The Outsiders V. Jekyll & Hyde

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Both albums are incredibly zany and weird. "The Outsiders" was a 2014 album by Eric Church and "Jekyll & Hyde", by the Zac Brown Band, was just released last Tuesday. Both albums incorporate other genres of music into them, particularly hard rock/metal. Both albums are incredibly polarizing so which one do you like better? Which is the more wackier trip?

The Outsiders Tracklist:
1. The Outsiders
2. A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young
3. Cold One
4. Roller Coaster Ride
5. Talladega
6. Broke Record
7. Like A Wrecking Ball
8. That's Damn Rock & Roll
9. Dark Side
10. Devil Devil (Prelude: Princess Of Darkness)
11. Give Me Back My Hometown
12. The Joint


Jekyll & Hyde Tracklist:
1. Beautiful Drug
2. Loving You Easy
3. Remedy
4. Homegrown
5. Mango Tree (w/Sara Bareilles)
6. Heavy Is The Head (w/Chris Cornell)
7. Bittersweet
8. Castaway
9. Tomorrow Never Comes
10. One Day
11. Dress Blues
12. Young & Wild
13. Junkyard
14. I'll Be Your Man (Song For A Daughter)
15. Wildfire
16. Tomorrow Never Comes (Acoustic Version)

[dm2081]

Jekyll & Hyde for me, easily. I like both albums, but is never thought The Outsiders was quite worth the praise it got. I thought it was a good album, but nothing legendary. In fact, I actually prefer Chief to The Outsiders. But Jekyll & Hyde is just so diverse, and has some quality songs, like "Bittersweet", "Heavy Is The Head", "Young And Wild", and "Homegrown".

[H.]

I seriously love both, but I went with Eric.

[zjames]

I'm a bigger Zac Brown Band fan overall, but The Outsiders is the better, more cohesive album in my opinion.

[zaclord 🌈]

ZBB easily. There's like 3 songs I can tolerate on Eric's album. There definitely are some flaws on J+H though. But also many, many more highlights.

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The Outsiders

[someguy]

Jekyll + Hyde by a huge amount. I like a few songs on The Outsiders (namely, "Talladega" and "A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young"), but I never got the hype for that one. I agree that Chief is much, much better. The Outsiders sounded like it was trying really hard to be 'outlaw' and different, whereas Jekyll + Hyde feels a lot more natural to me. Plus, on J+H, I like almost every song (though some much more than others).