Kane Brown, Zach Bryan, Jon Pardi, Carrie Underwood, & Ingrid Andress - Best/Worst New Albums

[@marykatesmith627]

While Kane may not sound traditionally country all the time, he does hit the mark every now and then with a banger. I’ve been a fan for years, and when I saw him In concert it just sold me even more. He was fantastic. I hope he continues with this country vibe.

[@tyleryee9104]

All the Time on Summertime Blues is such an underrated song. It is simply forgotten about because of the hard hitters in the front.

[@untouchableko6036]

It's by far my favorite on the EP!

[@darrenwildeman5276]

I'm so glad you were relatively impressed with the Kane Brown album. I've been saying for awhile that Kane Brown has some much better music than his singles that he didn't always get credit for and it was nice to see him showcase that even more on this album

[@GradySmith]

I thought this vid would take me 3 hours -- took me 3 days! But I think these are all thoughtfulish reviews! 00:00 - Intro 00:56 - Jon Pardi - Mr. Saturday Night 05:42 - Ingrid Andress - Good Person 08:57 - Zach Bryan - Summertime Blues 14:14 - Carrie Underwood - Denim and Rhinestones 17:24 - Kane Brown - Different Man

[@rodneyproductions5044]

Thanks Grady!

[@claireboyle7151]

It's funny, I am a huge Carrie fan, but I can't wrap my head around this album. I do like Crazy Angels and even Ghost Story. I feel GS was put out there to showcase her sky-high vocals. The other song I like is Velvet Heartbreak, but the rest is just meh. I feel like this album is a 2022 version of her prior album Play On, which didn't do much of anything except that they serve as potential segue-ways to if there's more new music on the horizon. Your thoughts?

[@HahaItsKTG]

Thanks for chapters and time stamps, makes it easier to show others a breakdown on each album. Super hyped for Tyler’s new album next week!

[@Orangebear295]

Breland new album review

[@bridenallen494]

@Grady Smith go check out Cooper Alan and Thomas Mac. Just give them a listen, I think you will enjoy their music.

[@jenna24bean]

As a diehard Carrie fan, I think your review was spot on. There are songs from this one that are bops, but I am craving an album that has the storytelling of Blown Away, Carnival Ride, and Storyteller. Even a metal/rock album would be epic, since she's a fan of both genres. The concept for Denim & Rhinestones is consistent and spot-on, but it still doesn't hit like many of her other albums have. I am also newly obsessed with Ingrid Andress and am excited to re-listen to her album!

[@tinafansavga]

You do realize that Carrie’s new album debuted at #2 when it was released and debuted at #1 in Australia,UK and Canada so quite a lot of people LOVE it. She wanted to do something quite different from all the other albums she has done

[@mr.worldwide4758]

@@tinafansavga But that's ignoring the fact it debuted at #10 in her home country...

[@bookgirl8]

I actually love Carrie’s new album. She wanted to do something different and she’s accomplished that. I love her storytelling album just as much as the other fans do but this is such a fun album to listen to. I was leery at first on listening to the album but once I got into it,I loved it. Her voice sounds freer and looser than I have ever heard it before which I love and her nuances and her inflections are spot on with this album.This album may not hit for a lot of people but for me it did. It’s actually become one of my favorite albums of hers.

[@PenaltyKillah]

I think Carrie's taking a break from story songs (and inspirational ones like So Small, Temporary Home & Forever Changed) and just wanted to let loose on D&R. She certainly sounds like she's having fun from the vocals alone 🤘🤘🤘

[@tinafansavga]

@@bookgirl8 ALOT of people must love it for it to debut at Number One in 3 countries and Number Two for the USA

[@ryanndionne7296]

I saw Kane Brown in concert and it was definitely one of the best shows I've ever been to. I really like his album and my favorite songs off it are Bury Me in Georgia, Nothin' I'd Change, and Devil Don't Even Bother. Like you said, really wish those would be the radio picks.

[@MavroProductions]

Kane Brown kills it live! I saw him in Sydney.

