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- Summary: The second part of Ian Hunter's Defiance album project features contributions from such artists as Jeff Beck, Johnny Depp, Joe Elliott, Taylor Hawkins, Brian May, and Lucinda Williams.
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- Record Label: Sun Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Hard Rock
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Apr 19, 2024Trademark intimate ballads shine again on startling subway tragedy The Third Rail, Beck uncurling dramatic punctuation, and What Would I Do Without You reaffirming Hunter’s love for wife Trudi with Williams’s counter vocal, closing the set with Hope’s widescreen optimism. [Jun 2024, p.76]
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Apr 19, 2024For all the celebrated figures accompanying him, Ian makes Fiction his show, one that’s as (thankfully) understated as it is penetrating.
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Apr 19, 2024Unlike such fine latter-day Hunter albums like Shrunken Heads, there's not a driving theme behind Defiance, but there doesn't need to be. The fact that Hunter can sound this tuneful, sharp, and engaged when he's well into his eighties is a triumph worth celebrating.
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UncutApr 19, 2024His voice might not be as powerful as it was – “This Ain’t Rock And Roll” sees him push it to the throaty limit –but it still has range, control and versatility, while his phrasing is consistently imaginative. [May 2024, p.30]