Luke Bryan's new album, "Crash My Party"

Luke Bryan does it again, crashing the charts at number 1 with his new album "Crash My Party." This album earned the third biggest sales week of any album in 2013! Luke Bryan has made a career of being country's polite, party boy. He doesn't necessarily have a dangerous edginess, but he sure knows how to show you a good time. The ladies love him, and the country boys wanna be him. Luke has had an insanely successful career ever since he started in the mid 2000's. At the age of 14, Luke's parents bought him his first guitar. After he learned to play it, he joined a few local bands and started to play at local clubs. Luke then planned to move to Nashville for the music industry. But the night before he was suppose to move, his brother died in a car accident.  Luke put off his music career to go to college, at Georgia Southern University, to be closer to his family. In 2001, Luke's dad convinced him to pursue his music career in Nashville. He began his career writing songs for Travis Tritt and Billy Currington. Ever since then, Luke has had a crazy journey being a part of country music.  He has had four albums and has won "Entertainer of  the Year" award at The Academy of Country Music Awards. It's safe to say, the man's not all looks, he sure has talent too.

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Luke Bryan sure had big shoes to fill after his extremely popular, and successful album "Tailgates and Tanlines." Yea, maybe Luke should have kicked it up a notch to have this new album, "Crash My Party," be as diverse as his older album, "Tailgates and Tanlines." But I don't think the fans will mind, to them it will just be a nice new chapter in a pleasingly familiar book.  A lot of the songs off the new album sound very similar, the typical, sappy love songs.  It could be said that Luke kind of played it safe on his new album.  However, "That's My Kind of Night," a song off of the new album, has a very hip-hop feel, something that Luke really hasn't done before. And very smartly "That's My kind of Night" is the first song off of his new album, which really sets the tone for the whole album. Honestly, "That's My Kind of Night" is such an upbeat, catchy song and the rest of the songs have a hard time keeping up with the momentum.  Yea, some might say that Luke played it safe on the new album, but maybe it was a smart move on his part. Maybe it just means the next album will be that much better. But Come on, he must be doing some thing right to be number 1 on the charts right now.

                                                         'That's My Kind of Night' 

Songs about love, friendship and loyalty make up a bulk of the songs off of "Crash My Party." But hey, nobody complains when Luke creates more love songs, that's what the guy does best. He really knows how to take it home when he sings those heartfelt, emotional, love songs.  He does a spectacular job of making the songs come to life. A new love song that fans will love is "Play It Again." "Play It Again" is one of Luke's best story-telling songs he has ever made. If you loved "I Don't Want This Night to End" in his former album, you will go crazy over "Play It Again." "Play It Again" is a tale about meeting a girl who he falls for right on the spot. I'd say the song is definitely one of the best off of the album. "Roller Coaster," is another one of his new hits. This one is about the roller coaster of love, and how a girl is twisting him around like a roller coaster, always keeping him on the edge of his seat. I would predict this one to be a number one hit off of the album.

                                                                'Play It Again'

If you're a die hard Luke Bryan fan, you will love the new album! The songs about southern starry nights, cold cans, and tan legs swinging over tailgates will remind you of all the other Luke Bryan songs that you love.  If you're asking whether to buy the album or pass? Buy! The songs that Luke make just seem to work, people love the songs, even if some of them sound similar. There is nothing wrong with the album, but there is also nothing remarkable about the album. It would be nice to see Luke step it up on the next album and give his fans something to rave about. But no matter what, true Luke fans will love him either way. Fans are drawn to this talented, sweet, country boy.