[@genericpotato871]

“seems like zach is slowing down” zach: time stamps his next album for next Feb on Twitter

[@jackflynn8494]

Here is a fact! Zach Bryan’s fiddle player is simply amazing. He’s great on the recordings but holy crap he made Zach’s show what it was. He is simply amazing!

[@LBaumgardner19]

I agree with everything you said about Kane, especially the part where you say the truth can be disarming. I'm a college kid with a good home life and definitely without a child but Pop's Last Name and For My Daughter from his last album are so moving and make me feel things that I don't actually feel in real life.

[@aust_inc]

I honestly enjoyed Denim & Rhinestones all the way through. Reminded me of some of the 80s country greats who flirted with the 80s synthy pop/new wave sound. “Poor Everybody Else” is an absolute banger. As for this format, I like the five albums/five minutes approach you have here. It feels like you give each album its due without it going on for a long time.

[@louiswilson3653]

Same here. I think that it is a fun album and Carrie set out to accomplish that goal. Good for her.

[@bookgirl8]

I LOVE Poor Everybody Else,it’s such a banger and I actually enjoyed this album way more than I thought I would originally. This album is fun,playful and her voice sounds the loosest that I’ve ever heard it.She said she had a lot of fun writing and recording this album and it shows. Loving all of the 70s,80s and 90s influences she has on the album.

[@maraudershields3098]

Zach just tweeted new album around February hahaha. He ain't stoppin!

[@galfor54]

I actually love Faster and Wanted Women on the Carrie record. I think it’s great to get an 80s vibe record. In terms of sales- she’s not exactly the only artist to be getting lower returns in terms of sales. Her tour and media presence is still a monster and she’s still fresh off her Grammy winning Gospel project.

[@GradySmith]

Wanted Woman is a cool song. I didn't mention it, but I like that one. And yeah, sales are dooooooooown (if ur not Morgan or Zach)

[@galfor54]

@@GradySmith OMG sorry for turning into ‘that’ fan 😂

[@bookgirl8]

I love all of the songs on the album but those two are constant repeats for me when I listen to the album.I love that she has such a huge 80s vibe on the album that makes it sound nostalgic but fresh at the same time.But no,you’re right,Carrie isn’t the only one that is experiencing lower returns in terms of album sales,they’re down for everyone unless you’re a male artist and you don’t seem to have that problem.She still has a huge media and tour presence and like you said,she’s coming off her award win for My Savior which is an exquisite and beautifully done album,btw.

[@elijahkrause3608]

'She Don't Know' was pretty solid off of Denim & Rhinestones. Other than that, I don't really love it. Which is a shame, because I love Carrie. She should release a straight rock record. Her voice can pull it off, and doesn't she like rock personally? A Carrie Underwood metal album would be dope.

[@mr.worldwide4758]

She covered Ozzy Osbourne for Apple Music. PLEASE Carrie, stop teasing us, we know you have it in you 😭

[@jenna24bean]

Totally agree! She should do a cover album and really dig into metal songs. I've been a huge Carrie Underwood fan for years and this last album was so lackluster.

[@galfor54]

I personally would love a real old school country vibe record from Carrie, like a Leigh Ann Womack vibe. She proved it on songs like Victory in Jesus. Space for THAT voice to shine.

[@bookgirl8]

I’m curious,what about her newest album just didn’t click with you? It’s funny that a lot of people love the album and obviously some are disappointed because they were expecting something different.But I do agree her voice would sound INCREDIBLE on a straight rock record,she’s already proven she has the voice for the songs and she has a deep,heavy love for the genre itself.

[@bookgirl8]

@@jenna24bean I’m curious,what about her newest album just didn’t click for you? It’s weird that some of the people that are die hard Carrie fans don’t love this album. What about this album was lackluster for you? I personally love the album myself so I’m curious why it was lackluster to you.

[@bethanybeverly2181]

You have NEVER steered me wrong! I need to check out more of these artist. LOVE PARDI!!!!

[@steffiparsons]

Appreciated your take on D&R! It’s amazing how music can hit people differently as Garden really made me have chills! You thought it was boring 🤣 Love that about music that it can affect people in different ways.

