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- Summary: The Raconteurs band member releases his fourth solo album produced by Gil Norton.
- Record Label: ATO
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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| You Made a Fool Out of Me | |
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| I left my happy home I took off down the road I tried to hold my tongue I've never felt so dumb There's only so much I can take When you point out my... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 13 out of 21
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Mixed: 8 out of 21
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My Old, Familiar Friend is one warm power-pop bath ?after another, a cornucopia of oceanfront harmonies, plunky keys, and psychedelic marginalia.
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Brendan Benson expertly assembles pop music using the manual.
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My Old, Familiar Friend isn’t afraid to show itself as exactly what it is: A classic pop record from an artist who has seen many sides of the spectrum and stays true to the melodies which carry him through his life.
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Benson's fourth solo jam is his first since the Raconteurs introduced him to the masses, which means now everybody gets to play catch-up with his skewed acumen for classic power pop in the Seventies AM-gold mode of Wings and ELO.
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Even at its stuffiest, Friend is a power-pop record that never skimps on the power.
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The Michigan singer-songwriter is now best known for providing the Raconteurs with tunes and his fourth solo album adds a splash of their heaviness to his trademark Beatles-indebted pop.
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Under The RadarWhen Benson's good he's great, but when he's only average--as he is throughout the better part of this disc--he's barely distinguishable from any number of '70s-inspired songwriters. [Fall 2009, p.61]
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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CarlO.Sep 25, 2009
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RyanS.Aug 21, 2009
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TonyMAug 24, 2009Stands up well against lapalco and alternative to love, any justice this album will make Benson better known for his solo work.
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CodyTFeb 2, 2010
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