Pain Killer received widespread critical acclaim. In giving the album a rating of "B+", Bob Paxman of Country Weekly praised the group's vocal harmonies and the songwriting, particularly the songs written by
Lori McKenna, but criticized the "overly cluttered" production on some tracks.[8] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of
AllMusic called the album as "the rarest thing in contemporary country, a record with an expansive world-view delivered with a kinetic kick and infallible melodies, a record that gives no indication of where it's going upon first listen but remains compelling upon further spins".[6] The album has a score of 83 on
Metacritic indicating “universal acclaim.”[10]
^Pain Killer (CD booklet). Little Big Town. Capitol Records Nashville. 2014. B0021360-02.{{
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Pain Killer received widespread critical acclaim. In giving the album a rating of "B+", Bob Paxman of Country Weekly praised the group's vocal harmonies and the songwriting, particularly the songs written by
Lori McKenna, but criticized the "overly cluttered" production on some tracks.[8] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of
AllMusic called the album as "the rarest thing in contemporary country, a record with an expansive world-view delivered with a kinetic kick and infallible melodies, a record that gives no indication of where it's going upon first listen but remains compelling upon further spins".[6] The album has a score of 83 on
Metacritic indicating “universal acclaim.”[10]
^Pain Killer (CD booklet). Little Big Town. Capitol Records Nashville. 2014. B0021360-02.{{
cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (
link)