[@mr.worldwide4758]

I loved Garden too. I thought her voice sounded so tender and pleasant on it, a nice break from her all-belting-all-the-time.

[@craigwebb3179]

Garden is one of my favs too. She always has that one song that you can tell is personal and genuine to reflect her life...and this one is it, on DaR.

[@joshuamistry9057]

You’ve shaped my music taste so much for the better. God bless you!

[@WolfpackJT]

I’m so happy you love this jon pardi album as much as I do. I was excited for the album but it blew me away. Absolutely love it

[@bramquesenberry6398]

I love 'Denim & Rhinestones' but I totally agree with a lot of what you said! "Ghost Story" is in fact one of the most boring songs and I do not understand why it was the lead single, or why it's STILL the only single. However, Grady, "Burn" is such an epic song!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@matt36755]

I listen to denim and rhinestones in full still and i always find my self skipping ghost story 😭

[@zacharybarnhart334]

I love “Crazy Angels” and “Your Heart or Mine” is my favorite of the Pardi album, glad they are pushing it as a single

[@emilyredwood91]

I really enjoyed Denim & Rhinestones after pretty heavily disliking Cry Pretty, but I agree with your picks for standouts. I like Carrie best when she's either got a great story happening or she's rocking out (no shame, Crazy Angels is by far my favorite track and I'll blast it in any company). I also really like the 80s synth style so that made it work better for me on the whole. Agreed on the slower stuff though, doesn't work as well for me but the cohesiveness of the album makes it something I come back to quite a bit, which frankly surprised me since I haven't super clicked with a Carrie album in a long time.

[@bookgirl8]

I’m the same way. I just wasn’t a huge fan of Cry Pretty,the album just didn’t click for me and after that,I was super leery of listening to D&R. Every song on the album is a bop and any song on the album would be a good single.I just love that she incorporated a lot of the influences from when she was growing up onto this album Like you,I LOVE the 80s synth vibes she has going here and I love that it sounds like it’s a throwback album but the production sounds modern and fresh. Definitely one of my favorite album of hers from top to bottom.Poor Everybody Else you can definitely tell she leaned hard into her love for 80s heavy rock and her love for rock music period.

[@mr.worldwide4758]

I feel like Carrie has really good album concepts, but not execution. And I really REALLY like Carrie. Personally, D&R is one of her best to date in terms of being an ALBUM (because everything sounds so cohesive and the genre changes she likes actually work this time around for this kind of lighthearted record, as opposed to the supposedly personal Cry Pretty or darker Blown Away), but the individual songs themselves are a little bit weak. Usually its the other way around with her, with her individual songs being strong but the albums themselves being weak.

[@heatherfults7506]

1000% agree. I love certain Carrie songs but since her very first album, I haven’t loved the entire thing top to bottom. Albeit, most of my love for that album is just nostalgia but still good.

[@keririce3245]

I, too, am a massive Carrie fan. When I first heard this album I did not like it at all and was sooo disappointed. But the more I listen to it I’m am in LOVE!! She don’t know, Ghost Story, hate my heart, velvet heartbreak, garden… I can’t stop listening to them!! Just bought Denim and Rhinestone tickets for Nov and I cannot wait to go!!

[@bookgirl8]

@@keririce3245 I was initially leery myself. I wasn’t a fan of her last original full length and I just wasn’t sure that I would love this album but once I got into it I loved it.Definitely one of my favorite albums of hers.I get it may not be to everyone’s liking but it’s one of my new favorites.

[@bookgirl8]

I don’t think you get how hard it is to execute an album like hers and make it sound like it all fits together,it’s not as easy as you think it is.But sorry I disagree,the individual songs are not weak,it’s just the way you’re choosing to see it.The fans want her to do one thing but they don’t get to tell her how to write her songs or create her music,it’s fine to be disappointed but the fans either respect her for trying to take some risks or they can find another artist that plays it safe,their choice.

