Graffiti U
| Keith Urban
Graffiti U
Graffiti U is the tenth studio album by New Zealand-born Australian country music singer Keith Urban. It was released on 27 April 2018 via Hit Red and Capitol Records Nashville. The album was heavily influenced by experiences from Urban's youth, and includes the singles "Female", "Parallel Line", and "Coming Home" (featuring Julia Michaels). It has received mostly mixed reviews from critics. -Wikipedia
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Sounds Like Nashville
While slick production and Urban’s familiar vocals are heard on each song, Graffiti U pushes the singer’s music into new territory. Additionally, with three standout features by women on the project, Urban proves to be a champion of females just as his previous single “Female” showcased.
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Newsday
Pushing country’s boundaries again, but keeping his own intact
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Herald Standard
The 50-year-old songwriter, vocalist and guitarist follows the same blueprint of 2016’s “Ripcord” by crafting another diverse set of genre-bending arrangements offering up a heavy dosage of crossover appeal.
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Rolling Stone
Urban searches for crossover magic once again on Graffiti U, collaborating with a battalion of pop powerhouses including Ed Sheeran, Julia Michaels, Nate Ruess and Justin Tranter.
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Country Exclusive
Honestly, this is insanely, shockingly bad. It’s an album where I was actually repeatedly taken aback by how awful each song turned out to be, a record where I kept hoping for some sort of saving grace, any glimpse of the talented, passionate artist Keith Urban can be and indeed used to be.
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All Music
Gleaming bright and rolling easy, Graffiti U deliberately engages with the world as it exists in 2018, grounded in elastic EDM-inflected grooves, openhearted and socially aware, cognizant of tradition but focused on the future.
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Your Life In A Song
Just like graffiti itself, it’s bright, sometimes interesting but ultimately an eyesore and whist you can enjoy it for what it is it’ll be so much better when someone comes along with a can of white paint and makes it all clean again.
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Sputnik Music
Keith Urban's tenth studio album Graffiti U acts as the proverbial Anti-Christ, not casually defecating on country and pop music so much as dumping a truckload of manure on it.
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Lexgo
I'm interested in good music, and on "Graffiti U," Urban delivers, both in and out of genre.
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The Musical Hype
Graffiti U is an enjoyable album. Keith Urban doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but he keeps ‘country’ fresh and progressive, at least contextually. Is this a memorable affair for Urban? Eh. Keith has his moments.
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the music
Graffiti U feels at times like Keith Urban is trying to hard to be something he's not. He is great at country - and you can't fault his vocals, they are amazing - but his transition into other genres isn't always the most graceful.
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ROUGHSTOCK
There are corny lyrics here and there on Graffiti U and while not every song works, I still commend Keith Urban for having the guts to expand his sound and creativity and it should allow him to continue to be one of country music's A listers.
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Country Standard Time
Urban, who started his career as an electric guitar-slinging newcomer before becoming the heartthrob he is today, has always been a musical pop-ulist. But maybe never more so than with "Graffiti U."
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Stage Right Secrets
Urban doesn’t stray from the guitar slinging, honest artist that he always has been. For an artist who is always willing to take a risk, Urban goes above and beyond on Graffiti U.
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Thomas Bleach
This is definitely his most pop influenced record and the material proves that he is reaching towards a more commercial and arena ready sound so he can continue to comfortably sell out these venues.
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Renowned for Sound
Overall, Graffiti U feels like a confused compilation featuring many different genres as country, rap, dance rock, pop and even EDM.
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Plugged In
And so it is here, with praise for his wife, nods to the power of love, an anthem focused on female empowerment and even some allusions to God's role in creating us. Nice stuff.
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Unrated Magazine
This CD will leave you buoyant and invigorated.
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beat
Full of twists and turns, you’ll find yourself surprised by just how many layers there are to this album.
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The Peak
Honestly, I hoped for better. The album doesn’t open strongly, despite a feature from Julia Michaels; “Coming Home” has too much string-bending from the guitars to be truly pleasurable.
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