- Record Label: Interscope
- Release Date: Nov 19, 2012
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AllMusicDec 3, 2012If you don't listen closely, it goes down easy, but listening with just a slightly critical ear reveals those similarities [to Dave Matthews] as near farcical.
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Nov 26, 2012The World from the Side of the Moon is ultimately a polite, conservative album that balances Phillips's genuine affection for roots music with the commercial bent that comes with being part of the American Idol franchise.
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Nov 20, 2012He's far better in originals like "Gone, Gone, Gone" and his hit "Home," which build from folksy picking to hooting power-ballad choruses, a pleasantly popified take on Arcade Fire. Those songs are redundant too--but the tunes leaven Phillips' overbearing self-seriousness.
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Positive: 27 out of 39
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Mixed: 7 out of 39
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Negative: 5 out of 39
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