[@tgbrinker]

Not the “Burn” slander! 😂. As a die hard Carrie fan, I can’t wait to love an album like I did Blown Away and especially Storyteller again. On D&R my standouts are D&R, Hate My Heart, and yes Burn. Pink Champagne is my grower and probably eventually my overall favorite.

[@Ariesguy41499]

Omg yes I was like not you going after one of my fav songs off the album “Burn” lol. I’ve had the album and that song in particular on repeat all summer. It’s up there with Blown Away as my favorite Carrie album. Also I can’t believe he didn’t talk about “She Don’t know” I thought that would be one of his favs. 😂

[@fantasyfiction101]

Burn turned into my new favorite this past week. Gotta agree that pink champagne is a bop

[@mr.worldwide4758]

Imo Burn was the grower, while Pink Champagne is the straight bop upon first listen.

[@louiswilson3653]

Burn is great!!! It's one of my favorites off the album. Once that chorus hits, the rest is history. 👏🔥

[@bookgirl8]

All of those tracks are standouts so it’s hard for me to choose which one I love more. I was initially a little leery of this album at first but when I got into it,I loved it just as much as her Storyteller and Blown Away album. There is not one skip on this album or a bad song on the album.

[@MikeGrahamDSM]

Hey, 👋🏿 I just subbed to your channel even though I wouldn’t consider myself a CM fan, but videos like these and channels like yours make me appreciate the genre a hell lot more. Thanks buddy 💕

[@martharunstheworld]

Kane Brown's song Bury My In Georgia is a great tune! I love the intro to it....that swampy, mugginess and the churchbell.... it's so fun!

[@davidzonunfela3680]

Whaaaat??? FASTER and BURN are my favourite songs on the album...!

[@GradySmith]

Do you tend to like pop country? Haha no shade

[@erickreyes7902]

As a CARRIE fan, I gotta be honest, her strangest ALBUM yet and I love it... I like that she EXPLORES herself in an artistic way, I really like WANTED WOMAN, that screams POP CROSSOVER... I really think she should push that... I really like the VIBE of this ALBUM its GROOVY...

[@MomP41]

Feel the same!! Very strange album, but for some reason I can’t stop listening to it 😊.

[@bookgirl8]

It’s definitely one of her strangest albums but weirdly enough,I love it. She just explores so many sonic palettes that you get to hear her explore different sounds we haven’t heard from her before and we get to hear her voice used in such different and unique ways that you get to love the different eras of music that obviously influenced her for this album. I was a little cautious about this album at first but once I listened to the album from top to bottom,I loved it despite it sounding different and weird but in a good way. Wanted Woman definitely has a Kacey Musgraves vibe to it but on Carrie it just sounds natural like she was meant to sing that song.Her voice sounds looser,freer and more playful than it has in a long time.

[@bookgirl8]

@@MomP41 I haven’t been able to stop listening to the album since she released it. It’s different and a little strange but that’s what makes it so fun to listen to.It’s like an onion peel when you keep peeling layers off to discover something incredible and amazing.

[@MomP41]

@@bookgirl8 100% agree!!

[@matt36755]

Very strange album but I’m obsessed with it

[@mcr2124]

I hate to hear you’re moving away from reviews! That’s how I’ve found so much new music! I hope you adapt to cover new tunes being released by an array of artists

[@GradySmith]

The less I do traditional reviews, the better the content and the traffic. It’s always better to disguise a review as a video essay so you can actually move the conversation forward rather than just looking backward about something that has already happened

[@WxViking]

You should review the new Drake Milligan album "Dallas/Fort Worth." It's well worth the listen and the review. Filled with 90s (and older?) sounding music tbh

[@hudsonbridgers5504]

Dude, I said the same thing earlier! It's great!

[@evanelliott9880]

I second that!!

[@bookgirl8]

Ever since I heard him sing on Americas got talent,I just love his voice. It’s old school country and a lot of 90s country vibes to his sound.

