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〕}} | Length = 44:38 | Label = Capitol Nashville | Producer = | Last album = ''Spring Break...Checkin' Out'' (2015) | This album = ''Kill the Lights'' (2015) | Next album = | Misc = }} ''Kill the Lights'' is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Luke Bryan. It was released on August 7, 2015, through Capitol Nashville. The album's lead single, "Kick the Dust Up", was released to radio on May 19, 2015. "Strip It Down" was released as the second single from the album on August 4, 2015. The album's third single, "Home Alone Tonight", was released to country radio on November 23, 2015. ''Kill the Lights'' garnered positive reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, moving 345,000 equivalent units in the week ending August 13. ==Critical reception== 〕 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = ''Billboard'' | rev2score = | rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev3score = B | rev4 = ''Nash Country Weekly'' | rev4score = B | rev5 = ''New York Daily News'' | rev5score = | rev6 = ''The Oakland Press'' | rev6score = B | rev7 = PopMatters | rev7score = 〔 | rev8 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev8score = | rev9 = ''Spin'' | rev9score = 6/10 | rev10 = ''USA Today'' | rev10score = }} ''Kill the Lights'' has received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a "weighted average" rating out of 100 from selected independent ratings and reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a Metascore of 69/100, based on nine reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.〔 Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rates the album four stars conveying: "Kill the Lights winds up feeling happy and generous, an inclusive record that plays to teenage desires as effectively as memories of an adolescence left behind. "〔 The publication ''Billboard'' rates the album three and a half stars, and Jewly Hight commenting: "the fact that Kill the Lights features a pensive, black-and-white cover shot -- the rare photo in which he's not smiling even a little -- is a hint: He isn't simply going about his business-as-usual fun on this album."〔 Brian Mansfield rates the album three stars out of four at USA Today proffering: "The hits are fine, but that's the guy who's really worth getting to know."〔 Maura Johnston gives the album a positive review on behalf of ''The Boston Globe'' suggesting: "Bryan might have broken up with spring break, but crashing pop’s party will probably offer him just as good a time." ''The Oakland Press''s Gary Graff rates the album a B submitting: "Bryan has found his lane, and he doesn't mess with it on 'Kill The Lights,' a characteristically likable collection of friendly come-ons, lost love laments and sentimental odes to gravel roads and car rides to the nearest big town...It's solid from start to finish, refining what fans know and, mostly, love about Bryan's music and ensuring that his career lights will continue to shine for the foreseeable future."〔 Dave Heaton rates the album a seven for PopMatters espousing: "So bro-country this is, in that the women are shadows and might be figments of the man’s imagination."〔 ''Entertainment Weekly''s Madison Vain rates the album a B asserting: "Considering ''Crash''s success, messing with the formula on ''Kill the Lights'' would be a calculated risk. And Lights is nothing if not calculating."〔 The magazine ''Nash Country Weekly''s Bob Paxman rates the album a B claiming: "''Kill the Lights'' isn't consistently pleasing, but it does represent a progression and evolution from Luke’s previous material."〔 ''The Plain Dealer''s Chuck Yarborough rates the album a B- claiming: "It's a new phase. And a welcome one." Glenn Gamboa from ''Newsday'' rates the album a B+ surmising: "Experimenting is good, but sometimes sticking to what you know is even better." ''Rolling Stone''s Will Hermes rates the album three stars believing: "Bryan's fifth studio album is well-turned Nashville radio bait, trite yet undeniable, sure to drive up bar tabs in 50 states and beyond."〔 The publication ''Spin'' rates the album a six out of ten, and has Brad Shoup claiming: "''Kill the Lights'' sees him both at an apex and a crossroads".〔 Jim Faber rates the album two stars for the ''New York Daily News'' criticizing: "He serves up several ballads, which salute hunting, fishing, and scarecrows...None are particularly convincing, given the anchor-man blandness of Bryan's vocals."〔 Mikael Wood offering a mixed review at the ''Los Angeles Times'' suggesting: "Yet Bryan, never a particularly flexible singer, sounds even more wooden than usual in these tracks; for the first time, this 39-year-old father of two seems a bit embarrassed here, which threatens to topple the whole enterprise. If he’s not having fun, how are we supposed to?" ''The New York Times'' Jon Caramanica gives a review pondering: "Mr. Bryan’s fifth studio album, is his most mature, and almost studiously un-fun...Mr. Bryan is trading in his youthful vim for something more measured...For just a few seconds in each one, he hit that slow gyration of the hips that he’s known for, and he looked like a man at peace." Other reviews were much less favorable. Josh Schott of ''Country Perspective'' graded the album a 0 out of 10, calling the album “an exercise in avoiding being country at all costs.” He writes, “There’s not a single good song on this album, only a few decent ones. Some are giving him a little credit for this, but they shouldn’t. The decent stuff won’t sniff country radio, so to me it’s all moot.” Trigger of ''Saving Country Music'' gave the album 1 ¾ of 2 guns down. He wrote in his review, “you’re not going to be rewarded with much of significant value if you soldier through the first half of this record. But what the second half proves is that Luke Bryan does have a conscience, does have a soul, and though it could make you resent him even more because you know what he’s capable of (as opposed to the younger artists who don’t know any better), it’s hard to not give Luke at least a little bit of credit for trying, if for no other reason than he didn’t necessarily have to.” 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kill the Lights (Luke Bryan album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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