Based on a True Story
| Blake SheltonBased on a True Story
Based on a True Story is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released on March 26, 2013 via Warner Bros. Records and debuted at #3 with a career best for Shelton at nearly 200,000 sold. The album became the ninth best-selling album of 2013 in the US, earning Shelton a Platinum certification by the RIAA on September 30, 2013. In 2016, Based on a True Story was certified double-platinum by the RIAA.-Wikipedia
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Though Co.
The album may have been produced to appeal to the masses, but that doesn't mean it's a lesser work.
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Taste of Country
Will leave fans buzzing immediately.
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New York Times
He’s a star who is only as explicit as you want him to be.
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USA Today
A highly entertaining mix of ballads and fist-pumpers.
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LA Times
With its easy rhymes and hummable choruses, the album doesn't ask the listener to work any harder than Shelton himself is prepared to work.
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Manhattan Digest
It does show the ability of Shelton’s talent and devotion for love and country music.
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Digital Journal
Blake Shelton soars.
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Country Universe
It’s largely pop music, with some R&B and adult contemporary elements thrown in the mix.
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All Music
Every song is bigger, brighter, bolder than the next, super-sized country for a super-sized time.
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Mimo
Well-written, well-produced and well-performed throughout.
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Muxic Beats
Two thumbs up to the country singer!
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People
These songs – and stories – capture his personality. Like him, it’s just all so dang likable.
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Uproxx
There”s nothing wrong with “Based On A True Story,” but there”s also nothing particularly excellent
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RoughStock
This is a record which should very well help Blake Shelton's star burn even brighter and longer.
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Arena
His most consistent and pleasing album to date.
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Axs
All about drinking, fun-loving songs, as well as some love songs in between.
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Times Colonist
A lighthearted but rollicking album that pushes boundaries in all the right places.
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Refrain Music
Displays his innate ability to touch on many genre of fan with this album
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