[@LizNova22]

The guitar intro to "Motorcycle Driveby" gets me every.single.time! Big Zach Bryan fan here, but I still want to know who hurt this poor man

[@ansleyjenkins3448]

Grady’s putting out videos as fast as zach releases😳

[@sabrinacopas1636]

Your description of Ingrid is so spot on I laughed out loud in agreement, and said yes. ✋️

[@fantasyfiction101]

I like denim and rhinestones but I wish we got another album like Storyteller that’s one of my favorites by her.

[@mr.worldwide4758]

I love all the Storyteller love I'm seeing in this comment section. Ahhhh such a great album.

[@bookgirl8]

I love Denim and Rhinestones as well but Storyteller is one of my favorite album of hers. That album had some songs that could’ve been great potential singles and this new album has a lot of those same vibes.

[@savannahromero6771]

My favorite song off the new Jon Pardi album is Hung the Moon 🌙

[@taylorcarter5385]

Drake Milligan's new album is really good. I've been listening to his music and didn't even realize he was on America's Got Talent that just finished their season.

[@rjsfarm2534]

Ya, it’s real good.

[@brandonfronteras2]

We were cowboys to me, is the most replay-able album.

[@francescofeola5768]

Bro hates Kameron bro

[@RoryEllisMusic]

Great job as always dude! 2 comments for the algorithm 🤙🏼

[@nataliebenne6862]

Glad to know we were on the same page about the song “Yearbook”. I agree the rest of the album was a little bit if a let down but damn, that song hits me every time and it’s been on repeat for me since the album was released!

[@catherinebeach1062]

Totally agree about ghost story. I turn the channel every time it comes on.

[@sadieshumaker9038]

I am a diehard Carrie fan, but I think you review was spot on. I love She Don't Know and Crazy Angels, as well as Garden. However, the best Carrie songs are easily her story songs like Blown Away, Jesus, Take the Wheel and Church Bells. Storyteller is my favorite album of hers. I wish that Jay Joyce would produce her again so badly because that album is sooo good!

[@matt36755]

She don’t know should definitely be one of her singles!

[@zacharyeast412]

I personally like Mr. Saturday Night more than Heartache Medication. Not as great as California Sunrise, but it's Pardi, he can do no wrong. "Fill 'Er Up", "Raincheck", "Neon Light Speed", and "The Day I Stop Dancin' " are my top 4 songs

[@macavey19ify]

Carrie said that with this album she just wanted to have fun. And Ghost Story was actually was actually written for her & one of the writers is one of the best in the business. Just sayin’. Love your channel!

[@fudge54]

I believe Carrie wanted to make a fun album, an album with music that would be a great time on a tour. She wanted something positive after concerts weren’t happening for a long time.

[@bookgirl8]

I believe Carrie’s goal with this album was to have fun and make music she could sing on tour and that would sound great live and I think she accomplished that. I think she wanted something that was upbeat and positive and fun after concerts didn’t happen for some time.

[@RandyBadour]

We always hear similar things lol, Santa Cruz was an outcast for me as well off Pardi's new record! Its a great record for sure...vocal production is a bit thin in the mix for my taste but that's relative and I'm able to overlook. Good stuff here sir!

[@karynmaddox9397]

Never would've bought out Kane Brown but that clip of Go Around sounds really good

[@AlexDriscoll]

I was getting worried there that you wouldn't mention Yearbook in your Ingrid Andress review! That's an instant classic and I hope it becomes a single!

[@mallorieemler9645]

I want to hear you and Bobby Bones chat about music and artists. On both his Podcast and your KZbin channel 🤔 I think it would be soo good!!

[@saraprice6576]

I think Hate My Heart has the best chance at radio esp being a Hardy co-write. Poor Everybody Else is an all time fave from her and Faster isn’t my fav but the guitar starting at the 2 minute mark is a total jam for this 80’s baby. Overall it’s a fun sing a long too album which is what she said she wanted too do. I’m hoping she’s gearing up for something epic in 2025 which would be 20 years since Idol!! In the end she’s vocally one of the best ever and can easily play for 2 hours and still not sing everything people want to hear and has become one of the best live performers around!

