Zach Bryan

Critic Score
Based on 5 reviews
2023 Ratings: #339 / 787
Year-End Rank: #42
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2023 Ratings: #87
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Critic Reviews

81
Paste

Across 16 songs, relationships fail and prosper and then fail again; hope deteriorates and grows, only to deteriorate again. What Zach Bryan is is a moving portrait of life’s knottiest, in-between moments.

80
AllMusic

Zach Bryan retains a certain sameness: he's working variations of a grey scale, not painting with a full palette, and the variations on a theme can get a little dull by the end of the proceedings.

80
Rolling Stone
The country superstar's self-titled new album mixes hooky Nashville storytelling with Americana realism.
80
The Needle Drop
Handily one of the best country albums you'll hear this year.
67
Pitchfork
The rising country star from Oklahoma works with a traditionalist’s appreciation for songwriting and the intense, earnest emotion of heartland rock.
BartoszDaGoat
100

(Original Rating 95 > 100)
I started to listen some country in 2021, because i was curious why some songs are becoming so popular from this genre . Last year some country hits were and still are some of my favorite hits from last year. And one of this songs is "Something In The Orange" by Zach Bryan. I love this song and i was waiting for him to release his debut. Yesterday, i found out that he has 4 albums now. So i decided to listen to his newest project. In comparision to most ... read more

Chode
80

That's some good-ass country music

Before all this commercialization bullshit, country music was once a haven for organic and genuine expressions of real emotion; rooted in the dirt roads and grassy hills of the early-mid 1900s Southern United States, the best country music came from the deepest depths of the soul. From the acoustic purity of Bluegrass to the pop tendencies that sprouted up in the Nashville Sound to the American folk music influence permeating Americana’s natural beauty ... read more

AustinJepsen
100

Sometimes an album leaves a immediate mark on you that you didn’t know you needed

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90

Zach Bryan always delivers in storytelling, but the production and singing performances make this album the most impressive of his career.

84

A really good country album with solid performances from the guy the LP is named after. Jake’s Piano - Long Island is a fantastic song and def my favorite from the tracklist

AnothrSpaceSong
90

Zach Bryan delivers an emotion-driven, authentic expression of himself in a genre so devoid of authenticity. To call it a breath of fresh air would be an understatement.

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