Just in the week when Luke Combs left his top position in the album charts with This One’s For You and thus also did not secure the record for the most weeks on top of the US Country Billboard Albums, he also released his second album, What You See Is What You Get.. I was really curious to listen into it – especially as the pre-released singles seemed to be a real treat again.
Luke Combs – About The Artist
I wrote a lot about Luke Combs in my posting about his first album. Thus, I will be relatively short here. He definitely had an amazing career so far, especially as the first song which boosted his career, Hurricane was a relatively old song by him.
Luke Combs – What You See Is What You Get – Track By Track
The second Luke Combs album holds 17 tracks. The playing time is 59 minutes.
1. Beer Never Broke My Heart
This song is already deep in the heart of the country music community. Do I need to say anything more about it? Excellent one!
2. Refrigerator Door
The first song which I did not have in mind before the album release. And it is a good one. Very catchy, characterful and good song writing.
3. Even Though I’m Leaving
The third track of the album is a gentle ballad. Luke Combs is such a powerful voice, but he is also great in these ones. Impressive!
4. Lovin’ On You
Lovin’ On You sounds like another ballad, but is a quite powerful song with steel guitar and great piano elements – overall, the arrangement is so powerful with a lot of country elements. Four songs, four strikes on the Luke Combs count so far.
5. Moon Over Mexico
Emotions, romantic moments and the Luke Combs power – is that a ballad or not? Moon Over Mexico is such a lovely mix of elements!
6. 1, 2 Many (feat. Brooks & Dunn)
Come on, that’s a country song right there, fuck – I very rarely start a review of a song with its very last lyrics. But I just feel you don’t need to add too much to this collaboration of Luke Combs and Brooks & Dunn. A damn good country song.
7. Blue Collar Boys
And we like cold keg beer and fixin’ up trucks
Old bird dogs and the woman we love
Maxwell House steamin’ out of a coffee cup
We say our prayers, send ’em to the sky
Bust our backs, barely getting by
Carolina to California up to Illinois
Yeah, there’s guys like us
Blue collar boys
Another piece of lovely songwriting. Cool song.
8. New Everyday
Definitely a country music ballad. And a lovely one – great musical lovely letter to a lady, Luke Combs style.
9. Reasons
Thoughtful song by Luke Combs. It is a good one – but in this amazing collection, it is a bit on the unimpressive side – which somehow feels undeserved:
But they got their reasons
Just like you
When you walked out of my life
When you didn’t have to
You sent me reelin’
There’s nothin’ I can do
About you takin’ my heart and breakin’ it right in two
So if you see me soaking in these thoughts I’m thinkin’
Drownin’ in some barroom off the deep end
I got my reasons
10. Every Little Bit Helps
There are so many of these kind of songs on What You See Is What You Get: you listen to them for the first time – and just after some measures, you are in that song, in a new Luke Combs story.
11. Dear Today
A song, which starts so slow, so intimate. Sounds a bit like just recorded in a garage in a lonely music session – but just too good not to listen to. Fascinating part of the album
12. What You See Is What You Get
I’m a straight shooting
Beer drinking, rule breaking
Don’t think I won’t take a good thing too far
I’m a midnighting, backsliding
Getaway car driving
Running away with your heart
I guess, be careful what you wish for, is all I meant when I said
What you see is what you get
Luke, you forgot something – you are just an amazing artist! During that song, I felt so much that I am looking that much forward to see that guy on stage at the C2C 2020.
13. Does To Me (feat. Eric Church)
What a cool collaboration with (another?) country music legend. This song feels so familiar, so close. It’s just so good!
14. Angels Workin’ Overtime
There are no arguments that Luke Combs is doing country music. Most of his songs have very classic country music elements, driven by the Luke Combs powerhouse. Angels Workin’ Overtime is maybe the most traditional sound of What You See Is What You Get.
15. All Over Again
A(nother) song full of power – music which catches you and just does not want to let go. I love being in the WYSIWYG world.
16. Nothing Like You
I’ve seen California and the fields of Oklahoma
From thirty thousand feet, can’t beat the view
Crossed the Mississippi, watched the mountains over Tennessee
Become a Carolina sky that was so blue
And still ain’t seen nothing like, nothing like you
Finally, it is “just” a great love songs, but with a lot of aviation elements. Okay, that is good marketing, Mr Luke – I have to like it 🙂
17. Better Together
A slow and acoustic track at the end of the album. What a lovely way to finish traveling through the WYSIWYG land with Luke Combs – or just relax for some 3:30 minutes before restarting with Beer Never Broke My Heart.
L. Combs – What You See Is What You Get – Spotify
You may pre-listen to the album here:
L. Combs – What You See Is What You Get – My View
Congrats, Luke Combs! With This One’s For You you already did a great album (of comparably many songs) – now you proof that you made it to the top levels of the genre already. What a versatile, but also reliable quality of songs! And they all feel so much country, wow! A couple of songs have hit quality – so that the first album will have a tough time to get this single week to have the big record on its own – What You See Is What You Get is there and will challenge it definitely! Thanks a lot, Luke – a definite Top Pick! – and a hot candidate for the Album of The Year rankings!
Flyctory.com Media Reviews
Here are all CD, book and movie reviews:

