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- Summary: The Grammy-award winning musician returns with a concept album about corruption in America.
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- Record Label: Nonesuch
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Roots Rock
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Positive: 14 out of 14
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Mixed: 0 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Sep 6, 2011The sound of the album is deliberately vibrant and varied.
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Sep 6, 2011The humour is often savage--a sprightly accordion heralds a story of damaged troops--but Cooder's aim is true. He's become a Woody Guthrie for our times.
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UncutSep 14, 2011In the transition from imitator to originator, the old boy has made one of his best albums ever. [Oct 2011, p.83]
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Sep 1, 2011This is about as good and sustained a riposte to the grubby, grabbing times we live in as any artist has mustered, which makes it essential listening.
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Sep 1, 2011Although Pull Up Some Dust... delves deep into both North and South American musical history and moves rapidly from style to style, there is scant scope for quibbling over Cooder's honesty or authenticity.
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Sep 27, 2011The famed slide guitarist and world music enthusiast releases his most incisive and sardonic political album.
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Oct 11, 2011Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down could have tremendous cathartic power for this who are aware of history and its knack for repeating itself. For those who are willing, this is a good place to start an education.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 6
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Mixed: 1 out of 6
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Negative: 2 out of 6
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Oct 22, 2011
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Oct 18, 2011
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Aug 7, 2012
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Oct 28, 2011While Cooder's skills as a musician are thrillingâ
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