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The title track of Young Love & Saturday Nights, the ninth album from Chris Young, is built upon the riff from David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel" -- the result of a conscious effort from Warner Chappell Music Nashville to exploit the Bowie catalog in country music, a style the art-rocker never liked. The results are awkward: the tune is pleasant enough, as is the celebration of carefree weekends, but the "Rebel Rebel" hooks are distracting, pulling the listener away from the essential mellowness of the tune. That problem isn't replicated elsewhere on Young Love & Saturday Nights, a record that exists firmly in the middle of the road. Any lingering twang in either Young's voice or his accompanying guitars have been so smoothed out that they're not readily apparent on a purported party anthem like "Party Down." Instead, Young Love & Saturday Nights hums along at a relaxed pace, never working up a head of steam -- not even when the arena country moves are ratcheted up on "Drink to Remember" -- but never succumbing to sleepiness, either. The biggest flaw on the album is its length: at 18 songs lasting nearly an hour, it's generous to a fault, offering too many variations on soft-focused love songs, barely bittersweet nostalgia, and friendly drinking tunes. Whittle this down to half its length and Young's amiable charm would be as potent as ever.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Chris DeStefano, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Banjo, Drums, Editor, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, Pedal Steel Guitar, Recording Engineer, Bass, Overdub Engineer, Background Vocal - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Chris Young, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Braun, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - Emily Weisband, Composer, Lyricist, Background Vocal - James McNair, Composer, Lyricist - Taylor Bray, Assistant Engineer
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Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Corey Crowder, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Banjo, Editor, Acoustic Guitar, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Bass, Overdub Engineer, Background Vocal - Chris Young, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Alex Wright, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer - Cale Dodds, Composer, Lyricist - Alyson McAnally, Project Coordinator - Zach Kuhlman, Overdub Engineer
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Josh Thompson, Composer, Lyricist - Ashley Gorley, Composer, Lyricist - Chris DeStefano, Producer, Programmer, Overdub Engineer, Background Vocal - Dave Cook, Assistant Engineer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Tony Lucido, Bass - Buckley Miller, Editor, Recording Engineer, Overdub Engineer - Chris McHugh, Drums, Percussion - David Bowie, Composer, Lyricist - Taylor Pollert, Assistant Engineer - Jeff Juliano, Mixing Engineer - Jesse Frasure, Composer, Lyricist - Corey Crowder, Producer, Programmer - Chris Young, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Wright, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer - Todd Lombardo, Acoustic Guitar - Justin Schipper, Steel Guitar - Sol Philcox-Littlefield, Electric Guitar - Alyson McAnally, Project Coordinator - Nate Juliano, Assistant Engineer
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Ashley Gorley, Composer, Lyricist - Chris DeStefano, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Banjo, Drums, Editor, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Violin, Recording Engineer, Bass, Overdub Engineer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - David Cook, Assistant Engineer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Jeff Juliano, Mixing Engineer - Chris Young, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Taylor Bray, Assistant Engineer - Nate Juliano, Assistant Engineer
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Wes Hightower, Background Vocal - Julian King, Editor, Percussion, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Overdub Engineer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Tony Lucido, Bass - Chris McHugh, Drums - Josh Hoge, Composer, Lyricist - Christian Stalnecker, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Young, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kris Donegan, Acoustic Guitar - Kam Luchterhand, Assistant Engineer - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar - Kyle Fishman, Composer, Lyricist - Ray Fulcher, Composer, Lyricist - Luke Moseley, Keyboards - Alyson McAnally, Project Coordinator
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Chris DeStefano, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Banjo, Drums, Editor, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Recording Engineer, Bass, Overdub Engineer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Chris Young, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Braun, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - Mitchell Tenpenny, Composer, Lyricist - Michael Whitworth, Composer, Lyricist - Taylor Bray, Assistant Engineer
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Wes Hightower, Background Vocal - Derek George, Composer, Lyricist - Monty Criswell, Composer, Lyricist - Julian King, Editor, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Overdub Engineer, Background Vocal - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Tony Lucido, Bass - Danny Rader, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar - Chris Young, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tyler Reeve, Composer, Lyricist - Kam Luchterhand, Assistant Engineer - Miles McPherson, Drums, Percussion - Dave Cohen, Organ - Derek Wells, Electric Guitar - Alyson McAnally, Project Coordinator
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Chris DeStefano, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Banjo, Drums, Editor, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Bass, Overdub Engineer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Jeff Juliano, Mixing Engineer - Jon Nite, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Young, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emily Weisband, Composer, Lyricist - Nate Juliano, Assistant Engineer
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Chris DeStefano, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Banjo, Drums, Editor, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Recording Engineer, Bass, Overdub Engineer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Jeff Juliano, Mixing Engineer - Corey Crowder, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Young, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Taylor Bray, Assistant Engineer - Nate Juliano, Assistant Engineer
