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AMERICA - Here & Now
| LA Daily News | | America never truly went away. The duo, whose easy-listening hits "A Horse With No Name" and "Ventura Highway" are cornerstones of oldies radio, have released records occasionally since the '70s. This set features newly recorded live readings of their more familiar songs along with a dozen new tracks....full text |
| | Monsters and Critics | Though their voices have somewhat mellowed with age, it was good to hear both the old and the new of America.
When this two-disc set came across the reviewing desk, I thought that it was a “best of” album. On closer inspection I found that it was a little of something new and a little of something old (though newly recorded). ...full text |
| | PitchFork | | Getting the band back together is not a good idea. Late-career reunion albums long ago passed into the realm of Really Bad Idea, right up there with Jäger shots on New Year's. The past few years have seen serious stumbles from the Who, the Zombies, and Big Star, to name just a few of many dud attempts to revive the cult or popular brand and reclaim a little glory. The consistency with which these albums tarnish instead of burnish a band's legacy doesn't bode well for the Stooges, who've recently reformed for their first album since 1973....full text |
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