Alex Diehl – Das ist keine Übung

Sacropolis – Dormir Au Soleil EP

Atena – Subway Anthem

Collapse Unter The Empire – Recurring

They Called Me Phoebe – Overthinking EP

Dustin Lynch – Killed The Cowboy


Joe Leila – Breathing EP


Soccer Mommy – Karaoke Night EP


Rising Wings – Reach



Brent Cobb – Southern Star


Arny Margret – dinner alone EP


Manntra – War of the Heathens


Thirty Seconds To Mars – It’s The End Of The World But It’s A Beautiful Day



Dan + Shay – Bigger Houses


Arstidir – Blik


Danko Jones – Electric Sounds


The Blackwhitecolorful – Brace for Impact


Bellucci Boi – Lost in Berlin EP


Low Cut Connie – Art Dealers


Allison Russell – The Returner


Durry – Suburban Legend


The Glorious Sons – Glory



Coffey Anderson – Tailgates and Heartbreaks



The Paper Kites – At The Roadhouse


Marduk – Memento Mori



Melanie Wiegmann & Carl Carlton – Glory of Love



Gregor McEwan – Going Solo



Adam Wendler – Living the Dream


Philipp Artmann – Guten Morgen schönes Leben


Alice Cooper – Road



Morgan Wade – Psychopath



Turnpike Troubadours – A Cat In The Rain


Dadi Freyr – I Made An Album



Tim McGraw – Standing Room Only


Paerish – You’re In Both Dreams (And You’re Scared)


Sleazy – Back on Track



TracieLynn – More Than a Bad Habit EP


Bobby Rush – All My Love For You


Madsen – Hollywood


Atreyu – The Moment You Find Your Flame EP


William Fitzsimmons – Covers Vol. II


Daniel Seavey – Dancing In The Dark EP


The Hives – The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons


Mo-Torres – Heute war alles Besser



Ryan Bingham – Watch Out For The Wolf EP


Uncaved – Dogmatorraistes


Ludwig Wright – Turn of Tides or Where the Waves Come From


X-Perience – We Travel The World


Hanna Sikasa – Sequel


Bianca James – Bianca James


Skindred – Smile


Mammoth WVH – Mammoth II


Kool & the Gang – People Just Wanna Have Fun


Sasha – Toto und der Mann im Mond (music album)


Santans – Koi Boi EP


Fury in the Slaughterhouse – Hope


Justine Blazer – Joy!



Joe Lasher – Vol. 1 EP


Somnuri – Desiderium


Cygnotic – Mortal Dreamers


Later Sons – Rise Up



Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway – City of Gold



Lori McKenna – 1988



Kezia Gill – Misfit


Avec – I Feel Alone These Days EP


Michael Bolton – Spark of Light



Tom Astor – Wieder da!


