Brown, Kane

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

Different Man
New - LP - 19439962161
Sealed 2022 US 2LP Gatefold Original. This Is The Georgia Native's Third Studio Outing And Is One Of Modern Country's Biggest Stars. "Kane Brown Bookends Different Man With "Bury Me In Georgia" And "Dear Georgia," Two Deliberate Odes To His Home State That Are Hardly The Only Sentimental Tunes On His Third Album. Brown Has Been In The Business Of Opening His Heart Since His Eponymous 2016 Debut, But Where That Record Hinted At Deeper, Complex Emotions, The Singer Operates On A Grander Scale On Different Man, A Record Released In 2022 When Kane Brown Is Unquestionably One Of The Biggest Stars In Country Music. The Album Functions As A Convincing Argument That Brown Earned His Fame By Blending Country Tradition With The Fluid Genre-bending Of The Streaming Age. It's Often Easy To Hear Brown's Country Roots. He Sings With A Pronounced Twang, He Tips His Hat To Alan Jackson On "Like I Love Country Music" -- A Song Whose Very Title Is A Salute To His Chosen Genre -- And He Sings About Love, Alcohol, Home, And Family In Equal Measure. Reduced To Its Basics, Different Man Seems Like An Old-fashioned Country Album But It Plays Like Smooth, Slick Pop As It Slides From The Gleaming Melodies Of "See You Like I Do" To The Mellow "Thank God," A Duet With His Wife Katelyn Brown. When The Tempo And Volume Increase, As They Do On "One Mississippi," It's With The Insistence Of A Rocking Country Throwback, Only Given A Digital Polish That Makes The Track A Canny Hybrid Of Old And New Sounds. If Brown Only Synthesized The Past And Present On Different Man, It'd Have A Distinct Pulse, But He Also Glides Through A Number Of Different Styles Ranging From The Beach-ready Breezes Of "Drunk Or Dreamin'" And The Stark, Spartan Ballad "Whiskey Sour" To The '80s Throwback Vibes Of "Nothin' I'd Change." By Dabbling In All These Styles, Brown Gives The Distinct Impression He's Attempting To Please All The People All Of The Time, An Eagerness That Can Get Slightly Wearying On An Album That, At 17 Tracks, Feels Longer Than Its Hour But Is Quite Endearing When Heard In Doses." AMG - Stephen Thomas Erelwine. more

Kane Brown Deluxe Edition
Colored Vinyl - New - 88985-47037-2
Sealed 2021 2LP Deluxe Edition. "Kane Brown Is A Thoroughly Modern Country Singer. He's Social Media Savvy, He Has A History Of Auditioning For Music Reality Programs, He Blends Hip-hop With His Country-pop, He Has An R&b Bent To Some Of His Rhythms, And -- Most Notably -- He Doesn't Shy Away From Difficult Issues. That Much Is Made Clear From "Learning," A Song Where He Raps About Being A Domestic Abuse Survivor -- Tough Stuff That Goes Down A Bit Easier Due To Its Shiny Modern Production. "Learning" Also Suggests Brown Has Grander Ambitions Than He Actually Does, As The Rest Of His 2016 Eponymous Debut Follows Familiar Bro-country Paths. Brown Spends As Much Time Working The Party-hearty Territory Of Luke Bryan And Florida Georgia Line As He Does With The R&b-inflected Romance Of Sam Hunt -- To Break Things Up A Bit, He Dabbles In The Hometown Nostalgia Of Eric Church ("Cold Spot") -- Which Gives Kane Brown Some Range. Brown Sounds Equally At Home With "Ain't No Stopping Us Now" -- An Open-highway Anthem In The Vein Of Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise" -- As He Does With The Simmering Seduction Of "Thunder In The Rain," And While That Versatility Is Impressive, It Also Gives The Sense That Brown Is Attempting Whatever Sound That Might Land Him On The Charts. On The Plus Side, This Also Means That Listening To Kane Brown Is A Little Like Listening To A Half-hour Of Modern Country Radio: There's Just Enough Variety Of Sounds To Keep Things Interesting And It All Goes Down Smooth." AMG Review By Stephen Thomas Erlewine. more