After a quiet 2025, Zach Bryan opens the new year with his sixth album, With Heaven on Top. Released on January 9, the record captures Bryan at a moment of reflection, following a turbulent year marked by personal upheaval and rare public scrutiny.
Spanning 25 tracks and nearly 80 minutes, With Heaven on Top unfolds at its own pace. Bryan wrote, recorded, and produced the album alongside his band in Oklahoma homes, keeping the process intimate and unvarnished. The result leans into his established strengths: acoustic guitars, harmonicas, and lyrics that carry the weight of confession without tipping into melodrama. From this perspective, the album offers little that feels new for the 29-year-old country singer, ultimately coming across as one of the flatter entries in his catalog.
Only a handful of tracks truly stand out, with “Bad News” among the most compelling. Politically charged yet unmistakably patriotic, the song confronts America’s fractures, criticizing the human cost of ICE raids while reaffirming Bryan’s love for the country and its people. Elsewhere, the album reflects on sobriety, relationships—both past and present—and life on the road, though few moments reach a notable peak, in part due to the project’s excessive length.
Below is our ranking of all 25 tracks on Zach Bryan’s With Heaven on Top.
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