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Sep 18, 2012It's as fresh as any music he's ever made, and one of his very best albums.
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Sep 25, 2012It's nothing more--or less--than the latest chapter in his extraordinary, funhouse-mirror version of honky-tonk traditionalism.
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Sep 26, 2012Unshackled, Yoakam casually eschews his established sound for new ones, and although these pop experimentations won't please country music fundamentalists or single-searching radio executives, Yoakam has legitimized himself as an artist.
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Sep 18, 2012Though he's capable of being playfully satisfied, Dwight is at his best when he's consumed by yearning.
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Entertainment WeeklySep 18, 2012Yoakam's first release in seven years is a smashing return to form. [14/21 Sep 2012, p.141]
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Sep 18, 2012Emerging from California's punk/roots scene, championed by the Blasters and sharing stages with X, he kept it true, while mining the tempest of a formidable rejectionist movement. 3 Pears follows the same map.
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Sep 18, 2012The record draws closer to where he started: this music is entirely referential, but doesn't want to be contained. It's got some freelance cool, some autonomous energy.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 10
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Mixed: 1 out of 10
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Negative: 2 out of 10
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Sep 19, 2012
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