Jim “Kimo” West – Of Wood and Spirit (American Guitar Stories)



Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real – Sticks and Stones


Eyelar – Mistakes & Contradictions EP



Sean Patrick McGraw – Hillbilly Hippie


1476 – In Exile


Annie Taylor – Inner Smile


Sekou – Out of Mind EP


Crown of Things – Louder Love



Sylvia Aimee – Identity EP



Lucinda Williams – Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart


Mental Cruelty – Zwielicht


Pascal Blenke – Gedankenspiele


Emma Steinbakken – Home


Green Labyrinth – Sequences


Lloyd Cole – On Pain


Ayron Jones – Chronicles Of The Kid



Hannah Aldridge – Dream of America



Son Volt – Day of the Doug


Saturnus – The Storm Within


Steve Lukather – Bridges



Deer Tick – Emotional Contracts


waterbaby – Foam EP


freekind. – Since Always and Forever



Kimberly Perry – Bloom EP


Tenhi – Valkama


Extreme – Six


Ray Alder – II


Milky Chance – Living In A Haze



Brittany Warthan – No Vacancy


Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – What If I EP


Omnium Gatherum – Slasher EP


Ron Pope – Inside Voices


Silbermond – Auf Auf



Tanya Tucker – Sweet Western Sound


Flora Falls – Hidden From You EP


Grenzenlos – AntiXtrem


Oryad – Sacred & Profane


Sören Vogelsang – Optimismus Prime


Palila – Mind My Mind


Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton – Death Wish Blues



Brandy Clark – Brandy Clark


Marathonmann – Maniac


Yes – Mirror To The Sky


Moor – Heavy Heart


Rahel – Blessed EP



Daisy Briggs – Nice Knowing You EP



Anna Demetriou – More To This



Parker Millsap – Wilderness Within You


Belinda Carlisle – Kismet EP


Indecent Behavior – Therapy In Melody


Andreas Diehlmann Band – Long Way To Go


Sebel – Der Boxer


Tino Z – Bluesman



Rodney Crowell – The Chicago Sessions


Enforced – War Remains



Philip Bradatsch – Philip Bradatsch


Storm Seeker – Nautic Force



Dave Hause – Drive It Like It’s Stolen


As Everything Unfolds – Ultraviolet


Kati von Schwerin – Welcome Back Home



Esther Rose – Safe To Run



Texas Hippie Coalition – The Name Lives On


Grand Design – Rawk


Dirty Heads – Midnight Control Sessions: Night 2 EP


Emm Gryner – Business & Pleasure


The Wood Brothers – Heart is the Hero


Musa Dagh – No Future


North West – Hamburg


Jennifer K. Austin – Cards EP


Vass / Katsionis – Cynical Silence


Zartbitter – Hier und Jetzt


Tribulation – Hamartia EP


Welshly Arms – Wasted Words & Bad Decisions


Overcoats – Winner


Beyond Frequencies – Me Megalomaniac


The Hold Steady – The Price of Progress


Wolkenfrei – Hotel Tropicana


Lordi – Screem Writers Guild


VIVA – Das ist die Wahrheit


Milow – Great To Know You EP


Black Hawk – Soulkeeper


Pat Burgener – PAT The Album


Katie Melua – Love & Money


Sophie B. Hawkins – Free Myself


Sophia – Niemals Allein


Leony – Somewhere in Between


Night Demon – Outsider


Stephen Jay – understatement


Timesbold – Not Still Here


Ailbhe Reddy – Endless Affair


Bad Bones – Hasta El Final!


