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Lifeline is a commanding, unjammy take on gospel-influenced rock, featuring his most spiritual singing since 2004's Grammy-winning collaboration with the Blind Boys of Alabama.
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Harper sounds hardly inspired even in a city like Paris, and his homage to past artists sounds like cheap imitation more than anything.
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They occasionally slip into derivative territory, Beggars Banquet-era Stones in particular, but strong solo material saves Lifeline near the end.
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There isn't a bad song on the record, but neither is there a particularly good one.
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Q MagazineHis most impressive feat is that the whole thing never once descends into Kravitz-sytle pastiche. [Dec 2007, p.116]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 16
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Mixed: 1 out of 16
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Negative: 3 out of 16
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Jun 27, 2011
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H3rmUSep 25, 2007
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DaiK.Sep 24, 2007