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Chris DeStefano, Producer, Editor, Programmer, Overdub Engineer, Background Vocal - Dave Cook, Assistant Engineer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Tony Lucido, Bass - Buckley Miller, Editor, Recording Engineer, Overdub Engineer - Chris McHugh, Drums, Percussion - Taylor Pollert, Assistant Engineer - Jeff Juliano, Mixing Engineer - Corey Crowder, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Programmer - Chris Young, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Wright, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer - Tyler Reeve, Composer, Lyricist - Todd Lombardo, Acoustic Guitar - Cole Taylor, Composer, Lyricist - Justin Schipper, Steel Guitar - Sol Philcox-Littlefield, Electric Guitar - Alyson McAnally, Project Coordinator - Nate Juliano, Assistant Engineer
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Chris DeStefano, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Banjo, Drums, Editor, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Recording Engineer, Bass, Overdub Engineer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Jeff Juliano, Mixing Engineer - Jon Nite, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Young, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Braun, Programmer - Emily Weisband, Composer, Lyricist - Nate Juliano, Assistant Engineer
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Chris DeStefano, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Banjo, Drums, Editor, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Bass, Overdub Engineer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Hardy, Background Vocal - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Chris Young, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Braun, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - Michael Hardy, Composer, Lyricist - Taylor Bray, Assistant Engineer
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Lonnie Wilson, Drums, Percussion - Julian King, Editor, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Overdub Engineer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Michael Rojas, Keyboards - James Mitchell, Electric Guitar - Jimmy Carter, Bass - Chris Young, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joel Key, Acoustic Guitar - Alyson McAnally, Project Coordinator - Joel McKenney, Assistant Engineer - Dave Fenley, Composer, Lyricist - Kyle Sturrock, Composer, Lyricist - Johnny Clawson, Composer, Lyricist - Scotty Damn Sanders, Steel Guitar
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Chris DeStefano, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Banjo, Drums, Editor, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Recording Engineer, Bass, Overdub Engineer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Josh Hoge, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Young, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Braun, Programmer, Mixing Engineer - Taylor Bray, Assistant Engineer
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Chris DeStefano, Producer, Editor, Programmer, Overdub Engineer, Background Vocal - Dave Cook, Assistant Engineer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Tony Lucido, Bass - Buckley Miller, Editor, Recording Engineer, Overdub Engineer - Cary Barlowe, Composer, Lyricist - Chris McHugh, Drums, Percussion - Taylor Pollert, Assistant Engineer - Jeff Juliano, Mixing Engineer - Corey Crowder, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Programmer - Chris Young, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Wright, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer - Todd Lombardo, Acoustic Guitar - Justin Schipper, Steel Guitar - Sol Philcox-Littlefield, Electric Guitar - Alyson McAnally, Project Coordinator - Nate Juliano, Assistant Engineer
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Chris DeStefano, Producer, Programmer, Overdub Engineer, Background Vocal - Dave Cook, Assistant Engineer - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Tony Lucido, Bass - Buckley Miller, Editor, Recording Engineer, Overdub Engineer - Chris McHugh, Drums - Taylor Pollert, Assistant Engineer - Jeff Juliano, Mixing Engineer - Corey Crowder, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Programmer - Chris Young, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Wright, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Tyler Reeve, Composer, Lyricist - Todd Lombardo, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar - Cole Taylor, Composer, Lyricist - Justin Schipper, Steel Guitar - Sol Philcox-Littlefield, Electric Guitar - Alyson McAnally, Project Coordinator - Nate Juliano, Assistant Engineer
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Chris DeStefano, Producer, Banjo, Drums, Editor, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Recording Engineer, Bass, Overdub Engineer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Jeff Juliano, Mixing Engineer - Lindsay Rimes, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Young, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Russell Sutton, Composer, Lyricist - Taylor Bray, Assistant Engineer - Nate Juliano, Assistant Engineer
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Chris DeStefano, Producer, Banjo, Drums, Editor, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Recording Engineer, Bass, Overdub Engineer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Ross Copperman, Composer, Lyricist - Adam Ayan, Mastering Engineer - Scott Johnson, Project Coordinator - Jeff Juliano, Mixing Engineer - Josh Osborne, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Young, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Byron, Composer, Lyricist - Nate Juliano, Assistant Engineer
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Album review
The title track of Young Love & Saturday Nights, the ninth album from Chris Young, is built upon the riff from David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel" -- the result of a conscious effort from Warner Chappell Music Nashville to exploit the Bowie catalog in country music, a style the art-rocker never liked. The results are awkward: the tune is pleasant enough, as is the celebration of carefree weekends, but the "Rebel Rebel" hooks are distracting, pulling the listener away from the essential mellowness of the tune. That problem isn't replicated elsewhere on Young Love & Saturday Nights, a record that exists firmly in the middle of the road. Any lingering twang in either Young's voice or his accompanying guitars have been so smoothed out that they're not readily apparent on a purported party anthem like "Party Down." Instead, Young Love & Saturday Nights hums along at a relaxed pace, never working up a head of steam -- not even when the arena country moves are ratcheted up on "Drink to Remember" -- but never succumbing to sleepiness, either. The biggest flaw on the album is its length: at 18 songs lasting nearly an hour, it's generous to a fault, offering too many variations on soft-focused love songs, barely bittersweet nostalgia, and friendly drinking tunes. Whittle this down to half its length and Young's amiable charm would be as potent as ever.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:18
- Main artists: Chris Young
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Records Label Nashville
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
(P) 2024 Sony Music Entertainment. All rights reserved.
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