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- Record Label: Thirty Tigers
- Release Date: Jun 16, 2017
- Summary: The sixth full-length solo studio release (and third credited with the 400 Unit) for the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter was produced by Dave Cobb.
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- Record Label: Thirty Tigers
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 14
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Mixed: 1 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Jun 16, 2017His new record The Nashville Sound, his first with the 400 Unit since 2011’s Here We Rest, is triumphant in its topical resonance, but draws influence from the timelessness of lyrical curiosity. Whether delivering heart-wrenching lines on the crumbling of the American Dream, or the crumbling of a relationship, each is given an equal shake, and that makes his songs unreasonably powerful.
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UncutJun 12, 2017The Nashville Sound sees Isbell swaggering confidently along the rockier edge of his range--as usual--he's at his best on the reflective ballads. [Jul 2017, p.32]
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Jun 13, 2017The Nashville Sound is another triumph in his incredible hot streak.
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Jun 12, 2017His strength is his honesty. He couches his anxieties in simple but poetic language as his band find the sweet spot between country and rock. [Jul 2017, p.90]
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Jun 14, 2017There’s nothing particularly Nashville about Jason Isbell’s new album--no cowboy hats or keening steel guitars--but it does possess, in spades, the kind of blue-collar concerns that have traditionally furnished country music’s backbone.
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Jun 14, 2017Though he tackles politics ("White Man's World," "Hope the High Road"), mental health ("Anxiety" and "Chaos and Clothes") and other highly present concerns, the overall effect is slightly more timely than timeless. Perhaps it's unfair, though, to hold Isbell to his own lofty standards. Compared to those of his contemporaries, these songs are still miles ahead.
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Jun 12, 2017The Nashville Sound isn't a bad record by any estimation, but there are flat moments.
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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