Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	67/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Calgary Herald
Country Weekly	B-
Los Angeles Times
Newsday	C+
The Oakland Press
Roughstock
The Salt Lake Tribune	B
Taste of Country
USA Today

Life on a Rock is the fifteenth studio album by American country music artist Kenny Chesney, released on April 30, 2013 via Blue Chair and Columbia Records. Chesney co-wrote eight of the album's ten tracks and co-produced the album with Buddy Cannon. It was recorded in Los Angeles, Hawaii, Jamaica, Key West, London and Nashville. The album includes the singles "Pirate Flag" and "When I See This Bar". This was Kenny's first album since 2008's Lucky Old Sun not to have a Top 40 hit on the pop chart. This was also his first album since 1996's "Me and You" not to produce a number one hit.

Country Weekly's Jon Freeman thought that "Lindy" and "Happy on the Hey Now" were "poignant sketches of people he's encountered over the years", and that some of the songs showed "the motivations behind his relentless career building". He criticized "Marley" and "It's That Time of Day" for "meander[ing] aimlessly", and thought that "Pirate Flag" did not fit thematically with the album.

Kenny Chesney stated that the last song "Happy on the Hey Now (A Song for Kristi)" was written in memoriam about Kristi Lynn Hansen (March 16, 1976 Stanford, Maine–March 6, 2012 Chapel Hill, North Carolina), She was a long-time resident and local of the island of Saint John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where Chesney had a residence, and frequently lived on the island and in the city of Cruz Bay. Hansen was an employee of Woody's and La Tapa restaurants.Hey Now was the name of a boat that Hansen and Chesney used to have a jovial time during their stays on the island.

...
Wikipedia