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8.4 out of 10

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  • Band members: Joe Pisapia
  • Summary: Straightforward pop songs are this Boston band's specialty, and its latest release builds around its trademark sound with melodious guitars, sweeping vocal harmonies, and hook-filled songs.

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  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. All Music Guide
    80
    If you are looking for big-hearted, easy-to-swallow guitar pop, you could do much worse than Guster. In fact, you'd be hard-pressed to do much better.
  2. Uncut
    80
    Multi-instrumentalist Joe Pisapia, produced much of Easy Wonderful, which is distinguished by impeccably crafted contours, sharp lyrics, buoyant grooves and swelling choruses. [Nov 2010, p.90]
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  3. PopMatters
    Jan 11, 2011
    80
    With Easy Wonderful, Guster has attained that perfect pop rock sound, yet hasn't abandoned its roots as an acoustic trio.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
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  1. WillFrank
    10
    It's truely difficult to find a bad song in this fantastic album. Guster spent four years perfecting this album and it shows. Easy Wonderful is an absolutely "Wonderful" album.… Expand
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  2. a_1
    10
    Layered, sweet and warm. Guster's latest instalment is everything that could be expected from this amazing group. It's novel but familiar a little like a new home style dessert. It presents with clear direction and identity. Time was taken and the scaffolding on the tracking has clearly bee carefully considered. I found the album truly engaging from go to wo. Waves of melodic guitars laden with breath taking peaks, deep valleys and subtle transitions are woven gracefully around and through an equally impressive vocal showcase. Almost all instrumentation compliments, resolves or creates anticipation. These guys just get it and they do it better than anyone. Well worth the wait.… Expand
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  3. EJA
    7
    Its Guster and it is good, but I was likin' the more serious and layered Ganging up on the Sun. This sounds like a louder Lost and Gone and forever. Its a little to "Im hitting my mid 30's and I love my kids" dad music which I guess is where they are.… Expand
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