It also showed up on the Billboard Rock chart at #7, and the all-encompassing Billboard 200 at #29. Holding All The Roses shipped 19,614 copies in its first week of sales, which is good enough for #1 on Billboard’s Country Albums Chart. Grab a copy of Like An Arrow in the KNAC.COM More Store right HERE.You had a sense going into Blackberry Smoke’s new album Holding All The Roses that this could be a big one for the Atlanta-based band, and now were seeing all of the hard work and the good will they’ve sewed with their fan base over the last 15 years or so paying off big. They are a band to continually keep an eye on as they help to enliven the musical lives of anyone who listens to them! In all, Like An Arrow gives BLACKBERRY SMOKE yet another great album to their discography.
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The disc closes out with "Free On A Wing" which is a midtempo track that is enhanced by the vocal presence of Gregg Allman.
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The gritty guitar work and fast pacing for the rocker "Workin' For A Workin' Man" gives the song a great hit single quality. I daresay that it could be pointed to as the album's thematic centerpiece as the song hits its mark all the way through.I loved the acoustic guitar that was threaded throughout "Ain't Gonna Wait". The song "Sunrise In Texas" (which is credited as a band written song alongside a co-writer) is a slow burning track that varies its tempo throughout the song's run time. There are more worthy cuts to balance this disc out again though. There is also an earworm quality to "Believe You Me", the music in particular. Meanwhile, "Ought To Know" and the album's title track have an electric and compelling feel to them. Unfortunately, "Running Through Time" is the one song on the album that come off as a flat and uninspired filler track. There's something about his singing that really strikes a chord and since he wrote or co-wrote every song on the album, the music is definitely coming from his point of view. There's a sly and a wink kind of playful vibe to the music and the vocal performance from Charlie Starr. "What Comes Naturally" is another track with the piano played up. "The Good Life" is an ode to a taciturn father, which gives an ironic twist to the song's lyrics because the sentiment conveyed in them is beautiful. It is a rollicking good time with a Brandon Still's piano work given a particularly noteworthy spotlight.
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There's a step lively feel to the more definitively country music track "Let It Burn". In fact, the first four songs on the album are outstanding. The uptempo number sets you back on your heels as it bursts out of the speakers and then draws you right back in.
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It is the song the band was featured playing in a recent episode of the TV series NCIS: New Orleans, and it is a perfect encapsulation of the band's sound. Like An Arrow kicks off right from the start with a crunchy anthemic "Waiting For The Thunder". The contemporary flag bearers for the southern rock-slash-country music genre of rock and roll music, BLACKBERRY SMOKE's follow up to their outstanding Holding All The Roses CD finds them raising their game as well as their profile. Welcome to the LOUDEST DOT COM ON THE PLANET! KNAC.COM - Reviews - BLACKBERRY SMOKE 'Like An Arrow'