Kendall Lujan – Forget Me Knots EP


John Diva & The Rockets of Love – The Big Easy


Ripe – Bright Blues


Ane Brun – Portrayals


The Nude Party – Rides On


Manchester Orchestra – The Valley of Vision EP



Brian Falduto – Gay Country


Mael & Jonas – Rocket Science


Suicide Silence – Remember… You Must Die


Wolfgang Petry – Stark wie wir


Lina – 24/1



Drayton Farley- Twenty on High


AnnenMayKantereit – Es ist Abend und wir sitzen bei mir


Helge Schneider – Torero


Endlevel – Weekend War


Antonia Kubas – Liebe und Musik EP


Steel Panther – On The Prowl


OH FYO! – Level 3: Discovery



Dierks Bentley – Gravel & Gold


Tanzwut – Silberne Hochzeit



Lucero – Should’ve Learned by Now


Drew Sycamore – Superfaith


Those Damn Crows – Inhale/Exhale


Jaimee Harris – Boomerang Town


P!nk – Trustfall


Ron Sexsmith – The Vivian Line


Malte Vief und Malte Viefs Kammer – Kammer III


Tennis – Pollen


You Me At Six – Truth Decay


The Legendary – Warlord


Simone Kopmajer – With Love



Cort Carpenter – All In



Chase Rice – I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go To Hell


Ian Fisher – Burnt Tongue


Donots – Heut ist ein guter Tag


Ricochets – Closer to the Light


The Rehats – Heart & Mind



Shania Twain – Queen of Me


Eamonn McCormack – Eamonn McCormack


Robert Forster – The Candle and the Flame


Dark Sarah – Attack of Orym


IUMA – Genug EP


Umme Block – State Of Limbo


Pristine – The Lines We Cross



Vic Allen – Some Place I’d Rather Be



Joe Henry – All The Eye Can See


Siv Jakobsen – Gardening



Laura Cox – Head Above Water


Alexander Liebe – Spielautomat


Keimzeit Akustik Quintett – Schon gar nicht Proust


Sonic Wildhearts – Get It On


Lukas Graham – 4 (The Pink Album)



Richard Lynch – Radio Friend


Black Star Riders – Wrong Side of Paradise


Ski Holiday – Ski Holadiy


Masha The Rich Man – Sheyne Ziere


Circa Waves – Never Going Under


Groenalund – #lovestorm


Joesef – Permanent Damage



Margo Price – Strays


Iggy Pop – Every Loser


Anti-Flag – Lies They Tell Our Children


Gabbie Hanna – This Time Next Year



Adam Warner – What We’re Known For



Madeline Consoer – Little Miss EP


Nicole Scholz – Nur Du


King LX – Broken Crown



Poppy Fardell – Back On My Feet


Shaam Larein – Stick En Kniv I Världen


Nevena – Nevena


Upsahl – Sagittarius EP


Sündflut – Basta! EP


Nina Hagen – Unity


Neufundland – Grind


Isafjord – Hjartsatjaki


Olly Murs – Marry Me


Myle – Sad Boy Summer EP


Amberian Dawn – Take a Chance (A Metal Tribute To ABBA)


Boppin’ B – Saxbomb


David Gramberg – Where Have You Gone EP


Induction – Born from Fire


Tanzos – Win Fight Dream Lose EP


Karo Lynn – A Line in My Skin


Samuel Rösch – Für den Augenblick EP


Bad Temper Joe – Glitter & Blues



Melissa Carper – Ramblin’ Soul



Billy Strings – Me/And/Dad


Hanne Mjoen – Fall in Love/Apart EP


Nickelback – Get Rollin’


Sarah Connor – Not So Silent Night


Jonathan E. Blake – Old Souls


Tina Tandler – Songs for Saxophone


L.S. Dunes – Past Lives


Dave Helgi Johan – Drumheller



Live Forever: A Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver (Various Artists)


Rook Road – Rook Road


DJ BoBo – Evolut30n


Seth Avett – Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown


Superläuche – Superläuche



Stephanie Quayle – On The Edge


The Moon City Masters – The Famous Moon City Masters



Tiffany Johnson – Over Emotional EP



Emily Nenni – On The Ranch



Russell Dickerson – Russell Dickerson



Trampled by Turtles – Alpenglow


Fireside – Bin Juice



Lainey Wilson – Bell Bottom Country


Hostage – Memento Mori


The Backseat Lovers – Waiting To Spill


Massive Wagons – Triggered!


Wally – Alles halb so wild


PG Roxette – Pop-Up Dynamo!


