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Better Than Ezra - Before the Robots

Primary Artist
Better Than Ezra
Album Title
Before the Robots
Release Date
May 31, 2005 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
With the rather cryptically titled Before The Robots, Better Than Ezra settles down into a comfortable adult pop groove, no longer dabbling in the hip-hop and electronica that has surfaced on every album since 1997's How Does Your Garden Grownull In its place is a surprisingly soulful undercurrent that surfaces on such laid-back highlights as "Daylight" and "It's Only Natural." Instead of pointing Better Than Ezra in a new direction, these soulful pop tunes are used as accents on a collection of straight-ahead, anthemic, songwriter-driven rock. Read More