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BEN KWELLER "Ben Kweller" Reviews
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AZRating: 7.4
Users rating: 9.5 |
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Release: 19 Sep 2006
Label: Red Int / Red Ink
Genre: Rock
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| E!Online |
Rating: 8.4 |
While a handful of the songs sound derivative, it's hard to resist the tambourine-enhanced exuberance of standout cuts like "Penny on the Train Track" and "I Gotta Move."
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| Dotmusic |
Rating: 8.0 |
Drawing inspiration from 1970s, blue-collar, one-o'-the-guys US singer-songwriters such as Springsteen, Petty, Seger and Mellencamp, "Ben Kweller" ripples with melodic muscle and big sounds. It's not only in the allusive title that opening cut "Run" calls to mind "Born To Run" - it's also in the choppy, uplifting xylophone and piano riffs and lyrics about teen dreams and leaving town.
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| Drowned in sound |
Rating: 7.0 |
Ben Kweller is anything other than a beautiful, touching collection of songs, and one which marks an important rite of passage in one man's career, even if it doesn't always feel like his best work.
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| RollingStone |
Rating: 6.0 |
All in all a sweet little batch of songs, but not the great record Kweller may have in him.
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Users comments
| AmericanLife |
Rating: 9.0 |
Deifnitly up there. Ben has had his ups and downs but his music has never skyrocketed this high and to this great of sound |
| Dr. Love |
Rating: 9.0 |
I love this album. Kweller made awesome progress with " Sundress", "Run", "Magic" and " this is war. The sound is great, espeshily sence he played all the instruments. Nice job Ben. |
| Noname |
Rating: 9.0 |
BK makes his mark with everyone of his albums up to date. He's consistent in so many ways when it comes to his music. This was another great album and I can't wait for another one. |
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