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| n/a by www.avclub.com |
It sounds like three talented guys having fun making music, unworried about burrowing too deep or pleasing anyone but themselves. |
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| n/a by www.cokemachineglow.net |
The disc tends to coast now and then, though it’s hard to say if that’s due to chinks in the songwriting armor or the band’s straightforwardness. Still, rock for rock’s sake is not without meaning. |
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| n/a by Billboard |
A modest but consistently satisfying affair, rich in music and message. |
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| n/a by www.drownedinsound.com |
It’s not often that a side-project produces an album that deserves anything more than a footnote mention. Loose Fur deserves its own cult. |
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| n/a by www.stylusmagazine.com |
They sound laid back. They sound like they’re having a blast. They sound, well, loose. |
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| n/a by Pitchfork Media |
Born Again is superior to its predecessor in nearly every respect. |
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| n/a by www.tinymixtapes.com |
Musically, the album is a definite barnburner. If you find the messages too much to stomach, the melodies and riffage will comfort you. |
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| n/a by Popmatters |
Born Again in the USA is as worthy as side projects get, an album you’d want to pay attention to even if you’d never heard of its antecedents. |
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| n/a by arts.guardian.co.uk |
It's certainly a mixed bag but one that fans of all-American rock won't be disappointed with. |
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| n/a by www.prefixmag.com |
Other than on "Answers to Your Questions," it's not real pretty when O'Rourke steps to the microphone. Most of his songs stab at a Tom Waits-style balladry but end up sounding more like schmaltzy Steely Dan castoffs. |
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| n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com |
Thematically, "Born Again In The USA" is a bold album that tries hard - perhaps too hard - to bind together the inter-related twines of culture, politics, history and entertainment. |
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| n/a by www.slantmagazine.com |
What ultimately makes the album something of a chore is its one-joke premise, a preaching-to-the-choir broadside against the Evangelical right's ongoing assault on individual liberties and rational thought. |
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| n/a by www.dustedmagazine.com |
While a well-concocted snotty attitude may be a decisive factor in any number of great rock albums, Born Again in the USA feels lazy without any particular agenda. It’s good for a laugh and a couple of listens, but ultimately does not resonate. |
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