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JOHN MELLENCAMP "Freedom's Road" Reviews
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AZRating: 7.1
Users rating: 9.0 |
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Release: 23 Jan 2007
Label: Universal Republic
Genre: Pop, Metal
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| Entertainment Weekly |
Rating: 8.7 |
The sound of Freedom's Road promisingly looks to the '60s, with bright electric guitars conjuring the Byrds and the Stones, often mixing folkie strum, country fiddle, and R&B/gospel organ in a musical vision of racial idealism.
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| Sputnikmusic.com |
Rating: 8.0 |
John Mellencamp's most focused work in well over a decade, Freedom's Road is a rock n roll blast of idealism from the heart of the midwest. Troubled songs for troubled times it hits the sweet spot between hope and hardship and delivers the goods true.
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| Blogcritics |
Rating: 7.0 |
Freedom’s Road is the soundtrack for the beliefs of the post 9-11 counterculture, and is a stark tribute to the true meanings of freedom and the road we must walk to reach it.
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| Popmatters |
Rating: 6.0 |
Freedom’s Road isn’t Mellencamp trying to be popular, but a return to him being populist. And even if he lyrically misfires here and there, at least his aim is true.
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| StylusMagazine |
Rating: 5.8 |
Freedom’s Road mostly sounds like it was made with a generic Mellencamp album generator. Maybe these days he should stick more to his painting, where his passion clearly lies.
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Users comments
| Terry Riestra |
Rating: 8.0 |
Hey we are all aging, I am aging with the greatest John Mellencamp......Love the old stuff but I will always welcome the new........Love you, John Fan admirer since 1981. |
| Cindy English |
Rating: 10.0 |
John hits the mark, from the hauntings of Rural Route to his statement of Ghost Towns Along The Highway. Don't be fooled by the overplay of "Our Country". The rest of the album shouldn't be missed! |
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