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I Listened To Morgan Wallen’s Entire 37-Song ‘I’m The Problem’ Album In Order, And I Took Notes
I finally did it…
I forced myself to listen through Morgan Wallen’s 37-song new album I’m The Problem in order, in-full and I have some quick notes about each one. I had a hard time even making myself do this, because I had a severe mental block getting my finger to hit “play” on something this overwhelming, hence why you’re seeing this on Monday and not last Friday.
For this list, I’m going to point out how many people it took to write each song, but I’m not going to drone and beat a dead horse, so to speak, about how there were just way too many tracks and writers… we’ve been over that, and there’s a reason that’s one of the biggest criticisms about the album.
Like I’ve said many times over, I’m not a Morgan Wallen fan-girl, but I’m not a total hater. I like a lot of his songs, I really love a few of them, but I strongly dislike many as well, which puts me in a unique position to criticize him fairly, I think. I actually like his voice, and I think it’s great that country is “cool” now thanks in large part to Morgan and his mass, cross-genre appeal, but there’s absolutely a discussion that should be had about the quality of so much of his music and how it gets more watered down as he continues to try and make each album bigger.
I really haven’t been able to figure out if it’s something he actually wants, or if he takes the advice of his label and others to go about his career this way, but I think it’s misguided, regardless of genre, and that he’s ultimately doing himself a disservice. But, on the other hand, he’s the one selling out stadiums all over the world and I’m sitting at home writing this.
Here’s my quick, rapid-fire thoughts on each song, which you should take with a massive grain of salt…
1. “I’m The Problem”
Five co-writers in Morgan, Grady Block, Jamie McLaughlin, Ernest and Ryan Vojtesak.
I actually don’t hate the production, and I think this song feels very “Morgan” in terms of the sarcasm and it being a break-up song where he’s trying to figure out who is to blame for everything that went wrong.
2. “I Got Better”
Six co-writers in Morgan, Blake Pendergrass, Chase McGill, Ryan Vojtesak, Ernest and Hardy.
There’s no reason this should have so many writers, but I love the melody and it’s super catchy.
Easily one of the best songs on the record (one of Morgan’s favorites, too.)
“7 Summers” vibes in the production.
I wish more of it sounded like this.
3. “Superman”
Five co-writers in Morgan, Ryan Vojtesak, John Byron, Blake Pendergrass and James Maddocks.
Incredibly heartfelt, super sweet and lots of depth lyrically.
Production needs… work. Not a fan.
4. “What I Want (feat. Tate McRae)”
Six co-writers in Morgan, Tate, John Byron, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Ryan Vojtesak and Joe Reeves.
I think I hate Tate McRae’s voice? Or the producers made me hate it? Why does she sounds like that?
I’m not a Tate fan, but I wanted more from this. It seems to be one of the fan-favorites, though, so what do I know?
5. “Just In Case”
EIGHT co-writers in Morgan, Ernest, John Byron, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Ryan Vojtesak, Josh Thompson, Blake Pendergrass and Alex Bak.
This is one of my “guilty pleasure songs.” I can admit that I love it and it’s a BOP. This is a rare example of when the hip hop beats actually kinda works for me on a Morgan song.
But I would be embarrassed to admit it took eight professionals to write this… but again, I’m happy to freely admit I love it.
6. “Interlude”
Five co-writers in Morgan, Ryan Vojtesak, John Byron, Blake Pendergrass and Rocky Block.
No comment. This feels so unnecessary, and I’m confused.
7. “Falling Apart”
Four co-writers in Morgan, Blake Pendergrass, Josh Thompson and Ryan Vojtesak.
I like the melody and this isn’t bad at all. Just a basic country song.
8. “Skoal, Chevy, and Browning”
Three co-writers in Joe Fox, Chase McGill and Josh Miller.
I don’t think it’s supposed to be funny, but this song made me laugh.
One of the more country songs on the album… it’s pretty good, a little cheesy, but I don’t think I’m the target demo here, and that’s perfectly fine.
9. “Eyes Are Closed”
Four co-writers in Morgan, John Byron, Blake Pendergrass and Ryan Vojtesak.
Again, pretty basic, and very forgettable.
