If I'm Honest

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If I'm Honest
If I'm Honest (Official Album Cover) by Blake Shelton.png
Studio album by Blake Shelton
Released May 20, 2016 (2016-05-20)
Recorded 2016
Genre Country
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer Scott Hendricks
Blake Shelton chronology
Reloaded: 20 No. 1 Hits
(2015)Reloaded: 20 No. 1 Hits2015		 If I'm Honest
(2016)
Singles from If I'm Honest
  1. "Came Here to Forget"
    Released: March 8, 2016
  2. "Savior's Shadow"
    Released: April 12, 2016
  3. "She's Got a Way with Words"
    Released: June 6, 2016

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.[1]

Background

According to Shelton the album is very personal and addresses his high and lows of 2015.[1]

One of the album's tracks, "Green", was previously featured on Shelton's fifth studio album, Startin' Fires in 2008.

Singles

"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.[2][3]

"Savior's Shadow" was released as the second single from the album on April 8, 2016.[4] It impacted Christian radio on April 12, 2016.[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 58/100[6]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[7]
Consequence of Sound C[8]
Entertainment Weekly C[9]
Knoxville News Sentinel 3/5 stars[10]
Newsday B+[11]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[12]

This album has a 58 Metascore from Metacritic utilizing five reviews, meaning it has been given mostly mixed reviews by critics.[6] 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."[7] 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."[9] 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".[12]

Glenn Gamboa, writing the review for Newsday, says, "But the bulk of 'If I’m Honest' is a mix of letting old relationships go and starting new ones."[11] Signaling in a review at Los Angeles Times, Mikael Wood suggests in the home of country music, "the default setting is polished professionalism; rawness actually takes time. And here Shelton seldom pushes beyond that finesse to reach something less smooth."[13] Erik Ernst, indicating in a review from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, opines, "this disc's balance of modern verve, emotional introspection and country inflection is where Shelton is supposed to be."[14] Doing the review at Consequence of Sound, Janine Schaults responds, "Country pop star's post-breakup album flounders under too many glitzy, cheesy pop flourishes."[8] Chuck Campbell, the reviewer from Knoxville News Sentinel, responds, "Blake Shelton sounds more like a savvy marketer than any kind of artist".[10]

Track listing

Standard edition[1]
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Straight Outta Cold Beer"  
2:45
2. "She's Got a Way with Words"  
3:11
3. "Bet You Still Think About Me"  
3:55
4. "Every Time I Hear That Song"  
3:35
5. "Came Here to Forget"  
3:40
6. "Every Goodbye"  
3:10
7. "It Ain't Easy"  
3:31
8. "A Guy with a Girl"  
3:10
9. "Go Ahead and Break My Heart" (featuring Gwen Stefani)
4:25
10. "Friends" (from The Angry Birds Movie)
3:03
11. "One Night Girl"  
3:41
12. "Doing It to Country Songs" (featuring The Oak Ridge Boys)
3:02
13. "Green"  
  • George Teren
  • Wiseman
 3:11
14. "You Can't Make This Up"  
3:30
15. "Savior's Shadow"  
2:42
Total length:
 50:31

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the international deluxe edition of If I'm Honest.[15]

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Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16] 13
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17] 3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[18] 21
US Billboard 200[19] 3
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[20] 1

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, formats, label, editions, catalog number and reference
Region Date Format(s) Label Edition(s) Catalog number Ref
United States May 20, 2016 (2016-05-20)
Warner Bros. Nashville Standard [1]

References

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  16. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Blake Shelton – If I'm Honest". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Blake Shelton – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Blake Shelton. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Blake Shelton – If I'm Honest". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Blake Shelton – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Blake Shelton. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Blake Shelton – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Blake Shelton. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
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