You Hear Georgia

{{Use American English|date=February 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = You Hear Georgia | type = studio | artist = Blackberry Smoke | cover = Blackberry Smoke - You Hear Georgia.png | alt = Blackberry Smoke in large block letters with the American stars and stripes across them, with two orchid flowers in the bottom left and a watertower with the words "You Hear Georgia" on it in the bottom right | released = {{start date|2021|05|28}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = Southern rock | length = 40:21 | label = 3 Legged | producer = Dave Cobb | prev_title = Find a Light | prev_year = 2018 | next_title = Be Right Here | next_year = 2024 | misc = }} '''''You Hear Georgia''''' is the seventh studio album by American rock band Blackberry Smoke, released on May 28, 2021, through 3 Legged Records, with distribution by Thirty Tigers. It was produced by Dave Cobb and includes contributions from Jamey Johnson and Warren Haynes. The album received positive reviews from critics and charted across Europe, the UK and the US.

==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | MC = 70/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/you-hear-georgia/blackberry-smoke|title=''You Hear Georgia'' by Blackberry Smoke Reviews and Tracks|website=Metacritic|access-date=February 17, 2024}}</ref> | rev1 = ''Mojo'' | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Mojo">{{cite magazine|title=Blackberry Smoke – ''You Hear Georgia''|magazine=Mojo|page=82|date=July 2021}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Uncut'' | rev2score = 6/10<ref name="Uncut">{{cite magazine|title=Blackberry Smoke – ''You Hear Georgia''|magazine=Uncut|page=24|date=August 2021}}</ref> }} ''You Hear Georgia'' is an ode to the band's home state. In the title track, the band's lyrics celebrate where they're from, while also give a warning to others to not underestimate the south. Singer Charlie Starr said that the title track is "about the South being misunderstood," as reported by the Rolling Stone.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hudak |first=Joseph |date=2021-02-24 |title=Blackberry Smoke Preview New 'You Hear Georgia' Album With Greasy Title Track |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/blackberry-smoke-new-album-you-hear-georgia-1132301/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

''You Hear Georgia'' received a score of 70 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on eight critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception.<ref name="MC" />

''Uncut'' stated that "Lynyrd Skynyrd's Rickey Medlocke co-writes one song, and most others sound like someone from Skynyrd did. But the best tracks, counterintuitively, are those furthest from Blackberry Smoke's trademark boogie".<ref name="Uncut" /> ''Mojo'' felt that "deep into side two ''You Hear Georgia'' starts to drag a little as they ditch the choogle and attempt to foray into the cosmic Americana territory of My Morning Jacket".<ref name="Mojo" />

[https://www.loudersound.com/ Louder], a publication focused on rock and alternative genres, wrote that You Hear Georgia was comfortably in line with Blackberry Smoke's previous albums. "A couple of other unremarkable tracks leave this album just short of being a stunner, but for the most part Blackberry Smoke have done Georgia proud once again," Louder wrote.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharppublished |first=Johnny |date=2021-05-28 |title=Blackberry Smoke do Georgia proud once again |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/blackberry-smoke-do-georgia-proud-once-again |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=louder |language=en}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''You Hear Georgia'' track listing

| total_length = 40:21 }}

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Chart performance for ''You Hear Georgia'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|Austria|34|artist=Blackberry Smoke|album=You Hear Georgia|rowheader=true|access-date=February 17, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Flanders|35|artist=Blackberry Smoke|album=You Hear Georgia|rowheader=true|access-date=February 17, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|53|artist=Blackberry Smoke|album=You Hear Georgia|rowheader=true|access-date=February 17, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|48|artist=Blackberry Smoke|album=You Hear Georgia|rowheader=true|access-date=February 17, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Germany|21|id=474393|artist=Blackberry Smoke|album=You Hear Georgia|rowheader=true|access-date=February 17, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|6|date=20210604|rowheader=true|access-date=February 17, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Spain|50|artist=Blackberry Smoke|album=You Hear Georgia|rowheader=true|access-date=February 17, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|53|artist=Blackberry Smoke|album=You Hear Georgia|rowheader=true|access-date=February 17, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|9|artist=Blackberry Smoke|album=You Hear Georgia|rowheader=true|access-date=February 17, 2024}} |- {{album chart|UK2|17|date=20210604|rowheader=true|access-date=February 17, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|55|artist=Blackberry Smoke|rowheader=true|access-date=February 17, 2024}} |- {{album chart|BillboardFolk|1|artist=Blackberry Smoke|rowheader=true|access-date=February 17, 2024}} |- {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|6|artist=Blackberry Smoke|rowheader=true|access-date=February 17, 2024}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCountry|5|artist=Blackberry Smoke|rowheader=true|access-date=February 17, 2024}} |- {{album chart|BillboardTastemaker|8|artist=Blackberry Smoke|rowheader=true|access-date=February 17, 2024}} |}

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:2021 albums Category:Albums produced by Dave Cobb Category:Blackberry Smoke albums Category:Thirty Tigers albums