| 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 |
| 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 |
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.
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.[1]
You Hear Georgia received a score of 70 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on eight critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception.
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". 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".
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.[2]