Lee Brice Review: Lee Brice

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Lee Brice finds inspiration in Metallica and digs deep within himself to bring us a new self-titled album. Brice explained to iHeartRadio, “And heck on top of that, Metallica’s fourth album was their first self-titled album and it was their biggest one. So, I figure I could try it.” Brice also spent a lot of time pouring over each lyric of the fifteen songs. The album is reflective of Brice’s life, and deals with his personal battles, being a father and being an artist. Brice developed a polyp on his vocal cord, which was eventually treated with surgery, but while recording this album he reported that polyp forced him to sing harder and achieve a more soulful and bluesy vocal sound. A wonderful mix of upbeat, fun songs, and introspective songs, but all are heartfelt songs. That’s the short of it!

Overview

Item Reviewed

Lee Brice

Author

Eliana Fermi

November 13, 2017

In Short

1. What Keeps You Up At Night (Lee Brice, Jessi Alexander, Ross Copperman, Pete Wilson)
2. Little Things (Lee Brice, Jaren Johnston, Neil Mason)
3. American Nights (Mike Walker, Austin Jenckes, Jeff Middleton)
4. Boy (Jon Nite, Nicolle Galyon)
5. They Won’t Forget About Us (Lee Brice, Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley)
6. I Don’t Smoke (Lee Brice, Billy Montana, Jon Stone, John Bollinger) *Warren Haynes/Guitars
7. You Can’t Help Who You Love (Lee Brice, Jon Stone, Ashley Gorley)
8. Rumor (Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs, Ashley Gorley)
9. The Locals (Lee Brice, Jon Stone, Brian Bunn)
10. Songs In The Kitchen (Lee Brice, Rob Hatch, Lance Miller)
11. Story To Tell (Little Bird) (Lee Brice, Phillip Lammonds, Edwin McCain)
12. Have A Good Day (Lee Brice, Billy Montana, Randy Montana)
13. Even With My Eyes Closed (Jaren Johnston, Michael Heeney, Neil Mason)
14. Dixie Highway (Lee Brice, Jon Stone, Matraca Berg)
15. Best Part Of Me (Phillip Lammonds, Chris Gelbuda)

Details

Released: November 2, 2017

Label

Curb Records

Length

52 minutes

Amazing choices of lyrics and the music is varied by design with much thought given to songwriting. With themes of family, love, traditions, ties-that-bind and the American ideals of quality and hard work, all wrapped up in rich tones, textured instrumentation and Brice’s strong vocals.

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8.7

Bottom Line

Lee Brice contains a nice mix of songs illustrating Brice’s significant talents as a lyricist and songwriter and it will appeal to county music fans across the new country to the old country soundscape. The singing is heart-felt, and the musicianship is superb. We also take our hats off to the fact that Brice is not singing only about partying, woman and trucks. Although we appreciate all those things, Brice sings about real life: aging, parenthood and manhood. Full of great music and evocative lyrics this is an album of depth, in mainstream of Nashville.

8.9

Total Score

8.7

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