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Lucky Old Sun
by Kenny Chesney
The latest album for the multiple award-winning country singer features guest appearances by Dave Matthews, Mac McAnally and Willie Nelson.
| LABEL: |
BNA |
| RELEASE DATE: |
14 October 2008 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Country |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
80
Billboard
Kenny Chesney does heroes George Strait and Jimmy Buffett proud on his latest set, which has a free-and-easy feel befitting its island inspiration.
75
Entertainment Weekly
It's a slightly more commercial sequel to 2005's similarly mellow and nautical Be as You Are. Lucky Old Sun feels encouragingly personal for Chesney.
70
The New York Times
Through the album, Mr. Chesney steers the songs toward half-smiles or at least a certain resigned acceptance, but he still sounds less complacent than ever.
70
Boston Globe
It's nice to see Chesney cast in a different hue (and this one's distinctly blue), but eventually Lucky Old Sun recedes into its own down tempo, like waves drawing out to sea.
63
Los Angeles Times
This is a quiet, introspective collection, predominantly an effort to find and take comfort wherever it presents itself.
60
PopMatters
As a beach album, Lucky Old Sun is remarkably little fun.
50
Hartford Courant
Chesney's sincerity is never in question, but his songs are uniformly garden-variety and obvious no matter how they are dressed.
40
All Music Guide
To be sure, there's some pleasure to be had here, but it's all about appreciating the album as pure texture: it's merely sunbleached mood music.
20
Slant Magazine
The album proves how vapid contemporary country can be: Very. Uh-huh.
The average user rating for this album is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 11 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
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