Different man

"Kane Brown's highly anticipated album Different Man isn't going to change your life, and that's just fine. Overall, it's a fun record with instant earworms, but the whopping 17-track record is not without its fair share of clichés ... But if anyone does cliché well (many don't), it's Kane Brown. His third album harbours some absolute country gems. The singer has crafted a powerful opener with the stadium-filling banger, 'Bury Me in Georgia', while the Chesney-esque beach waltz 'Drunk or Dreaming' arrives in time to soundtrack these final days of summer ... The biggest problem is it took a Nashvillage to make Different Man. Over 60 collaborators had their hands in this one project, resulting in an at times confusing collection of misplaced pop-country, country-rap, and good ol' boy-country tracks. The singer himself gets slightly lost somewhere in between".

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"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 [at a time] 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 ... Reduced to its basics, Different Man seems like an old-fashioned country album but it plays like smooth, slick pop ... 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".

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