You Hear Georgia

You Hear Georgia is an ode to the band's home state. In the title track, the band's lyrics celebrate where they're from, while also give a warning to others to not underestimate the south. Singer Charlie Starr said that the title track is "about the South being misunderstood," as reported by the Rolling Stone.^[4]

You Hear Georgia received a score of 70 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on eight critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception.^[1]

Uncut stated that "Lynyrd Skynyrd's Rickey Medlocke co-writes one song, and most others sound like someone from Skynyrd did. But the best tracks, counterintuitively, are those furthest from Blackberry Smoke's trademark boogie".^[3] Mojo felt that "deep into side two You Hear Georgia starts to drag a little as they ditch the choogle and attempt to foray into the cosmic Americana territory of My Morning Jacket".^[2]

Louder, a publication focused on rock and alternative genres, wrote that You Hear Georgia was comfortably in line with Blackberry Smoke's previous albums. "A couple of other unremarkable tracks leave this album just short of being a stunner, but for the most part Blackberry Smoke have done Georgia proud once again," Louder wrote.^[5]