Chief (studio album) by Eric Church

Chief by Eric Church
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-07-26
Overall rank: 12,717th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
65/100 (from 29 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2011 (284th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (2,678th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,717th)
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Eric Church bestography

Chief is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by Eric Church on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Eric Church is Mr. Misunderstood which is ranked number 6200 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 209.

Eric Church album bestography « Higher ranked (12,717th) This album (12,717th) Lower ranked (30,600th) »
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Chief track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
65/100 (from 29 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.1/100, a mean average of 62.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 62.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.0.

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From 02/02/2021 01:05
Unfortunately, this sounds exactly like you think it would based on the album cover, which is not an endorsement.
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From 03/25/2020 16:55
Tried this out because it was on Bork's stellar country music list.

...Not my cuppa'.
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From 07/16/2014 04:38
*sigh* If only every modern country album was by Eric Church. Fantastic songwriting and strong melodies lend to a good listen for rocking out in the car (or more appropriately the truck…).
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From 11/14/2013 23:58
Great country album!

A few songs that aren't as good as others, but not one bad track on this record!
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90/100
From 06/26/2013 03:42
Edit after several relistens:
Eric Church is on a mission to save Nashville from overproduced pop-country. Whether he succeeds or not is too soon to say (he probably won't). What is for certain is that he has recorded the best country album since the outlaw heydays of the mid 70's and the best album, all categories, of 2011. Fantastic album that just keeps on giving every time you return to it.
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From 06/05/2013 03:54
A step up over the (also good) debut Carolina. So far this is the best country album of the new decade.
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