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Easy Tiger keeps it simple: beguiling melodies, an ace band, and Adams' elastic tenor.
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82Our hero of Whiskeytown has returned. [#25, p.89]
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80Carrying the minimum amount of filler and fat, this judiciously pruned collection conclusively proves that this is one tiger still capable of burning brightly.
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80The real triumph of Easy Tiger is less rooted in the sound, more in the attitude. [Jul 2007, p.114]
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80Easy Tiger plays like a tightly focused best-of compilation from Adams' past six or seven efforts. [Jul 2007, p.96]
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What Easy Tiger lacks in craft or measure, it makes up for in raw inspiration, which makes it all the more addictive.
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80The Sheryl Crow duet works where his Norah Jones collabo didn't; I Taught Myself How To Grow Old is classic tortured Adams, and Pearls On A String is a rewarding reflection of the time he spent hanging out with Willie Nelson.
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Easy Tiger is his most rounded creation.
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80Easy Tiger is at least Adams' best release since Love is Hell and it may even be the long awaited successor to Heartbreaker.
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The lived-in songs and careful presentation of Easy Tiger make for one of the strongest records of his second career as a solo artist.
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80A return to form in every way.
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It is focused - read: not insanely self-indulgent - in a way that recalls albums of his like "Heartbreaker" and "Gold."
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It's the most focused and cohesive album Adams has released in years.
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79Easy Tiger is his most consistent effort since Gold and his without doubt his most assured ever.
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Despite its occasional charms, Easy Tiger feels like an uneven piece of work.
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Easy Tiger delivers what it promises: the most Ryan Adamsy Ryan Adams record since his first.
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This is a strangely atypical Adams record, just because it's his first typical one.
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Adams often finds himself revisiting his past glories on Easy Tiger. [Jul 2007, p.178]
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Easy Tiger's not his best, but it's got focus and a lot of heart.
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70This "Tiger" is fairly tame, but that's OK. [30 Jun 2007]
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Like The OC, Easy Tiger manages to be pleasurable without ever being interesting.
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70Gone is the petulant enfant terrible, and with it a certain sparkle and swagger that made a record like "Gold" careen from the speakers.
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70Easy Tiger is brisk and bright, and damned if Adams doesn't sound comfortable just being Ryan Adams for a minute.
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Easy Tiger sounds like the kind of album Adams could churn out every 18 months for the rest of his life.
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62More consistent-- if more predictable and less spectacular-- than pretty much any other record in his exhaustive catalog.
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His many personas have made for an oddly characterless record.
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60You find yourself pleading for some of that wild profligacy he has been criticised for on past records.
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The album is a tightrope walker, constantly straddling the line between sincerity and unapologetic rocking.
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Tiger plays like a huge pastiche of past releases.
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ChrisF.7
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ScottY.8Not quite as good as Cold Roses but still worth buying.
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JR10