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- Summary: The sixth full-length studio release for the country rock singer-songwriter was originally intended to be part of a double album with 2014's Single Mothers.
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- Record Label: Vagrant
- Genre(s): Country, Pop/Rock
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Top Track
Farther from Me | |
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Wish I could say that I know you ‘Cause lord, I wanna understand Need you to know there's nothing I want more in this world as a man There's none... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 9 out of 15
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Mixed: 6 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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Jan 12, 2015Like Earle's best work, Absent Fathers is low on flash and high on emotional honesty and perceptive songwriting, and paired with Single Mothers this is some of his most intelligent and moving music to date.
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Jan 12, 2015Both albums [Single Mothers and Absent fathers], particularly Absent Fathers, are a finely tuned wallow in male heartache.
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Apr 29, 2015Life has been a struggle for the son of Steve but the closing track, Looking for a Place to Land, suggests there is some light at the end of the tunnel.
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UncutJan 7, 2015A very fine record, for sure, but Earle has a nagging habit of stopping just short of the hands-down classic he's capable of. [Feb 2015, p.78]
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Jan 7, 2015Absent Fathers, Earle’s sixth album, is a distinct and deeply personal statement about the search for a rock, an anchor, anything to keep from floating into the ether when it feels like there’s nothing left to hold on to.
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Classic Rock MagazineFeb 26, 2015The basic country sounds frame a compelling singer. [Apr 2015, p.97]
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Jan 28, 2015The problem is that Earle's melancholy has taken primacy over his songwriting, which is uncharacteristically generic here, making this subdued and plodding release a career low.
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Jan 19, 2015
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Feb 18, 2016
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