10. “Kick Myself”
Five co-writers in Morgan, Rocky Block, Ernest, Ryan Vojtesak and James Maddocks.
I like the basic concept of this, but the rest of the production and lyrics fall short for me.
11. “20 Cigarettes”
Four co-writers in Chris LaCorte, Chase McGill, Blake Pendergrass and Josh Miller.
I hate this song. I almost liked it, but something about the melody and cadence of the verses drove me crazy.
12. “TN”
Seven co-writers in Morgan, John Byron, Ashley Gorley, Chase McGill, Taylor Phillips, Ryan Vojtesak and Geoff Warburton.
Something about the abbreviations feels so lazy and boring, and overall half-baked.
I laughed a few times, but I did not like this song.
13. “Missing”
Six co-writers in Morgan, Chase McGill, Josh Thompson, Blake Pendergrass, Ryan Vojtesak and Luis Witkiewitz.
If the production was a little different, I think I would’ve liked this song a lot more.
14. “Where’d That Girl Go”
Seven co-writers in Morgan, Rocky Block, John Byron, Ryan Vojtesak, Blake Pendergrass, Joe Reeves and Geoff Warburton.
Incredibly bad production, and I can’t get it out of my head… HELP.
15. “Genesis”
Seven co-writers in Morgan Wallen, John Byron, Rocky Block, Jacob Durrett, Blake Pendergrass, Ryan Vojtesak and James Maddocks.
Okay, I’m actually into this. Cool concept that feels thought-through and polished.
“Let there be women, and let there be whiskey,” is a great country lyric.
16. “Revelation”
Four co-writers in Trannie Anderson, Rodney Clawson, Nicolle Galyon and Chris Tompkins
The melody just didn’t do it for me.
I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it.
17. “Number 3 and Number 7 (feat. Eric Church)”
Two co-writers in Rocky Block and Blake Pendergrass.
Easily one of the best on the album and one of my favorites by a mile.
Raise Hell praise Dale.
18. “Kiss Her In Front Of You”
Five co-writers in John Byron, Jaxson Free, Taylor Phillips, Ashley Gorley and Ryan Vojtesak.
Hate the concept, hate the production, one of the worst on the tracklist and I never want to listen to it again.
19. “If You Were Mine”
Four co-writers in Chris Tompkins, Jessie Jo Dillon, David Garcia and Geoff Warburton.
Forgettable and boring. Not offensive, but it didn’t resonate with me at all.
20. “Don’t We”
Six co-writers in Morgan, Ryan Vojtesak, Ashley Gorley, Rocky Block, Blake Pendergrass, John Byron.
Something about this reminds me of country music in 2014, and that is not a compliment.
It made me cringe a few times. I can’t ever listen to that again.
21. “Come Back As A Redneck (feat. HARDY)”
Five co-writers in Morgan, Hardy, Ernest, Ryan Vojtesak and James Maddocks.
Very on-brand for Morgan and Hardy, and it’s exactly what I expected.
I’ll never listen to it again. Super cliché and just not for me.
22. “Love Somebody”
There are 12 co-writers on this one in Morgan, John Byron, Shaun Frank, Nicholas Gale, Ashley Gorley, Yaakov Gruzman, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Elof Loelv, Steve Francis, Richard Mastroianni, Martina Sorbara and Ryan Vojtesak, because it interpolates “Tokyo Nights” by Digital Farm Animals.
Super catchy, deeper than what you might expect on the surface, and really fun to listen to.
Easily one of my favorites.
23. “Dark Til Daylight”
Three co-writers in Rocky Block, Chris Tompkins and Jimmy Robbins.
I’ll skip it and I’ll never go back. Didn’t add anything to the record.
24. “The Dealer (feat. ERNEST)”
ONE co-writer in Blake Pendergrass, who co-wrote a ton on this record.
The standout for me, and I’ve had it on repeat.
Super country, great concept, beautifully written, 10/10, no notes here.
Why can’t Morgan put out more like this? It’s just gorgeous.
25. “Leavin’s The Least I Could Do”
Five co-writers in Morgan, Hardy, Josh Miller, Ernest and Ryan Vojtesak.
