★★★★★
For the first time in their career, Rascal Flatts was at a musical crossroads. They could've continued their massively successful run with Dann Huff or they could work on new music with someone different. This change was required to the trio of Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney's previous album Changed 'underperforming' their previous albums high expectations of Platinum or better sales (it still surpassed Gold, or 500,000 copies sold)...
- www.roughstock.com
2014-05-15
★★★★★
It seems nobody's ever told Rascal Flatts that the recording industry is in a state of turmoil. In a decade that has seen album sales drop significantly each year, the Nashville trio released five studio albums and sold over 16 million units in 8 years. Many of their #1 hits, including 'These Days,' 'Bless the Broken Road' and 'What Hurts the Most' are found on this retrospective...
- roughstock.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Coming off of their least successful album to date, Rascal Flatts returns with their 7th studio album Nothing Like This. This marks the Flatts first release since the collapse of longtime record label, Lyric Street, and their subsequent signing to industry magnate Big Machine. The album is a diverse selection of songs combining many of the sounds of their previous albums, as well as a few new ones...
- roughstock.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Listening to a new Rascal Flatts album is like that pair of trusty old boots; you know what the experience will be like. The trio has gotten popular precisely because they hit upon a formula of anthem-like power ballads and guitar driven up-tempo, 'fun' tracks that can sometimes border on the silly. "Unstoppable" primarily follows this formula so if you're already angered by the prospect of Rascal Flatts' not deviating from it, then you probably never cared for the trio anyway...
- roughstock.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Believe it or not, a band called Rascal Flatts have been massive in the US for the past few years. In fact, they were the top-selling act of 2006, quietly selling five million units. Probably due to the fact they're pigeon-holed as 'country', the record company has, until now, been unwilling to attempt similar levels of success with the Stetson-fearing Brits...
- www.music-news.com
2010-11-02
★★★★★
Like the Beach Boys, the Oakshave a few too many crow's-feet to be called "boys" anymore. But thatshould be the least of their worries. Always one of the tamest vocalgroups in country ? they came out of tame white gospel, afterall ? they've now sunk to new levels of homogenization...
- ew.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
Sound: For the Rascal Flatts fifth album they have seemed to stay right on pace with the previous four. The new album gives a similar sound Me & My Gang. There are a couple songs that are quite the same if the listener isn't paying attention. There is also a couple songs that have very classic country sounds to them which give the overall a nice sound. // 7 Lyrics and Singing: This album appears to be more upbeat the Me & My Gang, exception of It's Not Supposed to go Like That...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2009-11-15
★★★★★
Hitmakers since 2000, they're probably the biggest country band there is. So I let them hit me with their best shots--I got nothing against hooks, I like hooks. Not only that, I'm down with the right schmaltz, like the profoundly shameless "Skin (Sarabeth)," in which two cancer kids bald from chemo go to the prom together--a milestone, I'm not being ironic, if you're wincing you're probably a bad person. But that one tells a story, and stories aren't how they roll...
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-09-19
★★★★★
If I say Rascal Flatts are the country-music equivalent of Journey, I fearyou'll think it's praise. The howled yearning, the florid build to everymelody ? this is emo-country arena rock with a (slight) twang, with thesingle "Take Me There" being the most endurable...I mean, catchy. Butfrom "Bob That Head" ? a cheery command to their fans ? to themy-love's-purer-than-yours whine of "Winner at a Losing Game," the music of Still Feels Good presents not beautiful losers but manipulative wimps...
- ew.com
2009-06-12