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- Summary: The country singer-songwriter follows 'Fate's Right Hand' with an 11-song set that includes a collaboration with Emmylou Harris and John Prine on Bob Dylan's "Shelter from the Storm."
- Record Label: Sony
- Genre(s): Country, Singer-Songwriter
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Positive: 7 out of 9
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Mixed: 2 out of 9
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Entertainment WeeklyAn unexpected ball. [19 Aug 2005, p.144]
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BillboardThe third in a trilogy of introspective masterworks sees no decline in genius but an uptick in rockability. [20 Aug 2005]
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Rocks harder than any Crowell record in the past.
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MojoCrowell employs his gift for setting complex ideas to twangy hooks. [Oct 2005, p.101]
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The Outsider may be a cut below its predecessor, the artistic, critical, and commercial breakthrough that was Fate's Right Hand--perhaps the element of surprise is gone, perhaps the songs aren't quite as sharp, perhaps it's just not possible to catch lightning in a bottle twice in a row--but that was a tough act to follow, and this one's none too shabby.
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Rolling StoneThe least fussy and most direct of the three albums [Crowell] has released since returning from creative limbo five years ago. [22 Sep 2005, p.108]
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Paste MagazineThe Outsider consistently grabs at transcendence only to watch it recede. [Aug/Sep 2005, p.110]
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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LornaASep 27, 2005
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ValAOct 6, 2005Rocks hard, says what he's thinking. I love it.
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asdfaasdfNov 18, 2005good
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LLJan 24, 2007Damn nice........ socially.......... morally........ indivisdualy
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