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- Record Label: Virgin
- Release Date: May 5, 2009
- Summary: Ben Harper's latest album is the first album to be credited with the Relentless7.
- Record Label: Virgin
- Genre(s): Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 14
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Mixed: 6 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Harper's new band makes a fabulous racket, and the singer himself sounds reenergized on the soulful likes of 'Lay There and Hate Me.'
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Harper leaves a few arrows unstrung from his deep musical quiver here, but the ones he fires all seem to hit their mark.
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This is the record that finally matches the excitement Harper generates in a live setting and is not to be missed.
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Harper achieves the illusive balance of willful positivism and skeptical sentimentality in low-lit anthem 'Up to You Now' and the fuzz guitar, jam-band crush of 'Shimmer & Shine.' His sharp turns of phrase still cut deepest when he's seething from the scorn of a woman.
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The lack of originality on White Lies for Dark Times is a major hindrance, but the execution of these stylistic pastiches by Harper and Relentless7 is so dead-on that it's easy to appreciate the record on its own modest terms.
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MojoThe acoustic neo-folk ditties that made his name are deployed in the form of 'Faithfully Remain' and 'Skin Thin,' but the heavy side of Harper makes for a welcome detour. [Jun 2009, p.102]
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White Lies For Dark Times succeeds when cool and carefree; when the album ups the energy, however, it’s channeled through the formulaic licks found at on any average summer-festival circuit, suggesting Lifeline’s high standards were an anomaly.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 5
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Mixed: 0 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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davidMay 5, 2009
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JamesMMay 16, 2009
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DestroyerCMay 5, 2009Best studio album he has ever put out. The best rock album in a long time. The critics are way off on this, no way it should get anything below a 70.
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MicahHMay 6, 2009Great sound. Rock and roll at it's best. Different sound, but same ol Ben Harper. Gotta love it!
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MLJMay 5, 2009
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