Tailgates & Tanlines（Tailgates & Tanlines）

歌手简介

Tailgates & Tanlines

专辑简介

在第二张专辑的三支单曲相继取得成功后，Luke的人气大涨。在11年他依照两年一专的速度，发布了他的第三张专辑Tailgates & Tanlines。

专辑的首支单曲为Country Girl (Shake It for Me)。这首歌于11年5月14日发行，在当时并没有太大的反响，而这歌在Billboard Country Airplay榜上最高排名也只有第四。结果后来在Luke不断的宣传下，这首歌到现在反而成为了Luke销量最高的单曲并广为传唱，毫不夸张地说，当年许多人就是在这首歌的影响下开始喜欢Luke的。

这张专辑共收录了13首歌曲外加一首Bonus Track，其中有8首歌Luke本人参与了创作，因此本专是比较好地表达了Luke心中所想的。

专辑里另一首脍炙人口的歌曲是Drunk On You。这首歌属于典型的Luke式情歌：通过较动感的曲调表达很深的感情，后来的Roller Coaster、I See You等都是这类歌曲的典范。

专辑到目前美国认证两白金，实际销量约为2,300,000份，并依然长卖，这得益于该专辑良好的口碑，这方面会在后面具体介绍。

这张专辑开启了Luke个人的首轮巡演——Dirt Road Diary Tour(该巡演详细情况可前往Luke Bryan百科查看)，此轮巡演不仅帮助Luke积累了强大的人气，更帮助Luke在13年的乡村学院奖(ACMs)上斩获年度艺人的称号，Luke也当场哭泣。

总而言之，这张专辑既赚了销量又赢了口碑，是Luke的经典专辑。

专辑曲目

首单封面

2. "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" [第四支单曲]

3. "Drunk on You" [第三支单曲]

4. "Too Damn Young"

5. "I Don't Want This Night to End" [第二支单曲]

6. "You Don't Know Jack"

7. "Harvest Time"

8. "I Know You're Gonna Be There"

9. "Muckalee Creek Water"

10. "Tailgate Blues"

11. "Been There, Done That"

12. "Faded Away"

13. "I Knew You That Way"

14. "That Don't Just Happen" (Bonus Track)

专辑评价

这张专辑在专业乐评网站Metacritic上得到了平均73分的较高分（大部分主流专辑在55-70之间），用户评分方面也有不错的6.4分，两项分数均是Luke所有专辑里最高的，这也能反映出这张专辑的质量和受众程度都是相当不错的。虽然总会有人看空，但好的评价还是占大多数的。下面是部分媒体的详细评价：

1.American Songwriter：80分

Tailgates & Tanlines is, for the most part, exactly what the title implies: a soundtrack for fun and sun, along with an instantaneous cure for the summertime blues. However, it’s the moments when Bryan digs deeper, such as on Radney Foster’s emotionally-charged “I Knew You That Way” and the somber “You Don’t Know Jack,” warning against the dangers of alcohol abuse, when he really shines. These brief instants trump the fluffier material and hint at the kind of greatness Bryan is capable of delivering on future albums.

2.All Music Guide：70分

He's not flashy yet he's not boring, he's laid-back and assured, a modern guy who knows his roots but is happy to be in the present, and it's hard not to smile along with the guy as he sings.

3.Slant Magazine：40分

Had Bryan taken more risks of that sort with his song selection and writing, Tailgates & Tanlines might have been an interesting album. But there's no appreciable ambition here. Bryan's performances are workmanlike, as is Jeff Stevens's slick production, so there's nothing on the album to make it stand out from the rest of the Music Row assembly line. It's never more than competent.