If I'm Honest | ||||
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Studio album by Blake Shelton | ||||
Released | May 20, 2016 | |||
Recorded | 2016 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
Producer | Scott Hendricks | |||
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Singles from If I'm Honest | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 58/100 |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Consequence of Sound | C |
Entertainment Weekly | C |
Knoxville News Sentinel | |
Newsday | B+ |
Rolling Stone |
If I'm Honest is the tenth studio album by American country music singer Blake Shelton. The album was released on May 20, 2016, by Warner Bros. Nashville. The album was produced by Shelton's longtime producer Scott Hendricks and features collaborations with Gwen Stefani and The Oak Ridge Boys.
According to Shelton the album is very personal and addresses his high and lows of 2015.
One of the album's tracks, "Green", was previously featured on Shelton's fifth studio album, Startin' Fires in 2008.
The album's tenth track "Friends", appears in the movie and corresponding soundtrack album for the 2016 film The Angry Birds Movie.
"Came Here to Forget" is the lead single from the album and was released on March 8, 2016. It debuted at number one on the Country Digital Chart and has sold 136,000 copies as of March 2016.
"Savior's Shadow" was released as the second single from the album on April 8, 2016. It impacted Christian radio on April 11, 2016 in addition to the country format.
"She's Got a Way with Words" was sent to country radio on June 6, 2016 as the third overall single and second promoted country single.
"A Guy with a Girl" was released as the fourth single from the album on September 26, 2016.
This album has a 58 Metascore from Metacritic utilizing five reviews, meaning it has been given mostly mixed reviews by critics. The reviewer from AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine writes, "If I'm Honest is at its core a balladeer's record, and Shelton pulls off these romance tunes with a sly, masculine grace that complements the album's sleek modern surfaces." Jim Farber, reviewing the album for Entertainment Weekly, states, "What's more: the album’s breezy Nashville-pop tunes never strike below the surface. Small wonder the toss-off songs seem more credible." Giving the review at Rolling Stone, Keith Harris describes, "Shelton's warmly confident delivery makes those romantic twists and turns sound both lived in but universal".