Leave This Town
| Daughtry
Leave This Town
Leave This Town is the second studio album by American rock band Daughtry, released through RCA Records and 19 Entertainment on July 14, 2009. It is the first album that they recorded as a band, as their self-titled debut album was recorded before the band was formed and only lead singer Chris Daughtry was signed to the label; it was also their last album to feature Joey Barnes on drums. The album's style is primarily arena rock, with influences ranging from hard rock to pop rock. - Wikipedia
Critic Reviews
Show All-
Consequence of Sound
Do yourself a favor; buy albums from the other artists before wasting money or bandwidth on Daughtry’s sophomore release. Then maybe he might “leave this town” for good.
-
IGN
Idol-spawned rocker and his band avoid the sophomore slump.
-
Slant Magazine
Chris Daughtry has a real band that plays really serious songs, which are, almost without exception, really, really bad.
-
Sputnik Music
Leave This Town isn’t quite the album of sloppy seconds it threatened to be.
-
BBC
An album of box-ticking, airwave-satiating harmlessness.
-
All Music
They have nothing on their mind other than making basic, black-and-white modern rock, and they do so efficiently on Leave This Town, a sophomore album that's every bit as satisfying as the first.
-
Huffington Post
The album still kicks its multi-hit, multi-platinum predecessor’s ass, alternating between big guitar’d, Creed-inspired grunge-a-longs and country-bred, beer hall breakup ballads across its twelve powerful tracks.
-
Female First
All I can say is, if you love a good feel good rock song, there are 13 of them on this album.
-
Washington Post
"Leave This Town" is an example of the broadest possible formulas being put to their least imaginative uses.
-
Red Dirt Report
All said, Leave This Town is the sort of album that reminds rock fans that there is still some great music out there in the mainstream rock world that even your mother could love.
-
LA Times
Chris Daughtry and his mates are making rock that's not just safe for this more sober crowd, but powerfully attuned to it. Dismiss him at your peril.
-
New Release Today
Fans of the band will not be disappointed in Leave This Town, which picks up right where Daughtry left off.
-
Contact Music
There's no doubt that this album will chalk up decent sales figures, but for large parts it couldn't be any less affecting.
-
Spin or Bin Music
Predictability isn't a bad thing after all for Daughtry. I would recommend Leave This Town if you are a Daughtry fan.
-
Alternative Addiction
There are a couple of songs that I liked, and there are songs you'll probably like to, but the album just doesn't ebb and flow like you'd like an album to do.
-
Entertainment Weekly
One may search Town in vain for a flash of something raw and off-the-script, a moment that does not feel both scrupulously test-marketed and impeccably (over)produced, but Daughtry’s relentless competence as a mainstream-rock artist likely serves him far better than any radical departure ever could.
-
Reflection of Darkness
It should be able to please any fan of catchy mainstream rock music to the fullest.
-
The Billboard Files
It's a great album. It's not as solid as the first album, but it's still great nonetheless.
Rate This Album and Leave Your Comments