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1	* CoveredUp:
2	** "Ol' Red" had been previously recorded by both Music/GeorgeJones and Music/KennyRogers.
3	** "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking" was originally recorded by Joe Nichols.
4	** His version of "God Gave Me You" vs. the original by Dave Barnes.
5	** While not a single, his version of "Kiss My Country Ass" seems to have overtaken Rhett Akins' original in popularity.
6	* CriticalDissonance: His first three albums had traditional-leaning country that won him critical acclaim but produced hit-and-miss results on the charts; ''Pure BS'' and ''Startin’ Fires'' were an awkwardly mediocre transitory period; and ''Hillbilly Bone'' onward has found him taking on a more ‘modern’ sound that has rendered him a golden boy on the airplay charts (including a white-hot streak of number-one hits), but at the cost of critical derision for his more generic style.
7	* FandomRivalry: His and Music/MirandaLambert's fandom got ''ugly'' after their divorce. The fact that they both released songs inspired by the divorce doesn't help either.
8	* FirstInstallmentWins: His debut single "Austin" is still considered one of his best songs by many.
9	* HilariousInHindsight: His first album contains a song titled "Same Old Song", which criticizes contemporary country music as too bland... a criticism hurled at Blake's own material in TheNewTens.
10	* MagnificentBastard: From "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0ErQjdfj0A Ol' Red]]": The unnamed narrator is sentenced to 99 years of hard labour for murdering his wife and her lover. As soon as he arrives at a prison farm, he spends the next two years being a model prisoner so that the warden assigns him to take care of his escapee-hunting dog Ol' Red. Soon after, he contacts his cousin and has him bring his dog down for Red to mate with during his evening runs. After a while of doing this, the narrator breaks out at the time he does his runs, fleeing in the opposite direction from Red's run so he's distracted by routine.
11	* SeasonalRot: Many fans feel that his quality took a nosedive from ''Hillbilly Bone'' onward, when Scott Hendricks took over as his producer. Main points of criticism include a boring overly polished sound an over-reliance on saccharine SillyLoveSongs and "country boy"-type songs that are already overdone in Nashville.
12	* TearJerker:
13	** "The Baby". Narrator reminisces on his mother, who insists that he will always be her baby. He moves on in life, then gets word that his mother is dying. [[spoiler:He doesn't make it in time.]]

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