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- Summary: The fourth full-length release for the outlaw country artist was recorded in Michigan with Bobby Emmett, Chuck Bartels, Miles Miller, and John Hill.
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- Record Label: Elektra
- Genre(s): Country, Folk, Americana, Pop/Rock, Contemporary Country, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Outlaw Country
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Positive: 14 out of 16
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Mixed: 2 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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Sep 26, 2019He isn’t the first musician to throw his label a curveball while protesting about the pressures of fame and the grim nature of the music business. That said, it’s hard to think of anyone else who’s done it by making an album as gripping and enjoyable as this.
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Sep 27, 2019Distortion-saturated guitars, synthesizers squealing like tea kettles and tribal drums give country tradition a swift kick in the back side. This carnage doesn’t belong to a genre, it’s more like a feeling: Side 2 of Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s “Rust Never Sleeps,” ZZ Top demos after three cases of Tequila in a Texas roadhouse, a hurricane.
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MojoSep 26, 2019The album's schizoid ruse is neatly summed-up by Make Art Not Friends, which makes its wondrous metamorphosis from lithe dance track to all-American rocker in just under six minutes. [Nov 2019, p.86]
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Oct 1, 2019SOUND & FURY is miles down the road from any of his previous albums.
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Oct 3, 2019The tightest tunes here tend to be the mid-tempo ones, or the ones with the cleanest production.
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Sep 26, 2019When Simpson does sing, much of what he has to say is similarly self-referential. He’s angstier than ever on Sound and Fury, plagued by his public platform, preoccupied with the way he’s been misunderstood and boxed in by an unforgiving music industry. Simpson sells such discontent with a fury that makes it seem as though he’s the first rockstar who’s ever had to deal with such problems.
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Sep 26, 2019The record gets better when the sci-fi murk lifts and a song comes into focus, which happens more often on the second half, when Simpson relaxes enough to offer up a bit of good ZZ Top funk ("Best Clockmaker on Mars") and a blues shuffle ("Mercury in Retrograde"). But songs aren't the point of Sound & Fury. As the title makes plain, it's all about the sound and fury, noise that grabs hard and eventually softens its grip.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 19
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Mixed: 0 out of 19
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Negative: 0 out of 19
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Oct 2, 2019This album is uniquely exciting. The best album to come out so far this year.
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Sep 30, 2019
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Sep 27, 2019
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Oct 10, 2019This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jul 18, 2020
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Sep 27, 2019This album shreds. It's a big fuzzy wall of sound full of great licks and great lyrics. Another masterpiece from Sturgill.
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Oct 2, 2019No matter which genre he decides to pull from, the songwriting remains solid as ever.
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