I can’t believe I still have more than ten songs to listen to…
I like the concept, and it’s a pretty good song.
26. “Jack and Jill”
Three co-writers in Jacob Hackworth, Jared Mullins and Ned Cameron.
Solid concept, well-written, and one of the more country songs on the record.
I didn’t love the production, but don’t have anything bad to say about it overall.
27. “I Ain’t Comin’ Back (feat. Post Malone)”
Six co-writers in Morgan, Louis Bell, Hardy, Post Malone, Ernest and Ryan Vojtesak.
Any song with a Richard Petty shoutout is fine by me.
Cute, fun and another one of my favorites.
28. “Nothin’ Left”
Three co-writers in Josh Miller, Greylan James and Matt Jenkins.
It’s country, but it’s kind of boring.
29. “Drinking Til It Does”
Two co-writers in Josh Thompson and Jimmy Robbins.
Love the piano on this one.
Josh Thompson is such a great writer, and this is a great song.
30. “Smile”
Six co-writers in Morgan, Rocky Block, John Byron, Ernest, Ryan Vojtesak, and Luis Witkiewitz.
I don’t think I like it as much as everyone else does… I could’ve done without it.
31. “Working Man’s Song”
Five co-writers in Morgan, Ryan Vojtesak, Josh Miller, Blake Pendergrass and Rocky Block.
Cool production, Morgan’s voice sounds really good, and this feels right in his wheelhouse.
32. “Whiskey In Reverse”
Four co-writers in Morgan Wallen, Ernest, Hardy and Ryan Vojtesak.
These four as a unit work really well together, obviously, and I like this song a lot.
33. Crazy Eyes
Four co-writers in Chris Tompkins, Josh Miller, Jessie Jo Dillon and Daniel Ross.
Boring, shouldn’t have made the album.
34. LA Night
Three co-writers in Chris Tompkins, Travis Wood and Josh Miller.
Skip.
35. “Miami”
Nine writers are listed because it interpolates “Miami, My Amy.” “Miami” was written by Morgan, Ryan Vojtesak, Ernest, Blake Pendergrass, Chase McGill and Hardy. “Miami, My Amy” was written by Dean Dillon, Hank Cochran, Royce Porter.
Keith Whitley rolled over in his grave the night this was written. Hate isn’t a strong enough word.
36. “Lies Lies Lies”
Four co-writers in Jessie Jo Dillon, Josh Miller, Daniel Ross and Chris Tompkins.
It’s fine, the melody is cool, but I don’t love it.
37. “I’m A Little Crazy”
Four co-writers in Hardy, Smith Ahnquist, Hunter Phelps and Jameson Rodgers.
A standout on the album and probably the best song on I’m The Problem.
Absolutely LOVE.
Congratulations, if you made it this far, you deserve a drink. And I deserve one for doing this, I’m TIRED. My brain hurts a little, but my ears hurt a little more. Putting out almost 40 songs is great for boosting numbers and sales in 2025, but it’s also a great way to water down what could’ve been an otherwise really solid record.
The title of the record, which implies that he’s “the problem” in many aspects of his life, definitely comes through in the songwriting. It seems like the over-arching theme of the record (as difficult as it is to have one when there is 37 songs on it) is Morgan coming to grips with his own mistakes. Almost dwelling on them. He takes the blame, looks within, and makes no bones about the fact that he’s an imperfect man in an imperfect world, who struggles just like everyone else. The point of an album is to make a statement and tell a story, which I believe he does here, however long, and extremely unnecessary, certain parts of it may be.
I think you can cut it down to a solid 14 songs that should’ve been included, and that would’ve made it hard to argue that it wasn’t country, or at the very least, that it wasn’t good. Morgan, please, I beg of you, narrow it down in the future… I can’t do this every other year, it’s too much. Overall, it’s really the production that just doesn’t work for me. I know people love his music, I know it’s catchy and fun, and I can understand why he’s captured the heart of different folks all across America. But I just want more country from Morgan Wallen and less beats, less drum machines, less pop and hip hop influence. It’s that simple for me.
If you’ve seen his stripped down The Shop Sessions, I find that to be MUCH more enjoyable.
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