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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, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Brett James, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Nick Brophy, Composer, Lyricist - Hillary Lindsey, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Kenny Greenberg, Acoustic Guitar - BUDDY CANNON, Co-Producer - Greg Morrow, Drums - Michael Rojas, Synthesizer - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Robert E. McNelley, II, Electric Guitar - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Tommy Lee James, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - BUDDY CANNON, Co-Producer - Greg Morrow, Drums - Michael Rojas, Piano - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Wyatt Beard, Piano - Josh Osborne, Composer, Lyricist - Nicolle Galyon, Composer, Lyricist - Caitlyn Smith, Background Vocal - Robert E. McNelley, II, Electric Guitar - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Ross Copperman, Composer, Lyricist - David Huff, Programmer - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - P!nk, AssociatedPerformer, with - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Chad Cromwell, Drums - F. Reid Shippen, Programmer - BUDDY CANNON, Co-Producer - Michael Rojas, Synthesizer - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Josh Osborne, Composer, Lyricist - Matt Jenkins, Composer, Lyricist - Alecia B. Moore, Vocal - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar - Kenny Chesney with P!nk, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Composer, Lyricist, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Ross Copperman, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - David Huff, Programmer - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Chad Cromwell, Drums - F. Reid Shippen, Keyboards - BUDDY CANNON, Co-Producer - Michael Rojas, Piano - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Jon Nite, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Shane McAnally, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Craig Wiseman, Composer, Lyricist - Brett James, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano - Glenn Worf, Bass - BUDDY CANNON, Co-Producer - Greg Morrow, Drums - Pat Buchanan, Electric Guitar - Mike Rojas, Organ - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Wyatt Beard, Background Vocal
(P) 2017 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Aimee Mayo, Composer, Lyricist - David Lee Murphy, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - David Huff, Programmer - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Chad Cromwell, Drums - F. Reid Shippen, Programmer - BUDDY CANNON, Co-Producer - Michael Rojas, Organ - John Harding, Composer, Lyricist - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Wyatt Beard, Background Vocal - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Ross Copperman, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - David Huff, Programmer - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Heather Morgan, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Chad Cromwell, Drums - F. Reid Shippen, Programmer - BUDDY CANNON, Co-Producer - Michael Rojas, Piano - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Josh Osborne, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - David Huff, Percussion - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Chad Cromwell, Drums - BUDDY CANNON, Co-Producer - Michael Rojas, Synthesizer - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Jesse Frasure, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Josh Osborne, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Shane McAnally, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Matraca Berg, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Dan Dugmore, Steel Guitar - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Chad Cromwell, Drums - BUDDY CANNON, Co-Producer - Michael Rojas, Organ - Danny Rader, Lute - Allison Moorer, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Hayes Carll, Composer, Lyricist - Derek Wells, Acoustic Guitar
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - David Lee Murphy, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - Michael Rhodes, Bass - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Chad Cromwell, Drums - F. Reid Shippen, Programmer - BUDDY CANNON, Co-Producer - Michael Rojas, Accordion - J.T. Corenflos, Electric Guitar - Danny Rader, Banjo - Robert E. McNelley, II, Electric Guitar - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Composer, Lyricist, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Casey Beathard, Composer, Lyricist - BUDDY CANNON, Co-Producer - Greg Morrow, Drums - Michael Rojas, Synthesizer - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Wyatt Beard, Background Vocal - Robert E. McNelley, II, Electric Guitar - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar
(P) 2016 Blue Chair Records, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Nashville, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Kenny Chesney, Co-Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Jimmie Lee Sloas, Bass - Mick Jones, Composer, Lyricist - Kenny Greenberg, Electric Guitar - Chad Cromwell, Drums - F. Reid Shippen, Programmer - BUDDY CANNON, Co-Producer - Michael Rojas, Synthesizer - Alison Krauss, Background Vocal - Danny Rader, Acoustic Guitar - Wyatt Beard, Background Vocal - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar
(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: 00:42:59
- 1 Digital booklet
- 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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