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The eclectic, pan-genre disc opens -- as did 2000's Transcendental Blues -- as an unabashed rocker, but this time around Earle uses the heavy artillery to underscore weightier worldly themes.
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His most strident work in years.
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BlenderIf you buried Bob Dylan's Blood On The Tracks in a graveyard for 200 years and then dug it up, it would sound like this corroded, bottom-heavy music. [#11, p.134]
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Entertainment WeeklyJerusalem is consciously ugly and gnarled, its characters troubled and troubling. [4 Oct 2002, p.153]
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Jerusalem is the work of a thinking troublemaker with a loving heart, and while more than a few people will be angered by some of his views, Earle asks too many important questions to ignore, and the album is a brave and thought-provoking work of political art.
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Unfortunately, for every song that pulls at the heartstrings or prompts a minor political epiphany, Earle has included muddled-headed efforts that don't pass muster.
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Another sterling and fearless entry in the Earle discography.
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Q MagazineMost of the music here finds Earle in admirable form. [Oct 2002, p.106]
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One of his most memorable recordings.
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Earle's strongest release in some time.
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MojoWhile on occasion disappointingly heavy handed, the more wistful moments shine through the murk. [Nov 2002, p.105]
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In the tradition of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Woody Guthrie and even Bruce Springsteen, Earle has a knack for hard-nosed poetry.
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UncutHe hasn't sounded this corrosive since Copperhead Road. [Nov 2002, p.115]
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These tried-and-true structures can seem fried-and-false.
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Jerusalem is the most musically focused Steve Earle album in ages.
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OregonlNov 20, 2005Some really great songs that stand for something and in this day and age of idiot music it is refreshing!
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BobRDec 1, 2003it sux
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kevinwDec 1, 2003its great