Kentucky (Black Stone Cherry album)

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Kentucky
Kentucky Black Stone Cherry.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1, 2016
RecordedBarrick Recording Studio, Glasgow
Genre Hard rock, Southern rock, alternative metal, post-grunge
Length52:32
Label Mascot
Producer Black Stone Cherry
Black Stone Cherry chronology
Magic Mountain
(2014)
Kentucky
(2016)
Black to Blues
(2017)
Singles from Kentucky
  1. "The Way of the Future"
    Released: December 18, 2015
  2. "In Our Dreams"
    Released: January 22, 2016
  3. "The Rambler"
    Released: February 25, 2016
  4. "Soul Machine"
    Released: August 24, 2016
  5. "Cheaper to Drink Alone"
    Released: March 14, 2017
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Revolver MagazineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Kentucky is the fifth studio album by American band Black Stone Cherry. It was released on April 1, 2016, through Mascot Records.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Black Stone Cherry unless stated otherwise

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Way of the Future" 3:53
2."In Our Dreams" 3:49
3."Shakin' My Cage" 4:10
4."Soul Machine" 4:01
5."Long Ride" 4:03
6."War" (Edwin Starr cover) Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong 4:07
7."Hangman" 3:57
8."Cheaper to Drink Alone" 3:51
9."Rescue Me" 3:47
10."Feelin' Fuzzy" 3:15
11."Darkest Secret" 4:01
12."Born to Die" 4:33
13."The Rambler" 5:09
Total length:52:32
iTunes Deluxe Edition [4]
No.TitleLength
14."I Am the Lion"3:35
15."Evil" (Cactus cover)4:11
Exclusive Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Love Runs Out" (OneRepublic cover) Ryan Tedder, Brent Kutzle, Drew Brown, Zach Filkins, Eddie Fisher4:15
15."Coyote" 4:43
16."Mississippi Queen" (Mountain cover) Corky Laing, Felix Pappalardi, David Rea, Leslie West 3:21

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 81
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [7] 82
French Albums (SNEP) [8] 100
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 21
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10] 92
Italian Albums (FIMI) [11] 97
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 14
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 5
US Billboard 200 [14] 40
US Digital Albums (Billboard) [15] 18
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [16] 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [17] 3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [18] 5

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