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  • Summary: Eric "Roscoe" Ambel produces the alt-country band's latest album.

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Get On The Bus
Another long day's work is through There's still one thing I got to do Get on the bus Ride back home to you You got the car so I can't drive Take my... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Their music is solid, Southern-style meat-and-potatoes rock at its best; it's a formula they've mastered over the years, and Lean Forward shows it's still delivering soul-satisfying results more than a decade and a half on.
  2. Ultimately, Lean Forward is just another Bottle Rockets bar-rock album—but the bartender slings some stiff drinks and keeps a pretty decent jukebox in the corner.
  3. Atop the stinging double-stop guitar licks of the Bottle Rockets’ no-frills latest, optimism and good intentions knock heads with the reality of human imperfection.
  4. Uncut
    60
    Lean Forward occasionally falters toward generic Southern rock, but contains its share of gems. [Nov 2009, p.81]
  5. 60
    Maybe it's fitting that in the same year Wilco found a sense of humor, the glass of chief Bottle Rocket Brian Henneman is finally half-full.
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