Brothers Osborne - "Pawn Shop"

[Daryl the Beryl]

I know the album's only out next month, but I found a Spotify link for the album. May be available only to those outside the US, but I'm posting the link anyway. ETA: The album just got available for pre-order on iTunes, so this could be a glitch.

[Deleted]

It didn't work for me, but the title track is available on there now and it's some solid stuff.

[zjames]

Now available on iTunes!

[Deleted]

I'll share my thoughts later, but I just wanted to say I hope "21 Summer" is a single at some point. Definitely one of my favorites from the album.

[phil1996]

I like this a lot. Down Home is probably the worst lyrically, but I LOVE the production. Greener Pastures has a really cool old school sound to it, that's another one of my favorites. 21 Summer has hit written all over it, gives me "Springsteen" (the Eric church song) vibes. Big fan of the title track too. Not a bad song on the album. Wish "Rum" had done better on the charts...one of my favorite songs over the past few years.

Time to rank em

1. Rum
2. Greener Pastures
3. Loving Me Back
4. Down Home
5. Pawn Shop
6. 21 Summer
7. Stay a Little Longer
8. It Ain't My Fault
9. Dirt Rich
10. American Crazy
11. Heart Shaped Locket

I'm gonna guess the singles will be "21 Summer", "Pawn Shop", and "Down Home"...no particular order. Assuming they release 3 more songs from this.

[layne]

I Love this. Might be my favorite Album since Dierks Bentley's Riser.

My Favorites:

21 Summer
Greener Pastures
American Crazy

[rsmatto]

I'd be shocked if "American Crazy" isn't the next single.

[phil1996]

I LOVE the production between the 3:00-3:08 mark in "Down Home". Then again, I love just about everything Jay Joyce produces.

And yeah, "American Crazy" could end up being a huge hit for them, after listening to it a few more times. Could definitely see that coming up next to radio.

[CoJoFan]

"American Crazy" is my pick for the next single! One of my favorites!

[bigfan101]

Ahhh, not a huge fan of American Crazy. The production is off to me.

I would much prefer 21 Summer next.

[zjames]

Ranking time:

01 "Loving Me Back"
02 "21 Summer"
03 "Stay A Little Longer"
04 "Rum"
05 "It Ain't My Fault"
06 "Pawn Shop"
07 "Greener Pastures"
08 "Down Home"
09 "Heart Shaped Locket
10 "Dirt Rich"
11 "American Crazy"

I hate to say that I don't like this album as much as I thought I would. Almost all the best songs were available before the album came out; the rest of the tracks are underwhelming and lyrically weak. The production is very good are almost all the tracks, and the instrumentation takes cliche-ridden songs like "Dirt Rich" and "Down Home" and makes them at least interesting. I was hoping for something a little meatier with more depth, but I do still enjoy the album. 3.0/5.0

Single Predictions
01 "Rum"
02 "Stay A Little Longer"
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03 "21 Summer" (please not "American Crazy")
04 "Down Home"

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HITS sales projections for this week:

Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville) 35-40k, 40-45k
*Hank Williams, Jr. (Nash Icon/BMLG) 24-27k, 25-28k
*Brothers Osborne (EMI Nashville) 18-21k, 22-25k

That's not too bad, especially for January.

[onebuffalo]

Debuts at #3 country, #17 on the top 200 chart with 21,000 sold. Congratulations, Brothers Osborne!