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- Summary: Ray LaMontagne self-produced his fourth full-length, the first without producer Ethan Johns.
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- Record Label: RCA
- Genre(s): Folk, Americana, Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
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So your home town's bringing you down are you drowning in the small talk and the chatter? Are you gonna step into line like your daddy... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 13 out of 19
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Mixed: 6 out of 19
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Negative: 0 out of 19
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Though he's reluctant to vary his sound, the end results are far too magnetic, far too majestic and far too masterful to even allow a twinge of disappointment.
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UncutHe's rarely sounded so utterly engaged. [Oct 2010, p.99]
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LaMontagne has surrounded himself with the best possible company, and long-time fans should find that the payoff is something to marvel at.
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There's not much emotional nuance in Ray LaMontagne's fourth album, which maintains a brokenhearted downer elegance, similar to Neil Young at his most somber and sepia-toned, sung in a beautiful wail that Van Morrison might envy.
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It doesn't take long for the singer to retreat into his beard for some Laurel Canyon-style sensitivity exercises. With a band this agile, it's a shame he doesn't dance a little more.
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The better songs here don't quite rescue the disc, but they do suggest that LaMontagne can step outside his comfort zone when he chooses to--it's just a shame how rarely that occurs.
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God Willin', while a pretty record and certainly head and shoulders above so much of what has been released this year, it is nearly completely bereft of the emotion that we've come to expect from LaMontagne.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 1 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Nov 5, 2010
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Aug 27, 2010
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