Riser
| Dierks Bentley
Riser
Riser is the seventh studio album by American country music singer Dierks Bentley. It was released on February 25, 2014, by Capitol Nashville, and debuted at number 6 on the Billboard 200, becoming his seventh top ten album. The album was nominated for Best Country Album at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. - Wikipedia
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Boston Globe
Those elements [musicianship, emotional integrity, and hard work] again make themselves known on his stirring seventh album, Riser.
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American Songwriter
There are moments of levity on Riser, like the fratboy-ish “Pretty Girls” and “Drunk on a Plane,” but those songs betray what works so well everywhere else on the record.
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AllMusic
It's a sturdy, often absorbing record from a singer who is determined to be in it for the long haul.
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PopMatters
A stripped down version of this overwrought and over-weighted album could have provided a way out of Nashville's doldrums.
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The New York Times
He’s deliberate in his choice of songwriters, including Shane McAnally and Josh Kear, who provide some of the better songs on this hit-or-miss album.
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Rolling Stone
Bentley can’t quite get away from his inner bro.
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USA Today
Bentley bares his soul in meditations on love and loss, death and rebirth.
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The Daily Country
Riser is an unhurried record that will be undoubtedly be appreciated by anyone who likes lyric driven country music. It's perfect.
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Cryptic Rock
With Riser, Bentley gives us a record that is unabashedly country in all the ways that truly matter – lyrics, emotion, depth and feeling.
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Taste of Country
Over and over again on ‘Riser,’ Bentley and producer Ross Copperman create a unique orchestra to back his poems.
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Kurrent Music
Bentley wraps up a package that isn’t polished, but it’s full of an authenticity that should bring him more pride than any chart or sales statistic. Riser more than proves that a little bit of soul-searching can go a long way.
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Renowned for Sound
Definitely recommended for current and future fans of Bentley, as well as hardcore country music listeners.
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