Parker McCollum - "Gold Chain Cowboy"

[.indulgecountry]

Major label debut for Parker McCollum is out now:

[castleoblivion26]

I listened to "Wait Outside" earlier today and I really love that one. Look forward to listening to the rest of this later on

[.indulgecountry]

Gave the album one spin and wasn't impressed tbh. There's a few decent tracks here, but nothing comes even remotely close to "Young Man's Blues" for me, which is the only thing I've heard from him yet that I truly loved, which only makes its omission more glaring. Wish the song with Danielle Bradbery had more of her on it, because seeing her name credited had me excited initially, but that mostly evaporated when I realized she's just buried in the background. "To Be Loved By You" might be the worst thing on the record though, and it gets worse every time I hear it, lol. What an awful song to put out as a way to 'launch' the album. Luckily everything on the album sounds better by comparison, though nothing "wowed" me on first listen.

[ClevelandRox]

Wait Outside The rest of the album might gradually grow on me, but WO was instant.

[recordyear]

Finally formed my thoughts towards this album.

The lyrics are still underwritten and can be summarized in one or two sentences. The way he presented them is too literal and not very interesting either. Considering the writers involved it is disappointing.

The vocals are mostly dull, and I don't think Danielle Bradbery has much presence in that song.

Fortunately, most songs here have better melody than Pretty Heart (which feels like a rip-off) and To Be Loved By You (the chorus melody sucks). The influence of 80s rock in Wait Outside and especially Falling Apart together with live vocals pickup bring energy that this album needs. There are also some good instrument moments like steel guitar in Drinkin' and harmonica in Rest of My Life.

So I think this album is decent, although barely.

[recordyear]

And this album debuted at #6 on Top Country Albums chart with 12k SPS. Definitely woild have better number if it was released at the peak of Pretty Heart or To Be Loved By You was not the current single.

[recordyear]

Blanco County Rain from Special Edition of the album was released Wednesday.