[@bookgirl8]

Poor Everybody Else is such a jam and one of my favorites form her and I’m not gonna lie,on the first listen of Faster,I cried like a damn baby,it’s just so beautiful and her voice sounds so sweet and pure on the song and the guitar sounds like it would be right at home on an 80s ballad. Faster is definitely the 80s slow jam, 80s slow skate, couples skate, slow jam song that she described it as. Very few songs make me cry and Faster was one of those songs that got me on the first listen.She could play easily for 2 hours and people still wouldn’t get to hear everything they like since she has so many hits. And she is in my opinion,hands down, one of the best live performers in music in any genre,period,it’s not even a question for me.

[@jamesderrick691]

Congrats on the move to Nashville. I was watching an older video yesterday, and shout out to Charlottesville!

[@joelvasquezvillanueva4997]

I totally agree with you about Carrie Underwood Denim and rhinestones! I love that album and ghost story shouldnt be a single but we love the album

[@cdtnplyr]

I love “pops last name” cause I also grew up with my grandparents. Hope that’s a big one for him.

[@Cdyoung15]

Jon Pardi’s “The day I stop dancing” is definitely one of my favorite songs to come out this year. It keeps giving me wedding song vibes

[@charlesdoca7145]

The electronic guitar riff on Zach Bryan's Motorcycle Drive-by had really become an earworm for me.

[@rwj2k]

I think the Pardi song you were referencing at 2:30 is Beer Light, but definitely a worthy comparison nonetheless!

[@nicholasi3535]

After what I thought were disappointing pre-released, I was pleased that the album cuts on Jon Pardi’s album stepped up. My favorites have been raincheck and I actually love Santa Cruz but I don’t care for reverse cowgirl. Will checkout the Kane Brown album tomorrow but I like the snippets I’ve heard so I’m looking forward to it

[@brittanyjesse8469]

I really love something in the orange.

[@ChefPleasure]

Dude, you just continue to freaking crush it.

[@danielvalko]

funny how your review of the carrie album made me want to listen to it

[@musicfan755]

I love the Kane Brown cd. I like almost every song.

[@JD200_]

Your heart or mine is honestly up there with Mr Saturday night

[@johnshea7964]

I love the fiddle on Santa Cruz

[@beplanking]

It took me like 3 listens to realize Jamie committed suicide by cop, and it hit hard. But that first line where CWG comes in hits even harder. Goosebumps everytime

[@rjsfarm2534]

Kinda reminds me of Merle coming in on Pancho and Lefty. Little less build.

[@jasongarner4082]

Felt the opposite about Zach's album. First 4 tracks felt like more of the same, but the rest stood out. Matt and Audie is a jam. Love the growl in the chorus.

[@garrettscroggs]

Random thoughts at certain points of the video (and listening to a few songs mentioned): - I'd probably like "Grand" better if Mike Posner had just kept it. - Went and listened to "Yearbook" and wow. What an excellent and well-written, if not also extremely depressing, song! - On one hand, I like 80s-esque pop and I like R&B, so I liked the snippet of "Faster." However, it's just okay to me. The chorus kinda just sits there and I've heard the sound done better by many artists in and adjacent to the synthwave and retro-pop scenes. - Zach Bryan continues to be an artist I respect more than I really like, but he does have some great songs. I appreciated the slight panning of him and Charles Wesley Godwin's voices in the mix of "Jamie" to mimic a live performance.

[@courtney.22]

Neon Light Speed is such a vibe!! I also love Reverse Cowgirl

[@markbenn1907]

Not sure how a song called “reverse cowgirl” song can be taken seriously but it doesn’t need to be serious for me to love it

[@JasonHolt11]

As someone whose not really into Kane Brown, I did find myself liking a few songs as well. Fully with you about Devil Don’t Even Bother and Whiskey Sour, both surprised me on first listens in a good way. I don’t know if you noticed too but I noticed Ernest had some writing credits across this record which is funny because I was listening to “Drunk or Dreamin’” and thought this kinda sounds like an Ernest song. Believe theres like 3 or 4 others too which regardless of liking the song I love to see because Ernest deserves praise right now in my opinion

[@tassorafaela]

Incredible, man! I have the same felling with hear 'Devil don't even bother' on the radio 💃💃💃

[@RedSandstoneDeserts]

Hey Grady! I really like your reviews (album or single) as introductions to what’s out there. If you don‘t like reviews any more, just call them introductions to new music and stop giving grades. It would be a bummer if you stopped!

