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Jan 18, 2011When all's said, Some Kind of Trouble is not a terrible record by any means, but there's little sense that Blunt has advanced--and equally little sense that it'll make any difference to his bottom line.
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Jan 18, 2011From the plinky, high-tuned acoustic guitar to the mindlessly skippy rhythm to the "whoa-oh-oh-ooh" chant, there's not a major element of "Stay the Night" that doesn't sound exactly like "Hey, Soul Sister." For some, that's a selling point; for others, a warning siren.
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Jan 14, 2011Some Kind of Trouble comes off as inert and oddly hollow; apart from the album's comparatively lively bookends.
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Jan 18, 2011Despite all the work put into his workmanlike pop, it ultimately comes off as agreeable, but not memorable.
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Jan 18, 2011When Blunt sticks to playing it safe, he offends the least. And whilst it seems contrived to applaud an artist for sticking to his zone, this man is an exceptional case.
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UncutJan 19, 2011Sadly, Blunt's warbling renders most of them unpalatable. [Jan 2011, p.83]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 25
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Mixed: 3 out of 25
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Negative: 6 out of 25
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