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...album has some of the band’s greatest triumphs. “AT&T” is one of Malkmus’ best love songs. “Half a Canyon” is terrifying in its drive. “Grounded,” a ballad about a dentist, is still chilling a decade later. “Kennel District” is the best song that second-in-command “Spiral Stairs” Scott Kannberg ever wrote. The list goes on.That’s all well and good, of course...
...hits, a number so high that it loses meaning. Luckily, there's a track on the old Texan's new album that illuminates his commercial genius. Why Can't I Leave Her Alone starts out as your basic country stalking song, but with the melody of a rock power ballad. Strait's vocals swing from flash-free, honky-tonk lows to top-of-his-range, quavering highs. Then the song gets funny--"I've wrote her letters signed I was a fool/ She wrote me back saying go find a stool/ And driiiiiiiiink one"--and Strait laughs and cries...
...folk singer as politician? That's Bob, seducing voters with anthems of moral counterrevolution. (His big hit: an anti-Dylan ballad, The Times Are Changin' Back.) Perfecting the notion of the dimple as a policy statement, Bob may win high office--if the electorate doesn't wise up to his real agenda and if Bob can stay alive. Writer-star Robbins offers mordant comedy beneath the Kumbaya melodies...
...showcases (or maybe invents) the conscious side of Diddy, enhanced by the ever-insightful rhymes of Nas. Diddy also highlights his vulnerabilities on several tracks, such as “Last Night.” In this duet with Keyshia Cole, Diddy makes his singing debut with a tender ballad. It’s crass, but also effective...
Similarities with Blunt’s other chart-topping ballad “You’re Beautiful”—also from his debut album “Back to Bedlam”—leave us wondering if he’s ever happy. Dark lighting, whining lyrics, sparse décor, and the hopelessness of his message are—bluntly—depressing...