' the Bag

  By Supersuckers

  Very Good, based on reviews by 5 critics

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  Release date: Oct 16, 2015
  Genre: Country
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  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
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  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
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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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  Notes of Blue

  By Son Volt

  Very Good, based on reviews by 8 critics

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  Release date: Feb 17, 2017
  Genre: Country
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  Long in the Tooth

  By Billy Joe Shaver

  Very Good, based on reviews by 5 critics

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  Release date: Aug 5, 2014
  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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  Honky Tonk

  By Son Volt

  Very Good, based on reviews by 6 critics

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  Release date: Mar 5, 2013
  Genre: Country
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  Sundown Heaven Town

  By Tim McGraw

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Sep 16, 2014
  Genre: Country
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  Mean Old Man

  By Jerry Lee Lewis

  Fairly Good, based on reviews by 3 critics

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  Release date: Sep 7, 2010
  Genre: Country