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Metacritic	(66/100)
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American Songwriter
Country Universe
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Two Lanes of Freedom is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released February 5, 2013, as his first album for Big Machine Records following a 20-year tenure with Curb Records. He co-produced the album with Byron Gallimore, producer of his previously released albums. The album includes the singles "Truck Yeah", "One of Those Nights", "Highway Don't Care" featuring new labelmate Taylor Swift, and "Southern Girl".

McGraw talked to The Boot writer Beville Dunkerley about the lawsuit that allowed him to end his decades-long contract with Curb Records and the making of the album:

Nothing good happens from anything without concentrating on what you do musically,...All this other stuff you can't do anything about...You can't make people do the things that you think are right, but you can make your music the way you want to make your music and that's what I concentrate on.

In addition, McGraw discussed his "mindset" behind the album:

There's something special about this record to me, in the optimism that it has,...I'm looking forward to more stuff than I've ever had happen before; there's more ahead of me than behind me. I feel like I've grabbed another gear.

In conclusion, McGraw added what he sees in his future as a music artist:

I don't think I'm anywhere close to doing the things I want to do. There's so much more ahead of me, and I have a lot of room to get better...Sonically, there's a freshness to this record and a drive behind it that is new to me and headed in a different place. But I won't know that until I go into the studio for the next record and see where it takes me.

Upon its release, Two Lanes of Freedom received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on 9 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". The album has garnered positive reviews from the following publications: AllMusic, American Songwriter, Country Weekly, The Lantern The Plain Dealer, Roughstock, Taste of Country, and the USA Today. On the other hand, the album received mixed reviews from the following publications: Country Universe, Los Angeles Times, Omaha World-Herald, PopMatters, and Rolling Stone.

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