Rolling Stone’s Joe Levy devotes this week’s entire new-release analysis to Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals’ latest LP, Lifeline (read the text review here), focusing on the album’s classic recording technique (it was made the old-fashioned way, White Stripes-style) and resemblance to Tom Petty’s oeuvre. Do the album’s mediocre lyrics take away from its overall power? Watch Levy’s review, with clips from the video for “In the Colors,” for his “buy, download or skip” recommendation.
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