

Josh Langhoff: After the failed booty call “Hope You Get Lonely Tonight,” Cole Swindell changes wooing tactics. It’s not amazing, but neither is it offensive, and if it catches you at just the right moment, it might get you right there.

The production is classy and shows restraint, and the lyrics are sweet. But this right here is his career-making song, his “Friends In Low Places,” his “Forever and Ever, Amen,” his “Jesus Take the Wheel.” “You Should Be Here” is a close cousin of Luke Bryan’s “Drink A Beer,” right down to Swindell’s vocal delivery it’s a heartfelt ballad celebrating the life of a friend who’s gone too soon. Thomas Inskeep: Swindell is one of the hottest rookies in country music right now, after earning four top-two Hot Country Airplay singles (including a pair of #1s) from his debut album.

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