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Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings
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Negative: 2 out of 7
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Nov 11, 2014You'll find everything you want with Garth on this album: drive, heart, and a little bit of swagger. Perhaps it was hearing about all his influences via his Vegas show that made this album more enjoyable for me. Either way, after a few listens I definitely put it ahead of Sevens and Scarecrow. Can't wait to hear this stuff in an arena.
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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 12, 2014Instead of building on Brooks’ strengths, Man Against Machine is firmly rooted in midair.