10,000 Towns
| Eli Young Band
10,000 Towns
10,000 Towns is the fifth studio album by American country music group Eli Young Band. It was released on March 4, 2014 via Republic Nashville. The band wrote over half the tracks and co-produced the album with Frank Liddell and Justin Niebank. It includes the number one single "Drunk Last Night."-Wikipedia
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AllMusic
The Eli Young Band hail from Texas but if their fourth album, 10,000 Towns, is any indication, their heart lies in Nashville. . . .on 10,000 Towns, the Eli Young Band get a little funky . . . and introspective . . . , but their strength lies in the sweeter stuff, how they can make crossover country-pop that seems amiable but never cloying.
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Apple Music
10,000 Towns is their first album since 2011's "Crazy Girl" single took them to a new level of renown, but even while grasping the proverbial brass ring, the band haven't let go of their initial vision. . . . The Eli Young Band are as much about driving, Americana-tinged rock 'n' roll as they are about country music. The vibe defined by Mike Eli's voice and James Young's guitar could be the modern-day equivalent to the '70s/'80s "heartland rock" of Tom Petty, John Mellencamp, et al.
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One Country
If you wanted to know the proper way to be traditional (lyrically) and push the format forward at the same time, Mike Eli, James Young, Jon Jones and Chris Thompson do it with well-crafted melodies doused with organic storytelling and dripped with heartache.
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Roughstock
They’ve once-again co-produced the album with Frank Liddell and Justin Niebank and the team allows for the movement and freedom within the songs to have sound that is all their own, a blend of Country, Texas Country, Rock, Soul and Blues. It wouldn’t work for all bands but for Eli Young Band and 10,000 Towns, it’s just right.
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Country Standard Time
Musically, the band is in top form. Throughout, James Young's guitar work ranges from deft to scorching, and front man Mike Eli's vocals are smooth and emotive. . . . Now sitting atop the Billboard Country Album chart, it's a safe play that has clearly paid off - at least commercially.
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Blogkitch
Country is at it's best when it's reminiscing about days gone by or memorialising life in that fabled Small Town USA, and '10,000 Towns' does that perfectly, with Mike Eli's soaring vocals and a great guitar solo. Honesty (and catchy tunes) is what makes this album great. There wasn't one track that I didn't love.
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Keep It Country Kids
While 10,000 Towns doesn't have that huge feel that their previous releases do, it is still a very good album with songs I recommend to anyone.
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Digital Journal
Overall, the Eli Young Band delivers on their latest CD 10,000 Towns. It is recommended for all fans of the country genre of music.
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Elmore Magazine
The band’s third major label release is filled with hooks that would have ignited the biggest party anthems of the 80’s, albeit with visions of counting stars and hanging out behind the local Texaco. 10,000 Towns is a record that won’t exactly break the mold, but is sure to strike a chord along Main Street, USA.
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The Denver Post
On “10,000 Towns,” the four-piece band from Denton, Texas, shines by focusing on insightful songs about how young men and women relate with each other. Overall, though, the Eli Young Band’s second major-label album — and fifth overall — gives plenty of reasons for cities across America to embrace them with open arms.
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Lone Star Music Magazine
The new 10,000 Towns finds the Eli Young Band picking up right where 2011’s Life at Best left off, gathering steam and sounding sleeker and more focused in their pursuit of chart-toppers by the mile. Frontman Mike Eli’s vocals have grown stronger and continue to proffer a quality of aching sincerity, and the hooks are reliably catchy and primed for the airwaves
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Spectrum-Pulse
Overall, 10,000 Towns by the Eli Young Band is okay. Decent, agreeable, an album that has a few good tracks, a few bad ones, and a whole lot of passable in between. In terms of mainstream country music, the best adjective I could use to describe the Eli Young Band is consistent, and while I might wish that Mike Eli pushed himself a little harder, the lyrics were a little more dynamic, the compositions were a little more interesting, and the production gave those guitars some more meat and prominence, I can't exactly fault an album that manages to roughly succeed in its goals, if not excel.
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The Hofstra Chronicle
In the context of Country music, and specifically on this album, literal lyrics can be phenomenal.
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Charleston Scene
Overall, though, the Eli Young Band’s second major-label album, and fifth overall, gives plenty of reasons for cities across America to embrace them with open arms.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
When a band's breakout album spawns two back-to-back chart-topping hits, there's a lot of pressure on the follow-up. The members of Eli Young Band didn't need to stress out about the release of "10,000 Towns" . . . .
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