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- Summary: The highly political singer-songwriter returns with his 13th studio outing, which includes a duet with Emmylou Harris and a love song ("Condi Condi") about the current National Security Advisor.
- Record Label: Artemis
- Genre(s): Rock, Singer-Songwriter
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 17
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Mixed: 4 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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SpinHis characters feel like individuals, not archetypes. [Sep 2004, p.114]
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For those inclined to agree with Earle's politics--at this point, does anyone else buy his albums?--The Revolution Starts Now will probably remain in constant rotation through the election.
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MojoIt's a fine album, mixing lean rock anthems... with the kind of ballads lesser artists would need years to write. [Oct 2004, p.116]
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While the record finds Earle at his most outspoken, it also finds him treading water stylistically, comfortably wearing down the same groove he's occupied since 1997's El Corazon.
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Where Jerusalem was all reaction, humanely riddled with helplessness and incomprehension, The Revolution Starts...Now is the well-honed response, a focused act of civil disobedience.
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Good as some of these songs are... they're not quite enough to foment a revolution
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There are some real turkeys here.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 6
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Mixed: 0 out of 6
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Negative: 2 out of 6
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JohanFAug 27, 2004Great political album!
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BrandonSAug 24, 2004Basically, it picks up where "Jerusalem" left off. No big surprises, just more great music from the best guy out there.
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HarlanTJan 19, 2005I cried the first time I heard "Rich Man's War." This is the finest of modern protest music.
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RichardHJun 30, 2005
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PaulMFeb 11, 2005
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kylecDec 9, 2004Earle could have been a legend, I wish artists would stay way from politics...as a Republican, this album pissed me off to no extent.
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