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MagnetEven the most seriously depressed songs here have a lightness that's been missing in the past. [#60, p.111]
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BlenderHis perkiest album yet. [Sep 2003, p.132]
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Rolling StoneRouse... comes on like a happier and wittier Elliott Smith. [30 Oct 2003, p.93]
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1972 has less urgency than Rouse's inconsistent but promising debut, Dressed Up Like Nebraska, and save for the last two tracks doesn't approach the earnest, careworn sublimity exhibited on Under Cold Blue Stars. It is, however, one of his most polished releases.
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All told, it may be the best set of songs Rouse has yet to offer.
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MojoThe danger with this kind of project is sounding like a '70s revue, but Rouse avoids that with his intimate vocal style and quirky songwriting. [Sep 2003, p.104]
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Q MagazineThe most intimate record of the year, and one of the warmest. [Oct 2003, p.113]
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If you say you've heard a better adult pop record this year, you are lying.
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Rouse shadows the sophistication and perfection of classic pop, trying to replicate its power to make listeners feel more at peace with their awkward relationships.
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Rouse pushes the envelope in a completely different direction, and with modest, although not total, success, he delivers an album that will rival the New Pornographers' Electric Version as the -- for lack of a better word -- most fun album of the year.
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UncutIt's all done with such obvious love and affection and literate craft that Rouse has gone and made one of the albums of the year. Even if the year is 1972. [Oct 2003, p.114]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 12
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Mixed: 0 out of 12
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Negative: 1 out of 12
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Apr 4, 2013
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Aug 6, 2011
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PhilippeDOct 29, 2005An absolute classic, not a single average song. Grows on you over time