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Behind the Shade Image
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  • Artist(s): James Williamson
  • Summary: This is the debut release for the Stooges guitarist with Streetwalkin' Cheetahs' Frank Meyer and That Dog's Petra Haden.
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  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Uncut
    Jul 24, 2018
    70
    It blasts a path for an album of gentler (but nevertheless raucous) Americana-rock evocation of the likes of Lucero or The Damnwells. [Aug 2018, p.35]
  2. Jul 24, 2018
    63
    About half the album falls into a bland exercise in proficiency for these rock lifers, flavored by horns and saxophone that sound tacked on.
  3. Mojo
    Jul 24, 2018
    60
    With the less auspicious intrusions of Petra Haden's '80s rock emoting, and Meyer's cliched whiskey-waffle, it's harder to discern where Williamson's heart lies. [Sep 2018, p.88]
  4. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jul 24, 2018
    60
    Anyone not expecting a retread of his former glories will find enough here to enjoy. [Summer 2018, p.90]