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MojoNov 7, 2014He's rarely sounded better. [Nov 2014, p.98]
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Sep 29, 2014The hooks are restrained, yet Mellencamp never loses sight of melodies and his fine song sense. Unsettled and disconsolate, these songs fittingly reflect their time.
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Entertainment WeeklySep 29, 2014His self-produced 22nd release is less fussily arranged, which lets Plain's simple tunes unfold breezily and organically. [3 Oct 2014, p.69]
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Classic Rock MagazineDec 17, 2014If the music's a bit uniform, it'd sound great scoring a scene in Sons of Anarchy. [Nov 2014, p.91]
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Sep 30, 2014If his bitterness is unavoidable in the lyrics or in his voice, his music softens his bite, turning these tunes into melancholy laments instead of invective, so there winds up being a bit of a needed cushion to Mellencamp's straight talk on Plain Spoken.
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Sep 29, 2014He’s never inhabited traditional folk and blues-imbued settings as personally as on his 22nd album.