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Dec 10, 2014Perhaps an elitist view is that Cole is too high-brow for the masses, but six hundred pre-purchasers say differently, and fifty million Elvis fans can’t be wrong. Oh yes, oh no, Standards is one for the ages.
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Dec 10, 2014Standards, therefore, is gloriously, pertinently verbose, slurping like a horse from the wellspring of inspiration.
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Dec 10, 2014Standards finds Cole at a place of razor-sharp renewal. He uses the past unapologetically yet vitally, and delivers a record fans will find both irresistibly familiar and firmly of this moment in his career.
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Dec 10, 2014Cole has written a batch of terrific songs and turns in some of his most passionate and committed performances. The tunes are literate, often wickedly funny but remain laced with Cole’s smooth hang-dog vocals.
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Dec 10, 2014Throughout, he continues to challenge us in ways that demand attention.
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Dec 10, 2014There’s a confidence and flexibility to his disparate themes.