AllMusic2017ByByTimothy Monger2017"Big Bad Luv is the fourth solo LP from Americana artist John Moreland, a rusty-voiced troubadour from Oklahoma whose career has been picking up steam since bursting onto the scene with a trio of releases in 2011 ... While it's stylistically no great departure from his earlier output, it feels like the logical next destination on his journey".Read review
American songwriterd. 5. May 2017ByByJim Bevigliad. 5. May 2017"Following up the breakthrough is a tricky business. The easiest thing for John Moreland to do following the success of his 2015 album High On Tulsa Heat would have been to deliver a sequel-like rehash of the acoustic glories of that album. Instead he beefs things and takes a full-band approach on Big Bad Luv, which contains almost as many hooks as it does Moreland's hard-earned kernels of truth".Read review
PopMattersd. 3. May 2017ByByEd Whitelockd. 3. May 2017"Simply put, Big Bad Luv is one of the best albums of 2017, a testament to living in the moment and letting the details sort themselves out".Read review