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BlenderHis most intimate recording yet. [#17, p.138]
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This album doesn't sound that distant from the grass-roots rock of Mellencamp albums such as Scarecrow and The Lonesome Jubilee.
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What gives it some distinction is that there's a freshness to the music, largely dervied from its quick recording, a quality that has been lacking in his records for many years now, arguably since Big Daddy.
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UncutIf you really want to hear folk-blues played with rock'n'roll attitude then go back to Boomer's Story or Into The Purple Valley. [Oct 2003, p.111]
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Bursts with old-time voodoo bluster.
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The simpler style allows the tense commentary to come through loud and clear, as the band keeps up.
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This sounds like a brand-new, re-energized John Mellencamp.
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Mellencamp's rawest album to date.
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Trouble No More is good but it's never really all that exciting.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 14
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Mixed: 0 out of 14
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Negative: 5 out of 14
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WizardTheJul 30, 2007
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TomCJul 20, 2007I guess you either love or hate his stuff. Being from Indiana he does not represent what I like in music, so I won't buy it.
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ScottEFeb 13, 2007What Bill L said.