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  • Summary: The fifth full-length release for the Texan singer-songwriter features piano-driven songs that recall such artists as Billy Joel, Elton John or Leon Russell.
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  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
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  1. Feb 15, 2019
    90
    Ellis may have suggested this level of melodic songcraft on his previous albums, but he never hinted at this wit, and his dexterous combination of craft and humor makes Texas Piano Man a rich, resonant good time.
  2. Feb 14, 2019
    80
    Ellis proves to be a grand pop master. This, albeit somewhat surprising, is his most cohesive album to date.
  3. Mojo
    Mar 20, 2019
    80
    Upbeat, sometimes painful, all sold with witty pop chutzpah. [May 2019, p.94]
  4. Apr 5, 2019
    78
    Ellis remains brilliantly elusive, torquing songs in unexpected directions.
  5. Feb 28, 2019
    77
    Texas Piano Man is exactly what it sounds like: a cross between country-blues and piano-pop. Ellis surely knows his way around the keys, and his fifth studio album is funny, frank and alive. It’s a storyful, self-realized album that also happens to be a hell-of-a good time to listen to.
  6. 70
    As unabashedly pop albums go, Ellis’ self-descriptive Texas Piano Man is a bracing alternative to the guitar-focused music that dominates the singer-songwriter field.
  7. Uncut
    Feb 14, 2019
    70
    In his own quiet way, Texas Piano Man finds Ellis maintaining a degree of reckless abandon in his creative life. [Mar 2019, p.26]

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  1. Jul 26, 2019
    9
    Es que es fascinante el hilo conductor y lo fresco que suena cada canción, no es algo que escucharlas todos los días pero siempre será una muyEs que es fascinante el hilo conductor y lo fresco que suena cada canción, no es algo que escucharlas todos los días pero siempre será una muy excelente opción. Expand

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