[@GradySmith]

Don’t worry I’ve been claiming I’m done reviewing for like 3 years. I’m chained to this damn habit.

[@josephperry1523]

Right now "Raincheck" is my favorite from Jon Pardi's new album.

[@paulafitzhenry1036]

i love Carrie Underwood's new album, Jon Pardi, i love and Kane Brown.

[@matthewruzanski]

Am I the only person that doesn’t get Zach fatigue? His songs just don’t get old. Maybe it’s nostalgia from prior years and especially this summer with AH not sure

[@cntryniche]

I've been coming back to Summertime Blues a lot as it's a perfect length and I like all the songs. I have recently revisited Heartbreak after months & rediscovering some of the individual songs without the daunting task of trying to get thru it all. I am loving Pardi's new one also, I do like Santa Cruz as a change of pace and I like Hung the Moon also which I haven't heard many mention. SO much good music this year!

[@cameronwattsgaming5937]

I’m in love with kameron Marlowe newest album

[@MACMAMI]

I do enjoy the tone and atmosphere Ingrid Andress is going for with her music and the hypnotic, vaguely Portishead or Mazzy Star-inspired vibe she's going for DOES make for a satisfying headphones-listening experience, or great music to hear at a teahouse or something of that sort. That said: in the context of country, I think she's going to fade from the country charts fast unless she mixes it up a bit. She can convincingly transition to being an Adult Alternative radio artist if she really wants to because her sound fits that format better in my opinion, and fully flesh her artistic persona out as the next Feist or something.

[@LTProductions335]

Grady, you've made me want to check out the new kane album lol. Sad you didn't cover "songs about you" by Brett eldredge or "Mr sun" by little big town but I understand you can't cover everything! Be blessed Grady! Love the videos man!!

[@ilustraeder]

I've waited soooo long for your take on Carrie's album. I think Carrie is doing what her last label didn't let her do in the past, and that's fine. She finally made a christmas album, a gospel album and now is doing something more loose, fun, inspired on a side she always grew up with it. But it kills me that she doesn't realize that those choices are kinda killing her momentum with the younger generation and making it difficult for her to continue the great success she always had. I guess she doesn't care about this things anymore, but it saddens me.

[@bookgirl8]

What you don’t get is that she’s doing what SHE wants to do,not cater to a demographic that will never give her the time of day.Carrie is in a land vocally than a lot of other female country and pop singers.She doesn’t care about chart success or catering to the younger demographic of generation and I’m fine with that regardless if it kills her momentum or not.

[@catherineginn3232]

The more I listen to “ Things That Haven’t Happened Yet” by Ingrid Andress, the more the vocals and production on it remind me of “Ocean Eyes” by Billie Eilish.

[@flo_growngnome3431]

Kane Browns album is actually really good!

[@matthewduggan1378]

trash music Kidd Rock is way more country than Kane Brown

[@DavontaSparkman]

Hi ! An Absolute DIE HARD CARRIE UNDERWOOD fan here and I think the review of the album from your perspective is fair because it’s your opinion and the opinions of others as well. However, I think if you’d listened to any of the interviews she did surrounding the release of it you and everyone else would have understood why it seemed “EVERYWHERE ( all over the place ) yet, Cohesive. And y’all would’ve known that this was her chance to make an album of influence . Meaning she wanted to make an 80’s pop , rock album infused with country (her genres she personally loved from growing up to now ) and I think she succeeded in that . I also think for people saying “well it wasn’t number #1 like it always is that shows she’s slowing down” to have your last 3 full albums ( whether they were country , gospel , or Christmas ) be number #1 and most people LOVE THEM isn’t something light. And not many artist can say and the last two were like back to back releases. So she wanted to do something fun and she succeeded. I think the one thing that Carrie does that not many people can do is that she DELIVERS. From studio to stage she brings it EVERY. SINGLE . TIME. Those are my two cents on the situation lol ! Also, I love your channel been here for two years 🎉 amazing work dude ! Keep it up !

