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RHETT MILLER "The Believer" Reviews
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Release: 28 Feb 2006
Label: Verve Forecast
Genre: Jazz, Rock
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| Silent Urpoar |
Rating: 8.4 |
Miller has more than displayed his ability to function and succeed both in and out of a collective band setting.
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| AV Club |
Rating: 8.3 |
the first couple of spins through his overly fussy new solo album The Believer won't do much to quiet fears that at best, he's streaky. Given time, though, The Believer blooms.
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| Lost At Sea magazine |
Rating: 7.5 |
The Believer is a strong and enormous (hee!) album about sex.
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| LA Daily News |
Rating: 7.5 |
The disc is rowdier than Miller's 2002 poppy "The Instigator," but the rave-ups seem a tad forced, lacking the firepower that the band would bring to the music.
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| Bullz-eye |
Rating: 7.0 |
All-star cast aside, The Believer is still about Rhett Miller, his guitar, and his songs.
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| RollingStone |
Rating: 7.0 |
Miller's second solo album, recorded while the 97's are on hiatus, doesn't unveil any new tricks, but like 2002's The Instigator, it's full of gracefully rocking arrangements and ace tunes.
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| MAXIM |
Rating: 7.0 |
Even when the songs veer ordinary, Miller sounds committed enough to justify the album’s title.
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| Treble |
Rating: 7.0 |
The Believer is an album filled with music by which to fall in love. The gorgeous Beatlesque melodies of "Meteor Shower" and "Brand New Way" could lead any casual fling to a serious relationship if included on a mix CD.
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| E!Online |
Rating: 6.7 |
Believer or not, we still wish the guy well.
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| Aversion |
Rating: 6.0 |
The Believer has some real gems ("Talking to you girl, is like long division"), but there is also an equal number of predictability: "Love gets you in the gut / Takes the top off of your head and makes you wish that you were dead."
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| PrefixMag |
Rating: 6.0 |
Miller didn't appear concerned then, and he doesn't now on his second solo effort, The Believer.
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| CokeMachineGlow |
Rating: 5.9 |
After Drag It Up, their dismal last offering, The Believer is another sign pointing to what may be the wreck of the Old 97s.
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| Popmatters |
Rating: 5.0 |
The Believer would never have been as fun as an Old 97s record, but even if recorded just on a 4-track, this album could really be something.
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| NOW Magazine |
Rating: 4.0 |
Miller's compositions are typically well crafted and slightly artier than what you'd hear on, say, a Josh Groban disc, but this isn't too far off that sort of pouty boy bellowing.
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| InsidePulse |
Rating: 3.5 |
For your sorta hip mom on mother's day.
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