Hillbilly Jedi
| Big & Rich
Hillbilly Jedi
Hillbilly Jedi is the fourth studio album by American country music duo Big & Rich, released on September 18, 2012. It is the duo's first new studio album since Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace in 2007. The album's lead-off single, "That's Why I Pray," was released on May 21, 2012 and was followed by two more singles, "Party Like Cowboyz" and "Cheat On You." Hillbilly Jedi received mixed reviews from critics. -Wikipedia
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Slant Magazine
its relative ballsiness highlights the lack of creativity and inspiration on the rest of Hillbilly Jedi. Ultimately, the only thing noteworthy about the album is that George Lucas allowed Big & Rich to refer to themselves as Jedis.
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Roughstock
if you've never been a fan of their music, chances are you will not become one now as the Hillbilly Jedi are leading a freak parade that never was meant to be 100% wholly mainstream (the mainstream of country has somewhat come their way, though).
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All Music
So, instead of being a triumphantly silly return, Hillbilly Jedi merely raises one question: weren't Big & Rich better off following their own paths?
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Country Music Rocks
Overall, Hillbilly Jedi is a good country album. It really has something for everyone on it. Big & Rich might not be cranking out song after song, after song, but each record they do create is something different than before.
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Interstate 107
On Hillbilly Jedi, the duo is back with a masterful set that is refreshed, renewed and re-focused. Just like they announced on their debut, it’s a celebration of music and it’s great to have them back.
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Popblerd
The album comes across as more of the same stuff you’ve heard on country radio for a decade, and the fact that “That’s Why I Pray” has become their biggest single, likely surpassing even “Save a Horse”, shows that, at least for now, inventiveness has to take a back seat to traditional ballads with ham-fisted religious undercurrents. And that’s a shame.
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Country Standard Time
It sounds bluegrass one minute, though, then western swing the next, and is truly ambitious. After the party's over, with empties thrown all about the place, the listener still walks away impressed with it. This album is truly good, and that's no Jedi mind trick.
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