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Q MagazineOct 6, 2015Hopefully they'll focus on [their country roots] next time. [Nov 2015, p.104]
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Sep 3, 2015Ironically, these more daring forays emphasise the inoffensive blandness of some of the other tracks, but if the future holds more similarly brave experimentation then ZBB are on a fascinating career trajectory.
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Apr 28, 2015On their fourth LP, they bang out styles with such preposterous ease--Seventies Philly soul, old-timey gospel, Celtic folk, metal, reggae, jazz--they could incorporate as a single-band music-placement agency. If only they reached a little further.
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Apr 27, 2015For every song that issues a challenge, there are two that play nice.
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Entertainment WeeklyApr 27, 2015The album certainly proves that ZBB have range. But at some point, experimentation swerves into self-indulgence, and Brown mnever gets around to solving Jekyll's identity crisis. [1 May 2015, p.59]
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Apr 29, 2015The problem with Jekyll + Hyde is that, with a few exceptions, a listener equally unfamiliar with the band and its role in the Nashville music scene can barely hear the difference.
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Apr 27, 2015On one hand, some of experiments fall well outside Brown's songwriting wheelhouse, like the hideous seven-minute butt rock "Junkyard," or the vaguely offensive Caribbean-lite "Castaway." On the other hand, the album is a showcase for what's clearly a versatile group of musicians, and its strongest five-song stretch turns on a dime from pseudo-gospel with bagpipes ("Remedy") to pop-country ("Homegrown") to big band ("Mango Tree") to heavy K-Rock fodder featuring Chris Cornell ("Heavy Is the Head") to lilting country-folk ("Bittersweet").
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UncutAug 27, 2015[The cover of Jason Isbell's "Dress Blues"] is nevertheless the best thing on Jekyll + Hyde, which plunges to a wretched nadir on "Heavy Is the Head." [Oct 2015, p.73]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 21
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Mixed: 3 out of 21
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Negative: 5 out of 21
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