Honesty is what makes the best Eric Church songs stand out from others on the radio. The "Springsteen" singer only sings what he knows, but as he's grown and matured, that has become a long list.

“I’m listening to the radio and everybody’s doing list songs at that time. And I was like, Well, shit, I can do that better than they’re doing it.” Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Frazer ...