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Hard Candy is the sound of a band at a creative and poetic summit.
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Few bands can both rock and pine as well as Duritz and company.
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Their best, most mature, and most vital effort to date.
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Duritz isn't the soul singer he'd like to be.
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UncutEvery one of these 15 songs is a perfectly-crafted masterclass in great American songwriting. [Aug 2002, p.99]
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Entertainment WeeklyBeneath the surface shimmer are 13 more doleful songs about the impossibility of Duritz's ever forging a lasting relationship. [12 July 2002, p.84]
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Too much of this mopey stuff can be Hard to take.
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BlenderThe material sinks or swims on the quality of [Duritz's] brooding. [#8, p.116]
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SpinAs always, the Crows are too indebted to the sounds of the past to truly signify in the present. [Aug 2002, p.114]
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This is a supremely confident, fastidiously arranged, masterfully played record with a slightly prefabricated feel.
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Q MagazineAdam Duritz has vocal warmth and his band create all sorts of lush soundscapes, not a million miles away from a less jazzy Steely Dan. [July 2002, p.112]
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Mid-tempo rocker follows mid-tempo rocker without any change of pace to keep things interesting.
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Hard Candys best moments... are fewer and further between than on previous albums.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 28
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Mixed: 3 out of 28
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Negative: 3 out of 28
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Nov 23, 2019Great album, I totally recommend listening to hard candy by counting crows!!!!
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Sep 9, 2014
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davenSep 22, 2006Their best release since August and Everything After.