Nashville - Josh Rouse
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Universal acclaim- based on 33 Ratings

  • Summary: The singer-songwriter follows his acclaimed effort '1972' with another album produced by Brad Jones. Don't be fooled by the title: it's not a country album, but rather, a farewell to the city Rouse has called home for the past decade (before moving to Spain).
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 18
  2. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Persistently gorgeous. [25 Feb 2005, p.102]
  2. These are great songs, regardless of categorisation. [Mar 2005, p.101]
  3. This is the year’s first great summer album.
  4. 60
    Looting a Smithsy guitar line for Winter In The Hamptons or aping Steve McQueen-era Prefab Sprout on My Love Has Gone momentarily lifts Rouse's gloom, but it is scant relief from the stillness at Nashville's core. [Mar 2005, p.106]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 24
  2. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Josh Rouse' best record, with 1972 close behind. First bought this in Montana while road tripping through the country. Perfect driving (or anything) music. All the songs are great. I also had the honor of seeing him on this tour in Nashville, solo acoustic. Fantastic. Expand
  2. AileenM
    10
    Brilliant
  3. KarlF
    8
    Highlights are "My Love is Gone" and the energetic (for him) Winter in the Hamptons. Still don't get the cross dressing reference of "It's the Nighttime" but a bit of a romp. Only problem is that he sometimes takes his voice outside his range or squeaks rather than rasps. " Streetlights sounds uncomfortably close to a Michael Franks mistake. Expand
  4. MichaelK
    6
    A nice general sound, but none of the material particularly moved me. There may well be deeper rewards buried in this album, but nothing drew me in to find them. Expand

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