The Outsider
That Rodney Crowell has been on a creative roll of late is an understatement, and the third in a trilogy of introspective masterworks sees no decline in genius but an uptick in rockability. "The Outsider" is part self-examination and part social commentary, and Crowell doesn't always like what he sees
in either case. "The Obscenity Prayer (Give It to Me)" is a comment on a selfish society, and the title cut is a grooving slice of perfection. Crowell tosses off brilliant turns of phrase like nickels on the lilting "Beautiful Despair" and "Things That Go Bump in the Day." But he lightens up on the rave-up "Say You Love Me" and offers up a stirring cover of "Shelter From the Storm" with Emmylou Harris. The political rant "Don't Get Me Started" proves it's hard to make "Muslims and Kurds and Bedouin herds" sound poetic, but he gives it a hell of a shot.—Ray Waddell
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