Börni – Two Truths


Chez Kane – Powerzone


Arny Margret – they only talk about the weather



Kenny Foster – Somewhere in Middle America


Avantasia – A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society


Debbie Gibson – Winterlicious


Simple Minds – Direction of the Heart


Taylor Swift – Midnights



Alex Williams – Waging Peace


Alter Bridge – Pawns And Kings



Logan Mize – Prairie Tapes, Vol. 1 EP


Orianthi – Rock Candy


Atlas Bird – Atlas Bird


Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen (Various Artists)



Callista Clark – Real To Me: The Way I Feel


Backstreet Boys – A Very Backstreet Christmas


SLIXS – Quer Bach 3


Sleeping Romance – We All Are Shadows


Allee der Diktatoren – Dieses kleine bisschen Wut


Alvvays – Blue Rev



Avery Anna – Mood Swings EP


Magical Heart – Heartsonic


Jim Kroft – The Isolation Diaries Vol. 3 EP


Monster Truck – Warriors


Melissa Naschenweng – Glück


Slipknot – The End, So Far



Ashley McBryde – Lindeville


Arina – A+ (EP)



Richard Marx – Songwriter



Dr. John – Things Happen That Way


Kill Strings – Limbo



Sunny Sweeney – Married Alone


5 Seconds of Summer – 5SOS5



Kelsea Ballerini – Subject To Change


Billy Idol – The Cage EP



Nikki Lane – Denim & Diamonds


Silent Knight – Full Force


Starcrawler – She Said


Eloy de Jong – Lass das Leben Musik sein


LeAnn Rimes – God’s Work


The Afghan Whigs – How Do You Burn?


U96 – 20,000 Meilen unter dem Meer



Kane Brown – Different Man


I Am – Eternal Steel



Charley Crockett – The Man From Waco


Hannah – Kuhrios


Blind Guardian – The God Machine


Roland Kaiser – Perspektiven



Jolina Carl – Hallo, ich bin Jolina Carl


Fire Horse – Out of the Ashes



Jon Pardi – Mr. Saturday Night


Megadeth – The Sick, The Dying… and The Dead!


Moncrieff – Warm EP


Lugnet – Tales From The Great Beyond


Louisa Specht – Karussell EP


Bad Baron – Ace of Hearts



Ingrid Andress – Good Person


Bandaid Brigade – Sex is Terrifying


Heather Nova – Other Shores


Drei Meter Feldweg – Durak


Adam Wendler – Motions


David Paich – Forgotten Toys


Mani Orrason – The World Is Big and You Will Never Find Me



Watkins Family Hour – Vol. 2


Luna Klee – Mein Kopf, mein Bauch, mein Herz


Thundermother – Black And Gold


Giovanni Zarrella – Per sempre


Wooden Empire – Ghosts


Jeremy Black – Part of Me EP



Sykamore – Pinto


Vanessa Mai – Metamorphose



Kelsey Waldon – No Regular Dog


Versus Goliath – Liebe & Chaos


HAVET – Mamas Lullaby EP



Wade Bowen – Somewhere Between The Secret and The Truth


Vin Deca – Chineke


Marie Reim – Bist Du dafür bereit?


Manntra – Kreatura


Lauv – All 4 Nothing


Amon Amarth – The Great Heathen Army



Pete Wolf Band – Crosswalk To Nowhere EP


H.E.A.T. – Force Majeure


Broken Forest – Wild At Heart EP


Zeitflug – Echte Freunde


Amanda Shires – Take It Like A Man


LustfingeR – LustfingeR



Brooke Eden – Choosing You EP



Whiskey Myers – Tornillo


She & Him – Melt Away: A Tribute To Brian Wilson


Dawes – Misadventures Of Doomscroller


She Bites – Super Hero


Heischneida – Heischneida II



Kaylee Rose – Hot Minute EP


Will Linley – Kill All My Feelings EP


Philipp Eisenblätter – Das Jahr, das sich um eins verschiebt


Confirmation – Survive EP



The Local Honeys – The Local Honeys


Bryde – Still



More Than Words – Today (Make Today Be the Best Day of Your Life)


