Luke Bryan, Mr. Entertainer of the Year, is back once again with his fourth studio album, Crash My Party. His newest album includes several steady-beat tracks, varying from your typical country beer songs to a tribute to his “Blood Brothers.”
Released on August 13, 2013, Crash My Party sold 528,000 copies in its debut week alone. By September 4, he’d sold 779,000 copies in the United States alone. Crash My Party became the 3rd most sold album in its debut week, behind Justin Timberlake’s Mirrors and Jay Z’s Magna Carta…Holy Grail. Bryan’s albums also charted at number one on both Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums charts for the charting week of August 31. No other male country artist has seen this level of success for a single album in nine years.
I myself am a huge Luke Bryan fangirl. When you have that amount of talent, that beautiful voice, and those amazing looks, it is really hard for me to not be a fan. From the first time I heard the announcement of his new album, I was counting down the days until release. When “My Kinda Night” hit the radio almost a week before the album’s release I was convinced that I could not live without the album. When I first heard the whole CD, my ears were treated to the gorgeous sound of bass drum and bass guitar, followed by the man’s wonderful voice telling me the details of us meeting at a party, and I was hooked after the first 3 seconds.
All the tracks contain great detail within the lyrics, stimulating the imagination as well as the hearing senses. Not to mention, Luke Bryan’s voice is like candy for anyone’s ears. There is not one track on the entire CD that I want to skip when I play it, though I do have my favorites.
Though some critics weren’t very impressed by the album, I was more than pleased with it. Luke Bryan is possibly one of my favorite country artists, and this newest album has only boosted my opinion of him even more. Luke Bryan, I will gladly take you up on that offer, and I am so crashing your next party.