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- Summary: The son of novelist Larry continues his critique of the world on his latest album.
- Record Label: Lightning Rod
- Genre(s): Alternative, Country
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 11
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Mixed: 1 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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The protest songs on Just Us Kids, particularly 'Cheney's Toy,' will hog all the attention, but they're the least of this roots rocker's treasures here. It's James McMurtry's brilliant character sketches that really shine.
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Live, McMurtry can still be way too strophic and trad. But he's never made an album so loud or hard.
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In such stories, McMurtry locates again and again an element of humanity that saves his angriest screeds from easy pigeonholing.
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Q MagazineHe's getting better with age. [Aug 2008, p.140]
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McMurtry cuts through all the crap when describing the state of America these days. Call McMurtry’s music what you will, just don’t call it kids’ stuff.
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MojoA definate contender when those Best of the Year polls gets underway. [Aug 2008, p.105]
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UncutJust Us Kids in part repeats the forumla, targeting SUV drivers, filthy corporations, and Dick Cheney, in an affecting but familiar preach to the converted. [June 2008, p.97]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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LarryWMay 10, 2008
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EricO.May 12, 2008
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PaulCMay 13, 2008The songs themselves are excellent, in particular "Cheney's Toy," but I can't help but wish someone else was performing them.
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