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Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 16
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Mixed: 2 out of 16
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Negative: 1 out of 16
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RichardMar 9, 2007Pitch perfect Cooder with a story that needs retelling
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RainerSMar 19, 2007It's nice to see Ry Cooder return to the Purple Valley, albeit with a little less pizzazz. People denouncing Buddy as cutesy should take a refresher course in humor and remember that it never hurts to put your tongue in your cheek once in a while (mind you, not all the time). And if you still think it's that bad, you can always tune out the lyrics. The music can hold its own any day.
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JasonKMar 26, 2007
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ALBERTHMar 11, 2007Cartoon perfect.
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peterhMar 12, 2007Fantastic record it´s been a long wait
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MickTMar 28, 2007
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It adds up to a light-hearted, sometimes poignant elegy for the American working man and his music.
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Musically, Cooder employs the pitch-perfect instrumentation that he's famous for.
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Although serious themes are threaded throughout, it's light compared with Cooder's last work, the "Chavez Ravine" account of cultural displacement, politics and baseball. Maybe for that very reason, this is a better listen.