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- Summary: The first solo release in over ten years for the British rock artist was recorded in upstate New York with contributions from his wife Amy Rigby, Brian Dewan, Jane Scarpantoni, and Alexander Turnquist.
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- Record Label: Fire Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Nov 12, 2015Despite the addition in places of cello, e-bow guitar, banjo and synthetic choirs, little has really changed in Eric’s sound or style of delivery, but that’s no bad thing, and the songs are as exquisitely quirky and personal as ever.
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Jan 4, 2016It’s tempting to spend the whole review quoting Goulden’s best lines, but the songs are solid musically, too.
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Nov 12, 2015The DIY arrangements--treated guitars, keyboards, the odd banjo--sometimes sound like they’ve been fixed up with gaffer tape, adding to the immediacy of songs like Boy Band, a comedic tale about has-beens on a dodgy comeback trail, and the autobiographical, genuinely affecting Property Shows.
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Nov 19, 2015Although amERICa perhaps lacks a few more songs that could standalone from its conceptual connectivity, as a combined entity it captures Eric Goulden catching an inventive and much-deserved third wind for his charmingly contrary career.
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MojoDec 14, 2015Heartbreaking, heartwarming, Eric's still very much a contender. [Jan 2016, p.92]
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Nov 17, 2015Many artists of Wreckless Eric’s era and tradition have imitators, but few of yesteryear’s outliers can catch up with their descendants, let alone best them. amERICa is that rare record.
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Dec 17, 2015amERICa provides a welcome return, as well as a reminder of everything that was both exhilarating and unhinged during those heady days when indeed punk and pop found common ground.
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Aug 8, 2016
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