Eric Church Heart LP

2020 CMA Entertainer of the Year Eric Church's Heart & Soul collection, a trio of albums, was written and recorded during 28 days in the mountains of North Carolina. Heart is the first volume in the collection, released on April 16, 2021.

Heart veers toward the introspective and tenderhearted, territory that feels like home for Church. He retains his gift for telling emotional details, not to mention his knack for conveying the emotional punch of music...skills that enliven an album that otherwise stands as a testament to Church the Craftsman. Where his albums of the 2010s were generally marked by his increasing ambition, a drive that saw him expand and deepen his purview, Heart sees Church settling into a groove, crafting song by song, then assembling the results as three interlinked albums.... [S]turdy, handsome music that seems more impressive the longer it's been around.