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Kenny Chesney initially planned his 17th studio album to be a set with the Mellencamp-esque title Some Town Somewhere, but as the album drew closer to its scheduled summer 2016 release, the singer/songwriter decided to revise the record, turning it into Cosmic Hallelujah. Some of the earlier album survives -- "Some Town Somewhere" opens up the second side -- but Cosmic Hallelujah is a decidedly different album than its predecessor, the 2014 set The Big Revival. Much of Cosmic Hallelujah pivots off of the big singalong "American Kids" -- the Shane McAnally co-write that was added to the album at the last minute -- and Chesney also uses the P!nk duet "Setting the World on Fire" as his lodestar, choosing to fill the album with rhythmically savvy country songs that could easily slide onto adult contemporary airwaves. More than that, Chesney chooses to load this album up with songs about the modern condition: "Noise" explicitly tackles the digital overload of the 21st century, while "Trip Around the Sun" opens up the album with a nod to climate change, and "Rich and Miserable" claims that "too much is never too much," an admission that materialism is a dead end. Perhaps Chesney is searching for meaning in his middle age, perhaps he's simply attempting to tap into the shifting zeitgeist -- certainly Cosmic Hallelujah takes the percolating country R&B of Sam Hunt into full account -- but the remarkable thing about the album is that it feels simultaneously restless and faithful, with music that stays true to his buoyant hits as it taps into the melancholy undercurrents that flow through his quiet albums. Cosmic Hallelujah veers toward happy but the subtext can be sad: Chesney recognizes the world is changing, so he does his best to hang on to the things that matter to him, while allowing himself to embrace over-saturated modernity. It seems like it'd be a tricky balance, but the nifty thing about Cosmic Hallelujah is that it plays as if it's a passion project: Chesney is determined to connect with his times without abandoning himself, and the result is one of his best records.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Kenny Chesney, Associated Performer, Co-Producer, Main Artist - Buddy Cannon, Co-Producer - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Michael Rojas, Synthesizer - Greg Morrow, Drums - Kenny Greenberg, Acoustic Guitar - Brett James, Composer, Lyricist - Robert E. McNelley, II, Electric Guitar - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar - Nick Brophy, Composer, Lyricist - Hillary Lindsey, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Associated Performer, Co-Producer, Main Artist - Buddy Cannon, Co-Producer - Wyatt Beard, Piano - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Michael Rojas, Piano - Greg Morrow, Drums - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Robert E. McNelley, II, Electric Guitar - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Caitlyn Smith - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar - Nicolle Galyon, Composer, Lyricist - Tommy Lee James, Composer, Lyricist - Josh Osborne, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Associated Performer, Co-Producer, Main Artist - P!nk, Associated Performer - Kenny Chesney with P!nk, Associated Performer - Buddy Cannon, Co-Producer - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Michael Rojas, Synthesizer - Chad Cromwell, Drums - David Huff, Programmer - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar - F. Reid Shippen, Programmer - Alecia B. Moore - Ross Copperman, Composer, Lyricist - Matt Jenkins, Composer, Lyricist - Josh Osborne, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Associated Performer, Composer, Co-Producer, Lyricist, Main Artist - Buddy Cannon, Co-Producer - Shane McAnally, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Michael Rojas, Piano - Chad Cromwell, Drums - David Huff, Programmer - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Ross Copperman, Composer, Lyricist - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar - Jon Nite, Composer, Lyricist - F. Reid Shippen, Keyboards
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Associated Performer, Co-Producer, Main Artist - Brett James, Composer, Lyricist - Wyatt Beard - Craig Wiseman, Composer, Lyricist - Greg Morrow, Drums - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Pat Buchanan, Electric Guitar - Glenn Worf, Bass - Mike Rojas, Organ - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano - Buddy Cannon, Co-Producer