[@Alina-fn5wx]

Oklahoma Smoakshow is my favorite song of the album it's such an unusual choice for a single

[@redhotdiscoboy]

Very Trish Paytas of you, Grady. Great video, always love your vids, forever a fan!

[@jackmccabe1194]

Jon Pardi’s the goat. Reverse Cowgirl banger, and banger album

[@kristopherschermerhorn998]

Are you ever going to review Nicolle Galyon’s Firstborn? 🥺

[@zacharyhardin426]

Lookin' good, my boi!

[@Blakelyboy21392]

Great I have to listen to more Zach Bryan.

[@leggeman2132]

Reverse cowgirl and Jaimie are stand out songs for me on those 2 projects

[@angelicalarsen5562]

totally agree with carrie's album. it seems a little all over the place in my opinion. Cry pretty seemed so huge and I had a hard time imagining how she could top that. I don't think D & R is as great as it could have been. I thought that Kane singing a song with his wife was just an easy I'm married to an Instagram star money maker. I think she has a good voice. But I'm so tired of his theologically incorrect songs lol

[@bookgirl8]

I just wasn’t a huge fan of Cry Pretty. That album just didn’t feel like it was “her” and I don’t know if I remember that album being huge. I’m going to be a little harsh here so I apologize. Denim and Rhinestones was meant to be all over the place,that was kind of her goal with the album was to showcase all of the influences from the music she grew up listening to so I don’t know what people are expecting from her at this point.I don’t get how D&R could’ve been more great as an album.I’m just curious on why Carrie’s album isn’t hitting as hard for some people that it did for others.

[@hudsonbridgers5504]

Grady, please listen to Drake Milligan's new album that just came out! He was on America's Got Talent but didn't win. I've been watching your videos for years and know you would like him!

[@thundertv1431]

yo Grady you gotta check out Brantley Gilbert’s old song, Indiana’s Angel. It’s such so underrated and unrecognized

[@Essex626]

Could a case be made that the sort of worship/love songs started with "Forever and Ever Amen"?

[@BoyNamedSue4]

You can never mention fiddle enough

[@rexThunter45]

Colter Wall just released 2 new songs you should review.

[@alextomasek1829]

Hot take: When you think about it Wallen and Kane actually have very similar styles when you actually think about it. Listen to Flower Shops, Whiskey Sour, You Proof, What Ifs, Up Down, and One Mississippi back to back and tell me that they don't sound similar, but no one is brave enough to acknowledge it

[@LTProductions335]

Similar for sure. But the voices and how they are used really separates the 2.

[@javigar133]

Album reviews might pay the Bulls, but am really looking forward to the next Epic video. Best Channel on KZbin

[@sumwhere08]

Honestly Kane Browns album looks like my Spotify Playlist lol, it's a whole lot of hard lefts and hard rights in regard to music.

[@Deus_Vul7]

Grady check out a guy named Jake Vaadeland, sounds like something out of the 50’s

[@yg-dn5ms]

Omg our picks are the same on D&R 😂

[@dannylockridge821]

What do you think of Drake Milligan

[@ElKuballo]

Not saying you need to make a review video...but I would strongly recommend Drake Milligan's new album.

[@PenaltyKillah]

As much as I like the sound and flirty mood of D&R, I'm interested in hearing about Carrie's take on motherhood in her music. (She might have cut songs about it in the past -- I haven't listened to her recent albums until D&R)

[@mr.worldwide4758]

Catch "Kingdom" from Cry Pretty and "What I Never Knew I Always Wanted" from Storyteller ;)

[@wildlifewhiskey3636]

I think whiskey sour would be a top hit if it was sang by someone else. I enjoy the song but Kane is so wishy washy with if he wants to be country or pop. If he dedicated to country I think he would be a solid listen but the one extreme to the other he does is hard to listen to