Comments on: Album Review: Luke Bryan, Tailgates & Tanlines

By: The guy that did your mom more than once

The guy that did your mom more than once — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:12:10 +0000

I like the direction Luke is headed in with his songs,I like them. if you don’t like them don’t listen to his music. The funny part is that he makes more in one tour than you do in 2 years.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:42:20 +0000

Thanks, Bethany. I’m sure everyone appreciates your very thoughtful comment. It’s not like we’re allowed to have our own opinions or anything.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:22:21 +0000

Whoever thinks this is a good review is just dumb and can’t hear this CD is absolutely amazing and heartfelt he and others put so much time and heart into this album. Y’all are just retarded

By: Christy

Christy — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:34:56 +0000

If I have to hear this song one more time, I’m going to shake it at Luke Bryan!! This big ‘ol booty will make the speakers in his truck FALL OUT! Since when do country girls shake it, anyway? REAL country girls do the two-step!

By: Sydney

Sydney — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 02:00:12 +0000

I agree that some of the lyrics may be a little elementary, but I don’t think that a few juvenile songs reflects an artist’s entire career. Luke Bryan is a good singer and songwriter all around; a few bad tracks don’t change that. “Country Girl (Shake it for Me)” is not a bad song either. It simply follows the trend that country music is taking these days. There are few artists who have not released a song that is supposed to appeal more to “pop” culture than just the country fans.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 03:48:07 +0000

Rare is the occasion that I peruse a country review only to stumble upon the word ‘onomatopoeia’…..awesome. Entertaining read, great review.

P.S. Tigra and Bunny, LOLOLOLOL!!!

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:39:28 +0000

“Country Girl (Shake It for Me) is turning into one of the biggest hits of Bryan’s career, which is bound to influence his future song choices.”

That’s the saddest part of this whole thing…

There are certainly a couple terrible, terrible songs on here. However, I actually think that you could make an 8 song EP from the whole thing that would be one of the better major label releases of the year.

“Too Damn Young” and “Faded Away” are extremely pleasant listens (if you don’t mind treading back down the reminiscing-on-young-love path), “You Don’t Know Jack” and “Harvest Time” are good songs, and even “I Know You’re Gonna Be There” and “I Knew You That Way” would be standout tracks on Jake Owen’s new album, for example. Throw in “Tailgate Blues” and “Drunk On You” for his target audiences, which at least have nice, laid back grooves to them.

I’ve resorted to simply cherry-picking the 1-3 listenable songs from iTunes and ignoring the rest when it comes to new major releases, so I was actually pleasantly surprised by this.

By: Erik North

Erik North — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:17:36 +0000

I believe it is more about the sensitivities of the country music listener, because I think this kind of stuff gives country music as a form of music both a black eye and a bad name, and rolls out all the negative stereotypes that have ever been hung on the genre.

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 23:37:33 +0000

Sweetcheeks, I’m assuming that you’re talking about Eric Church’s “Homeboy” when you say racist, just because that’s the common argument about the song. But there really isn’t anything racist about the song: nowhere in the song does he even mention race at all.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:48:09 +0000

Entertaining review as always, Sam! I especially enjoyed:

“…so if you’re really into onomatopoeia, this is your album of the year.”

I tend to agree with Devin’s assessment of Luke Bryan in general.