Fuse
by Keith Urban
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Sep 10, 2013
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 36
  3. Negative: 5 out of 36
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  1. Wael
    Jul 2, 2015
    4
    Keith Urban, promised his new record would change the course of country music, and a year after that statement, was back with the same old country-pop (or pop-country) sound. The problem with country artists these days is that they aim to make radio-ready smashes, while that's not what the heart and soul of country music is about. The album a couple of good songs like "We Were Us" (whichKeith Urban, promised his new record would change the course of country music, and a year after that statement, was back with the same old country-pop (or pop-country) sound. The problem with country artists these days is that they aim to make radio-ready smashes, while that's not what the heart and soul of country music is about. The album a couple of good songs like "We Were Us" (which is excellent) and "Cop Car", but the same just seems like a bunch of fillers recorded by Urban just to complete the album. This one is a miss.… Expand

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Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. PopMatters
    Oct 25, 2013
    50
    Fuse sounds basically like all of the past few albums but with less guitar fireworks, more drum machines, more “oh oh oh” backing vocals, slightly more generic choruses and verses, and less moments where I’m surprised by something within the song.
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  2. Country Weekly
    Sep 16, 2013
    100
    Keith promised that Fuse would change things up, and he delivered.
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Sep 11, 2013
    67
    The result is sonically exploratory (if overproduced), but Urban's breezy, flirty lyrics are so dreadfully derivative that they undo his attempt at diversity. [13 Sep 2013, p.71]
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