Black
by Dierks Bentley
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: May 27, 2016
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66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. AllMusic
    Jun 10, 2016
    70
    A record slicker and straighter than its predecessors. Call it maturation as much as a shift in aesthetics.
  2. Rolling Stone
    Jun 10, 2016
    70
    What lifts Black past merely being a good concept album is an old-school musicality that never takes a backseat to modern-country conventionality.
  3. Spin
    Jun 10, 2016
    70
    No one can say Black isn’t ambitious, and it’s nuanced too; easily Bentley’s most personal, affecting release yet.

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  1. reidn94
    Jun 14, 2016
    10
    Dierks Bentley's Black shows that he has really come a long way as an artist. I have listened since his early days and this is my favoriteDierks Bentley's Black shows that he has really come a long way as an artist. I have listened since his early days and this is my favorite album because it has all of the raw emotion we love from Dierks but also innovation and risks that we have not seen in the past. The features from both Elle King and Maren Morris are perfect (also, props to Trombone Shorty) and epitomize the story he is trying to tell with this album. It is about losing yourself in someone else and what happens when that relationship goes away. Black tells that story in a familiar yet stylish fashion.… Full Review »
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