If you haven’t paid attention, Zac Brown Band has rung off a string of 12 #1 hits and sold over 7 million albums since 2008, becoming a superstar touring act in the process. With Jekyll + Hyde, the band is continuing their musical evolution and it’s into a band that’s becoming increasingly hard to pigeon-hole into one specific genre though they’re definitely firmly rooted in the country music genre that they were birthed in. As if to prove this, lead single “Homegrown” is already Gold and still going strong while spending three weeks at #1 when singles are lucky to stay at #1.
With Jekyll + Hyde, Zac Brown Band have partnered with Jay Joyce for the production on the record and it’s immediately evident that working with him has allowed them to explore pop, rock, EDM and virtually any other flavor of music except for rap. Standout tracks include the Rock, yes you read that right, rock chart #1 hit “Heavy Is The Head,” the military tribute “Dress Blues,” (one of the few songs ever covered by Zac Brown Band), second single “Loving You Is Easy,” the world. “Tomorrow Never Comes” may be the band’s best-written song on the record while “Remedy” is a song in a similar vein as Garth Brook’s “We Shall Be Free.”
Jeckyl+Hyde is an aptly titled record as it describes many facets of the songs on the record and it’s easily the most-confident project to ever come from Zac Brown Band.
Hidde Brocken
Hmm, the pre-released songs got me really excited. Too bad that the rest of the album isn't like those songs, though I got to say that I love "Mango Tree"
Jacob Sudduth
This is truly one of the most disappointing albums I've ever listened too.
Jacob Sudduth
They went all EDM with Beautiful Drug and Tomorrow Never Comes and it sounds terrible, Mango Tree isn't a bad song but has no place on this album, Young and Wild was way overproduced. They added so much unnecessary background noise, it kills the song. Heavy Is The Head is my personal favorite song from the album, but it really doesn't fit anywhere. It just sounds like they put it on so they can have a rock number 1. It would probably fit a lot better in a Grohl Sessions, Vol. 2(if they decide to make one). I really like Junkyard but the band's original version of it was much better. It seems like they made it rock to fit with Heavy Is The Head on the album. I like they made it a rock song, but they took it a bit far. They could've made that song to be a number 1 on country and mainstream radio. Coming from a die hard ZBB fan, this all hurts me to say, but it's my opinion nonetheless.
Matt Bjorke
How so?