DAMN COUNTRY MUSIC
| Tim McGraw
DAMN COUNTRY MUSIC
Damn Country Music is the fourteenth studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was produced by McGraw and Byron Gallimore. -Wikipedia
Critic Reviews
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Sounds Like Nashville
2015 - Damn Country Music doesn’t make a huge artistic statement about the heritage or the future of Country Music, but the artist adheres to the golden rule in Nashville – It’s about the songs… and this collection will add several to that list!
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Rolling Stone
2015 - If Tim McGraw made a record half as good as this title, it’d be pretty good. The actual album is, too, if just barely.
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Kurrent Music
2016 - Whatever the reason, music is the winner because I think that ‘Damn Country Music’ is fantastic, and a step-up from ‘Sundown Heaven Town’.
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Saving Country Music
2015 - if you approach it with an open mind and are willing to separate the wheat from the chaff, there’s some value to be found here. Tim McGraw is still fair to call country’s adult contemporary star, but Damn Country Music is a slight improvement from Sundown Heaven Town, and shows that McGraw is going in the right direction.
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Evigshed Magazine
2015 - All in all, Tim McGraw ’s new album Damn Country music is a good mix of contemporary and traditional country music. It works very well. It stays fresh and original.
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Roughstock
2015 - Superstar delivers a consistently entertaining collection of songs destined to be amongst the best records of his career.
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cleveland.com
2015 - this will do 'cuz McGraw definitely brung it
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One Country
2015 - In the span of only 11 tracks, he fervently threads the eye of the creative needle and casts off the shackles of mainstream country music– that is, the tendency to sacrifice grounded narratives for binge drinking and weekend excursions to a dirt road somewhere.
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Renowned for Sound
2015 - Through it all McGraw skilfully invokes an unmistakeable sense of stone cold country-and-western stoicism, harking back to the success of his earlier work whilst simultaneously breaking defiantly through the boundaries of the genre.
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Entertainment Weekly
2015 - While he’s not taking risks—even a duet with daughter Gracie is a lovely echo of his classic songs with wife Faith Hill—these tunes are as comfy as a pair of worn Lucchese boots.
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Country Standard Time
Now only a year away from the milestone, he proves here that there's nothing wrong with making more classically age appropriate music in a genre that has often forsaken its roots in exchange for chart position. This feels more like a throwback than a progression, and it is a welcome one.
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San Diego Union Tribune
2015 - To McGraw's credit, "Damn Country Music" shows that old and new sounds can work together — especially when the emphasis is on originality rather than following trends.
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Spectrum Pulse
2015 - Damn Country Music shows an artist a little restless and willing to push his boundaries, instrumentally and with the songs he's choosing
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Newsday
2015 - There's a lot of debate in country music about authenticity and believability, but McGraw doesn't need to be part of that either. There's never a question that he walks the talk.
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Keep it Country Kids
2015 - Damn Country Music is a good example of finding a balance. ... It’s great to see him using that appeal to make some solid music. Damn Country Music is some country damn music.
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Elmore Magazine
2016 - Damn Country Music shows that old and new sounds can work together if the emphasis is on originality rather than following trends.
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The Shotgun Seat
2015 - Overall, Damn Country Music is a nice collection of songs that stays true to McGraw’s genuine, heartfelt spirit—something he should be very happy with.
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The McGill Tribune
2015 - far from eking out some measure of unvarnished emotion, he produces a lot of undifferentiated mush
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Spectrum Culture
2015 - The record has its share of genre touchpoints, both lyrically and musically, but more than anything else, it is a testament to one man’s belief in fighting for relationship stability and valuing companionship over selfishness.
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Gig Soup
McGraw’s unique life lessons and experiences give the album a sense of sincerity and honesty.
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Nashville Music
To start with this isn’t your classic country rock type album. Many of the songs are your laid back, feel good ballads. This isn’t a bad thing by any stretch of imagination but with little cutting in between to lift the tempo, it does on face value appear a more relaxing Sunday afternoon type album.
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All Music
What's remarkable about this exceedingly laid-back album is that while it clearly exists within the confines of mature, modern country-pop, never pandering to either the bro upstarts or a crossover audience, it still feels country, because it feels true to McGraw's roots.
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Maroon Weekly
2015 - The writing is authentic and the music behind the lyrics is reminiscent of the Tim McGraw we fell in love with in the 90s, a theme that is showcased well in the track “How I’ll Always Be.” The album flows very well.
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Gulf News
2015 - To McGraw’s credit, Damn Country Music shows that old and new sounds can work together — especially when the emphasis is on originality rather than following trends.
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