History YMMV / ZacBrownBand

** ZBB member Clay Cook was originally a songwriting partner of John Mayer. They split due to creative differences; John wanted to expand his horizons, while Clay wanted to do pop music. This makes the fact that Clay later joining up with ZBB funny due to the band being multi-genre.

** "Beautiful Drug". To those who love it, it's the ZBB turning their GenreRoulette UpToEleven; to those who hate it, it's a talented band selling out by chasing the contemporary trend of electronica-influenced country (e.g., Music/SamHunt).

** "Chicken Fried", despite being their BreakthroughHit and SignatureSong, is divisive. Main points of criticism include less melodic/instrumental interplay than their later material, and hackneyed lyrics that hit on a lot of the radio-friendly tropes they would later avoid (such as the blatantly patriotic third verse).

* DorkAge: The latter two singles off ''Jekyll + Hyde'', spilling into the ''Welcome Home'' era. It didn't help that the latter was launched by "My Old Man", a ballad seen by many as sleepy and boring, nor that the second single "Roots" inexplicably had half of its interesting lyrics gutted for the radio edit. Then came ''The Owl'', a 2019 project which featured even more electronica, R&B, and ''hip-hop'' influences which made the experimental ''Jekyll + Hyde'' seem tame in comparison.

* HilariousInHindsight: ZBB member Clay Cook was originally a songwriting partner of John Mayer. They split due to creative differences; John wanted to expand his horizons, while Clay wanted to do pop music. This makes the fact that Clay later joining up with ZBB funny due to the band being multi-genre.

** "Chicken Fried", despite being one of their biggest hits and the song that broke them through, is considered by some fans to be their worst song. Main points of criticism include less melodic/instrumental interplay than their later material, and hackneyed lyrics that hit on a lot of the radio-friendly tropes they would later avoid (such as the blatantly patriotic third verse).

** And a rare straight example with "Dress Blues", a cover of Jason Isbell.

** "Castaway" to a lesser extent. It's either their best or worst OnceAnEpisode beachy song; those who like it think that it brings out the vocal harmony more strongly than most of their previous singles, while those who hate it think that it's a tired rehash that sounds like [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Sebastian the crab]] is doing the backing vocals.

** "As She's Walking Away", for anyone who's experienced unrequited love.

* DorkAge: The latter two singles off ''Jekyll + Hyde'', spilling into the ''Welcome Home'' era. It didn't help that the latter was launched by "My Old Man", a ballad seen by many as sleepy and boring, nor that the second single "Roots" inexplicably had half of its interesting lyrics gutted for the radio edit.

* TearJerker: "Highway 20 Ride".

* AwardSnub: Infamously passed over for Best New Artist at the CMA Awards. By ''[[Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish Hootie]]''.

** "My Old Man", for anyone who was close to their father.

* CoveredUp: Subverted with "Chicken Fried". The band first recorded it during its independent days, and later gave the song to The Lost Trailers who released it as a single. Then Zac changed his mind and asked The Lost Trailers' label to pull their version.

** Also, "Colder Weather". Despite being a little vague and open-ended (on purpose), it'll really get to you with its story of a man and woman who are separated by colder weather.

* BrokenBase: "Beautiful Drug". To those who love it, it's the ZBB turning their GenreRoulette UpToEleven; to those who hate it, it's a talented band selling out by chasing the contemporary trend of electronica-influenced country (e.g., Music/SamHunt).

* BaseBreaker: "Beautiful Drug". To those who love it, it's the ZBB turning their GenreRoulette UpToEleven; to those who hate it, it's a talented band selling out by chasing the contemporary trend of electronica-influenced country (e.g., Music/SamHunt).