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Son Volt may be playing it too safe on American Central Dust, but the songs are still woven together with a feeling of comfort and familiarity.
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UncutThe song themselves are thoughtful, ambling between folk, country and mid-paced roots-rock. [Aug 2009, p.100]
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FilterThis one settles for regrettably generic high-plains fiddle and wistful sighs of pedel-steel guitar. [Summer 2009, p.94]
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On American Central Dust, they just don’t take that earnest country feel as far as it could go.
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Under The Radar'Dust And Daylight' showcases Mark Spencer's beautiful pedal steel, while 'Dynamite,' with its doleful accordian, recalls early Springsteen. [Summer 2009, p.74]
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While frontman Jay Farrar was instrumental in defining the alt-country scene, the problem with Dust is that, in the intervening years since Son Volt first rose to prominence, that scene has been bogged down by countless dreary, soundalike albums and an exhausting self-seriousness.
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The 12 songs verge on inert, and singing is beginning to sound like a painful act for him. His lyrics, however, are inspired.
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Alternative PressListening to American Central Dust ultimately feels a bit too much like working on an assembly line. [Aug 2009, p.114]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 21
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Mixed: 2 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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May 10, 2013
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DebKJul 12, 2009He is no Jeff Tweedy, but he taint half bad.
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RLJul 12, 2009