This Land (Gary Clark Jr. album)

This Land
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 22, 2019 (2019-02-22)
StudioArlyn Studios[1]
GenreBlues, rock, R&B, hard rock
Length62:15
LabelWarner Bros.
Gary Clark Jr. chronology
The Story of Sonny Boy Slim
(2015)
This Land
(2019)
JPEG Raw
(2024)
Singles from This Land
  1. "This Land"
    Released: January 10, 2019
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Austin Chronicle[4]
Exclaim!9/10[5]
Paste7.5/10[6]
Pitchfork7.9/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]

This Land is the third studio album by American blues rock musician Gary Clark Jr., and was released on February 22, 2019, by Warner Bros. Records.[9][10] It won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2020, while the title track won Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance.[11]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rolling Stone was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  3. ^ Deming, Mark. "This Land - Gary Clark, Jr". AllMusic. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  4. ^ Spearman, Kahron (March 22, 2019). "Austin Chronicle Review". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  5. ^ Choghri, Brandon (February 27, 2019). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  6. ^ Johnson, Ellen (March 14, 2019). "Paste Magazine Review". Paste. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  7. ^ Thomas Erlewine, Stephen (March 2, 2019). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  8. ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (February 22, 2019). "Rolling Stone Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  9. ^ Caine O'Rear (January 10, 2019). "Gary Clark Jr. Fires Salvo At Trump-Era Racism with "This Land" Video". American Songwriter. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  10. ^ Trey Alston (January 10, 2019). "Gary Clark Jr. Announces New Album THIS LAND, Shares Political Video: Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  11. ^ "2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Winners List". Grammy.com. November 20, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2020.