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- Summary: The third album for the Austin-based singer Sam Beam.
- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Folk
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Flightless Bird, American Mouth | |
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I was a quick, wet boy, diving too deep for coins All of your street light eyes wide on my plastic toys Then when the cops closed the fair I cut my... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 34 out of 34
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Mixed: 0 out of 34
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Negative: 0 out of 34
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With his grandest album to date, mark the return of Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam a triumphant one, packed with romantic tales of small towns, countrysides and the expansive sea.
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By pushing pop into the dreary without all the drab, Iron and Wine strikes a balance of truth and hope that can get muddled by a scene dominated by pessimists.
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Whether blazing a tight new trail or feeling its way in the darkness, each tune on the album heads somewhere, collectively making as much of a stylistic progression as the recording of "Our Endless Numbered Days" made in fidelity and depth.
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MagnetBy maintaining his intimacy while armed with a full palette of colors, Beam sets himself far apart from the rest of the hush-and-shush crowd. [Fall 2007, p.98]
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Under The RadarIt is Beam at his best and a fitting conclusion to an album that shows why Iron & Wine continues to be the standard bearer for neofolk and beyond. [Summer 2007, p.74]
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The Shepherd’s Dog is the brilliant culmination of his experiments.
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Though the LP culminates a clear progression for Beam, Iron & Wine coalescing since 2005's "Woman King" into a band secure enough to experiment, the barrage of instrumentation and effects do little to advance the songs on The Shepherd's Dog.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 27 out of 28
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Mixed: 1 out of 28
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Negative: 0 out of 28
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CablesNov 25, 2007
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DanMNov 1, 2007I'll just say "ditto" to Kasper S's excellent review. I'm just confounded on why the critics are only lukewarm on this CD.
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Jw.Nov 24, 2007
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ChristianW.Sep 26, 2007
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Aug 4, 2019
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JoãoD.Oct 9, 2007
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PaulCSep 26, 2007The best Sufjan Stevens album in years.
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