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- Summary: Produced by Sheldon Gomberg, American Music Club's Mark Eitzel returns with his sixth solo album after suffering a heart attack in 2011.
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- Record Label: Merge
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MojoOct 22, 2012Some of the 11 songs have a rich band sound with strings and strong piano, and others a spare contemplative tone. [Nov 2012, p.88]
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Oct 2, 2012Don't Be a Stranger is out-of-sorts in the best way, as Eitzel forever plays the outsider looking in.
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Oct 1, 2012Peer between the lines and Eitzel has lifted off some of the weight to create his most redemptive, mature work yet.
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Oct 5, 2012Eitzel's work is rarely weak, but Don't Be a Stranger finds him hitting another peak.
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Oct 1, 2012Don't Be a Stranger, American Music Club frontman Mark Eitzel's best record since 2001's The Invisible Man.
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Oct 3, 2012There are enough great moments, such as "Why Are You With Me" and "All My Love," to make this his strongest solo record in quite a while, but it is still far from his best work.
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Oct 2, 2012The second half here sounds far more solitary, far less shaped by the sound of others and, as a result, murky in their intention and execution rather than their emotions.