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  • Summary: Skylar Wilson helped coproduce Justin Townes Earle's Memphis soul-influenced fifth album.
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Well I woke up wondering where I sat just like I always do I-80 up ahead laid out like a lazy bitch on a Sunday afternoon We're 30 miles from... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 17 out of 24
  2. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Mar 16, 2012
    89
    With material like this, he may even find a way to add a chapter to the Great American Songbook.
  2. Uncut
    Apr 4, 2012
    80
    Nothings Gonna Change shimmers in spare arrangements, ghostly keyboards, textured horns, and, occasionally, a talking-style vocal style borrowed from Springsteen's Nebraska. [May 2012, p.72]
  3. Mar 30, 2012
    78
    Rich organ swells and muscular horn charts mark many of the 10 tracks, with a live, off-the-floor groove that levitates.
  4. Mar 16, 2012
    70
    Earle's tendency to wander might be more of a problem if the accompanying music wasn't so intimate and alluring.
  5. Mar 27, 2012
    70
    While the rest of Nothing's Gonna Change sometimes falls prey to sheer navel-gazing, overall it displays some clear signs of maturity in someone who remains more determined than ever to carry on his father's legacy.
  6. Mar 29, 2012
    60
    While it's true this album often feels like the listener is being asked to endure a personal confession without redemption as a reward that is also part of its hopefully deliberate, perverse charm.
  7. Mar 16, 2012
    40
    Only a handful of isolated moments convey the same attention to songcraft and the clear perspective that have made Earle's previous albums so captivating.

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  1. Sep 11, 2014
    10
    This is my favorite Justin Townes Earle album and it's not close. The first three songs pack such a punch, and the whole album has such grooveThis is my favorite Justin Townes Earle album and it's not close. The first three songs pack such a punch, and the whole album has such groove to it. I adore the addition of the horns. They really suit the songs well. This album is a mix of Memphis, Nashville and little New York. It was made for me. Expand