FUSE
| Keith Urban
FUSE
Fuse is the eighth studio album by New Zealand-born Australian country music singer Keith Urban. It was released on 10 September 2013 via Hit Red and Capitol Records Nashville.[The album includes features from Miranda Lambert and Eric Church and has spawned six singles, four of which have topped the newly introduced US Billboard Country Airplaychart, making it his first album to produce four chart-topping singles. Upon its release, the album debuted atop both the US Billboard 200 and the Billboard's Top Country Albums charts, becoming Urban's fourth (non-consecutive) number one album on the latter. It received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics, who complimented the more diverse musical styles explored on the songs. - WIKIPEDIA
Critic Reviews
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BIG FROG 104
I love every song on this album.
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RollingStone
Urban here becomes an impressive twang-pop ambassador.
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ALL MUSIC
he's heard enough commercial pop to know what works.
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The New York Times
The words are working hard here, and the music is, too, but Mr. Urban is gliding through, barely quaking at all.
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popMATTERS
Fuse sounds basically like all of the past few albums but with less guitar fireworks, more drum machines, more “oh oh oh” backing vocals, slightly more generic choruses and verses.
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wrhi 107.1 FM
Keith’s methodical risks and ability to punch in the big chorus light a Fuse on this exciting new album.
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ROUGHSTOCK
All of the changes are just right, fitting into his signature sound while offering something new and creative at every turn.
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Taste of Country
It's an album that should put him back in the conversation for Entertainer of the Year considerations.
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Entertainment
The result is sonically exploratory (if overproduced), but Urban’s breezy, flirty lyrics are so dreadfully derivative that they undo his attempt at diversity.
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Student Life (Washington University in St Louis)
a great first dabble into country music for the pop fan as it has a lot of variety in sound and musical texture.
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Newsday
filled with plenty of pleasant surprises. The biggest one, though, is how high Urban raised his ambitions and then delivered impressively on them.
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Edmonton Journal
On Fuse, he conjures country-pop hooks like nobody’s business.
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arena
Fuse may be the tightest and most-cohesive album of Keith Urban's career.
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Iowa State Daily
This album will want you to get in the car and cruise with the windows down.
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AU.
So do yourself a favour: Don’t buy it. Don’t even think about buying it. If you want country, go listen to Alan Jackson or Brad Paisley.
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plugged in
"fun-loving, up-tempo country rockers and ballads that'll leave even stouthearted country fans with a tear in their eye—a very sweet thing indeed."
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THOMASBLEACH
He’s opening his comfort zone to new sounds and ideas which is just improving him as an artist and opening his fan base up wider.
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The Codie Prevost Diaries
“Fuse” is one of my favourite Country Music Album Releases this year. I recommend you check it out.
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Digital Journal
The album as a whole is great, and it's nice to see that while he may have tried some new things he didn't stray too far from what he's become known for.
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UPROXX
Keith Urban’s ‘Fuse’ marries country with other musical styles.
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sepctrum pulse
It's pop country, to be sure, but it's damn good pop country.
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Montreal Gazette
the album is mind-numbingly predictable arena pop-rock.
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Renowned for Sound
Original fans and newcomers will both get something they like out of Fuse.
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KICKIN 100.5
I love stories. And the new album 'FUSE' from Keith Urban has plenty of those.
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the charlatan
Fuse is a solid project that allows for experimentation and creativity that blossoms into something electrifying but not over the top.
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The Daily Reporter
I really wanted to love this album. But "Fuse" didn't impress me the way I hoped it would.
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Grand Central Magazine
“Fuse” is not the greatest thing Urban has ever made, and the only thing really different from his past material is the unneeded hip-hop qualities.
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Knights of Broadway
All in all, this is one of the most fascinating Country albums of our time.
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