Alan Parsons – From the New World


Markus – Das Leben liebt mich … und ich liebe das Leben


Sophie Fellner – Brown Eyes EP


Berries – How We Function


The Faim – Talk Talk


Blind Channel – Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous



Kimberly Kelly – I’ll Tell You What’s Gonna Happen


Journey – Freedom


Traitor – Exiled To The Surface



Jonny Houlihan – Coffee and Jesus


Grey Daze – The Phoenix


Ewan Mainwood – Broken EP



Kylie Morgan – P.S. EP


Breathe Your Last – Apocalypse


Leepa – Brain Freeze EP


RXPTRS – Living Without Death’s Permission



Chris Colter – Nice To Be Back To Be Back Nice


G. Love & Special Sauce – Philadelphia Mississippi



Luke Combs – Growin’ Up


Charly Klauser – Mehr



The Cumberland River Project – A Smell of Gravy



Rachel LaRen – Cowboys Don’t Change EP


April Art – P.O.K.E.R.F.A.C.E.


Hank Williams Jr. – Rich White Honky Blues



Brett Eldredge – Songs About You


Clara Louise – Enough Is Enough


Kasalla – Rudeldiere


Motionless In White – Scoring The End Of The World



Carrie Underwood – Denim & Rhinestones


Mary Keey – Digital Me



Kyle Daniel – Following the Rain



Jillian Jacqueline – Honestly


George Ezra – Gold Rush Kid


Fräulein Frey – Ein Wagnis



Christa Fartek – Nashville and Me


Dan O’ Clock – Seelenhippie EP


Monotrone – 1 (One)


Junipa Gold – Something Divine EP


MARBL – The Sunsets and Dawns of Everything EP


Def Leppard – Diamond Star Halos


Karaboom – Follow Your Heart


Wucan – Heretic Tongues


Like Mint – I Wish I Was Awake EP


Craig Finn – A Legacy Of Rentals


Avi Kaplan – Floating On A Dream


Shameless – So Good, You Should….


VoixxBradler – Blast


mxmtoon – rising


Marius Müller-Westernhagen – Das eine Leben


Milow – Nice To Meet You


Famyne – II: The Ground Below



Harper Grae – Confessions of a Good Southern Lady EP


J.B.O. – Planet Pink



49 Winchester – Fortune Favors The Bold


Dr. Umwuchts Tanzpalast – Im Zentrum der Wirklichkeit


Mina Richman – Jaywalker EP


Julian Reim – In meinem Kopf


Leo Rojas – Colours of Nature


Suki Waterhouse – I Can’t Let Go



Aaron Raitiere – Single Wide Dreamer



Ryan Sheridan – Americana


Patrick Noe – Ich



Midland – The Last Resort: Greetings From



Tino Z – Highwayman


Dana Fuchs – Borrowed Time


Amber Run – The Start (Act II) EP


Silver Dust – Lullabies


Stephen Jay – Vita Beata


Mira & Adam – Prolog


Cold Years – Goodbye To Misery



Charley Crockett – Lil’ G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley



Tenille Townes – Masquerades EP


Hatchie – Giving The World Away



Old Crow Medicine Show – Paint This Town



Joshua Hedley – Neon Blue


Geschwister David – Verrückt es nicht zu tun


Sophia Bel – Anxious Avoidant



Chayce Beckham – Doin’ It Right EP


Lyn Lapid – The Outsider EP


Carson – The Wilful Pursuit of Ignorance


Axel Rudi Pell – Lost XXIII


DeVicious – Black Heart



Cole Swindell – Stereotype


Askara – Lights Of Night



Mrs. Greenbird – Love You To The Bone


Hi! Spencer – Memori EP



Caitlyn Smith – High


Papa Roach – Ego Trip


Joe Satriani – The Elephants of Mars


Jon Spencer & The HITmakers – Spencer Gets It Lit


Pup – The Unraveling of PUPTheBand