(P) 2017 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Associated Performer, Co-Producer, Main Artist - Buddy Cannon, Co-Producer - Wyatt Beard - David Lee Murphy, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Michael Rojas, Organ - Chad Cromwell, Drums - David Huff, Programmer - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar - F. Reid Shippen, Programmer - John Harding, Composer, Lyricist - Aimee Mayo, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Associated Performer, Co-Producer, Main Artist - Buddy Cannon, Co-Producer - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Michael Rojas, Piano - Chad Cromwell, Drums - David Huff, Programmer - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Heather Morgan, Composer, Lyricist - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Ross Copperman, Composer, Lyricist - Josh Osborne, Composer, Lyricist - F. Reid Shippen, Programmer
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Associated Performer, Co-Producer, Main Artist - Buddy Cannon, Co-Producer - Shane McAnally, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Michael Rojas, Synthesizer - Chad Cromwell, Drums - David Huff, Percussion - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar - Josh Osborne, Composer, Lyricist - Jesse Frasure, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Associated Performer, Co-Producer, Main Artist - Buddy Cannon, Co-Producer - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Michael Rojas, Organ - Chad Cromwell, Drums - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Danny Rader, Lute - Derek Wells, Acoustic Guitar - Allison Moorer, Composer, Lyricist - Matraca Berg, Composer, Lyricist - Hayes Carll, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Associated Performer, Co-Producer, Main Artist - Buddy Cannon, Co-Producer - David Lee Murphy, Composer, Lyricist - Michael Rhodes, Bass - Michael Rojas, Accordion - Chad Cromwell, Drums - J.T. Corenflos, Electric Guitar - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Robert E. McNelley, II, Electric Guitar - Danny Rader, Banjo - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar - F. Reid Shippen, Programmer
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Associated Performer, Composer, Co-Producer, Lyricist, Main Artist - Buddy Cannon, Co-Producer - Wyatt Beard - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Michael Rojas, Synthesizer - Greg Morrow, Drums - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Robert E. McNelley, II, Electric Guitar - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar - Casey Beathard, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Associated Performer, Co-Producer, Main Artist - Buddy Cannon, Co-Producer - Alison Krauss - Wyatt Beard - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Michael Rojas, Synthesizer - Chad Cromwell, Drums - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar - F. Reid Shippen, Programmer - Mick Jones, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Kenny Chesney initially planned his 17th studio album to be a set with the Mellencamp-esque title Some Town Somewhere, but as the album drew closer to its scheduled summer 2016 release, the singer/songwriter decided to revise the record, turning it into Cosmic Hallelujah. Some of the earlier album survives -- "Some Town Somewhere" opens up the second side -- but Cosmic Hallelujah is a decidedly different album than its predecessor, the 2014 set The Big Revival. Much of Cosmic Hallelujah pivots off of the big singalong "American Kids" -- the Shane McAnally co-write that was added to the album at the last minute -- and Chesney also uses the P!nk duet "Setting the World on Fire" as his lodestar, choosing to fill the album with rhythmically savvy country songs that could easily slide onto adult contemporary airwaves. More than that, Chesney chooses to load this album up with songs about the modern condition: "Noise" explicitly tackles the digital overload of the 21st century, while "Trip Around the Sun" opens up the album with a nod to climate change, and "Rich and Miserable" claims that "too much is never too much," an admission that materialism is a dead end. Perhaps Chesney is searching for meaning in his middle age, perhaps he's simply attempting to tap into the shifting zeitgeist -- certainly Cosmic Hallelujah takes the percolating country R&B of Sam Hunt into full account -- but the remarkable thing about the album is that it feels simultaneously restless and faithful, with music that stays true to his buoyant hits as it taps into the melancholy undercurrents that flow through his quiet albums. Cosmic Hallelujah veers toward happy but the subtext can be sad: Chesney recognizes the world is changing, so he does his best to hang on to the things that matter to him, while allowing himself to embrace over-saturated modernity. It seems like it'd be a tricky balance, but the nifty thing about Cosmic Hallelujah is that it plays as if it's a passion project: Chesney is determined to connect with his times without abandoning himself, and the result is one of his best records.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:05
- Main artists: Kenny Chesney
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Chair Records, LLC - Columbia Nashville
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
(P) 2017 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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