Chief
| Eric Church
Chief
Chief is the third studio album by American country music artist Eric Church. It was released on July 26, 2011, via EMI Nashville. The album produced five singles, including Church's first two number one hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart "Drink in My Hand" and "Springsteen", as well as the Top 10 hits "Creepin'" and "Like Jesus Does" and the Top 20 "Homeboy". On June 20, 2012, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA, for having shipped over 1,000,000 records. As of April 2017, the album has sold 1,957,700 copies in the United States.-Wikipedia
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Taste of Country
'Chief' is likely to be the album that breaks this artist, but when you listen to Eric Church albums you get a sense that he'd be fine if it doesn't.
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Slant Magazine
Chief doesn’t make him a country music Jesus, but it does back up a good deal of his braggadocio.
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Saving Country Music
Chief is curious, bold, fresh, and refreshing.
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Rolling Stone
This is country music in the rough ‘n’ tumble honky-tonk tradition.
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Sounds Like Nashville
Even if it doesn’t become the “Country Music Jesus” of this era, it’s definitely got a spark that has Eric headed on the right track.
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Kurrent Music
This album is a great record, with a huge amount of variety in sounds and ideas, although it’s tied together with a theme of bars, lost love, and ‘badassness’ that Eric seems to carry around with him.
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All Music
Chief is defiant, well-conceived, and more carefully executed than it sounds, with some excellent songs.
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Country Universe
Church has put together one of the most ambitious and interesting albums that mainstream country music has seen all year.
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American Song Writer
The songs here are consistently strong. While his outlaw pose grows tiresome at times, the bolder strokes of Chief are also the best.
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AV Music
Chief is a record made for Saturday night, but it’s worth playing on Sunday morning, too.
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Entertainment
This midlevel country dude, one of Nashville’s most detail-oriented songwriters, peppers his third album, Chief, with so many proper nouns — Waylon and Springsteen, Jack Daniel’s and Jesus — that it’s sometimes hard to hear.
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Off the Dirt Road
Eric Church has truly created a unique sound that he can call his.
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Red Dirt Report
Chief is impressive all around. One of the best mainstream country releases this year.
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Twin Love
“Chief” shows the world exactly who he is and puts him exactly where he oughta be; on top.
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The Wrap
Eric Church’s ‘Chief’ Aim Is Poetic Rowdiness.
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Seattle Pi
Chief was going to be on constantly in my vehicle and on my computer as I work through the day.
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Contest Corner
On Chief, Church blends his country swagger with a rock sensibility, calling it the most aggressive record he’s made.
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Agora
All-in-all, Church is a decent artist and shares his stories well.
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boston.com
Church surrenders to his creative nature to stunning effect.
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Country Music Rocks
CHIEF is an album of quality and will be a force to be reckoned with.
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