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Collider Image
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  • Summary: The fourth album for the Canadian rock artist was produced by Brian Deck and features Elizabeth Powell of Land of Talk, Ben Massarella of Califone, and Stuart Bogie of Antibalas as guest musicians.
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  1. 80
    Sure sounds a bit like a certain New Jersey rocker who was born to run and also tackled the topic of the workingman's plight, both before and after he made it big. Take that example to heart, Sam Roberts Band. Tycoon and rebel? If you do it right, you can be both.
  2. Jul 12, 2011
    75
    Collider has plenty of commercial sheen, but Roberts has lost some of the scrappy directness of his best work.
  3. Jul 12, 2011
    70
    With Collider, Roberts proves himself an essential part of the R&R landscape.
  4. Jul 12, 2011
    65
    It's an easy listen, a friendly collection of solid journeyman jams and a decent starting place for the uninitiated.
  5. Jul 12, 2011
    60
    Often he's trying too hard to be cool, and it's unconvincing. When it does work, the band sounds surprisingly like Broken Social Scene, but with more cowbell.
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