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Nov 10, 2014An album brimming with arena-sized anthems, glossy production, and intimate storytelling. [14/21 Nov 2014, p.105]
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Nov 11, 2014His primary weapon--and the quality that most sets him apart from the country stars who’ve surfaced in his wake--is his earnestness. The singer’s aggressive sincerity remains intact.
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Dec 17, 2014Brooks doesn't try to do anything differently; he just picks up where he left off and the time away has only made it clearer how he's different from all that came before and all that came since.
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Nov 12, 2014Brooks doesn't do half measures, as evident on the title track, screeching guitar-rock in which he rails against technology by referencing folklore hero John Henry, who died in a steam drill competition against a machine. But it's the dramatic tunes about love gone bad that stand out.
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Nov 11, 2014With ripping guitar solos, Aerosmith-style strings and gospel-tinged background vocals, this is a record that could take Eric to Church.
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Nov 10, 2014His first album of original music since 2001, is defiantly behind the times, and skillful enough--mostly--to transcend them.
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Nov 10, 2014The baker’s dozen tracks on the collection break like so: two classics, six above-average cuts, and six songs, like “People,” that are just fine.
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Nov 12, 2014Instead of building on Brooks’ strengths, Man Against Machine is firmly rooted in midair.
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Nov 10, 2014The lyrics also circle the wagons, settling on eye-glazing tales of football heroes gone to war, men who realize it’s more fulfilling to fish than to climb the corporate ladder, and piercing realizations like “the answer lies in people loving people.”