This Land
| Gary Clark, Jr.
This Land
This Land is the third studio album by American blues rock musician Gary Clark Jr., and was released on February 22, 2019 by Warner Bros. Records.-Wikipedia
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Datebook
Gary Clark Jr. roams between future and past on ‘This Land’.
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Pitchfork
Leaning into both his songwriting and his studio experimentation, the Texas guitarist proves his eagerness to move beyond the confines of modern blues.
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The Current
This Land sets the table for the album but what follows isn't entirely full of vitriol or angst. . . . . the album is a clear step forward for Clark who now has one of the most respectable careers in making rock records but still maintains the status of an incredible live musician.
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Rock and Blues Muse
It isn’t about paying homage, it is about Mr. Clark the artist, having his say in this troubled time by bending the blues to fit what he is feeling. . . . It feels like an idea that is always moving, ever forward. Gary Clark Jr. Is taking us all there with him.
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Rolling Stone
Texas guitarist breaks free of the studio pitfalls that have sometimes held him back on an ambitious, fiery new album.
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Blues Rock Review
Will the listener enjoy what they hear on This Land? The answer is a resounding yes. Music is about connecting, it’s about feeling, and Clark makes the listener feel on this album. This Land features some of Clark’s strongest work to date. It’s an album with soul.
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The New York Times
On “This Land,” his third major-label studio album, his songwriting has caught up with his playing.
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Glide Magazine
Gary Clark Jr flourishes on studio LP career best "This Land". As evidenced by his latest album releases, Gary Clark Jr. applies a pragmatic approach to his recording career that belies his grand ambitions.
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Variety
“This Land” may be this season’s great white hope (in a manner of speaking) for a resurgence of classic album-oriented rock, but it’s also a first-rate soul record. And those things don’t have to be mutually exclusive.
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Chicago Sun Times Entertainment
On the title cut of his new album, “This Land,” blues rock Grammy winner Gary Clark Jr. paints a picture of America that might surprise many who hear it. Others will find it all too familiar. It’s a defiant song in which Clark gives free rein to his feelings about where we have come as a nation and how much further we have to go when it comes to racism.
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Newsday
Bottom Line A grand exploration of music – drawing from blues masters, Prince, reggae, hip-hop and even the Ramones.
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Under The Radar
With his new album, This Land, the great guitarist is trying to be more than a bluesman.
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Riff Magazine
On the Texan’s newest album, This Land, the guitar player stakes out territory in a number of genres—including hip-hop, funk, rock and pop.
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itunes Applre Music
In an effort to find some common ground, he reminds us why we came to his music in the first place: its soulful, spontaneous spirit. . . . And like any rousing punk anthem, it’s its own form of protest song: a thunderous, gritty alarm that dares you to sit still.
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Exclaim!
Gary Clark Jr. has already proven he's the guitar hero for the modern age, but now he's shown he's got the songwriting chops to match. This Land is a triumph for Clark and a quantum leap forward for the blues.
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Top Shelf Reggae
. . . This Land: a politically-charged masterpiece, encompassing virtually all genres of music as a mosaic does with small pieces of glass.
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Substream Magazine
From front-to-back, This Land is a true essential listen for listeners of all genres that want to hear a very talented musician at his absolute best.
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Albumism
This Land has plenty of the blues rock guitar for which Clark is famous. What's special about the album is how he seamlessly folds in different musical influences, managing to keep his guitar up front in the songs, while not overshadowing the music, and without compromising his recognizable sound.
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Spectrum Culture
Whatever music Clark draws from, and wherever he takes it, he’s claimed his territory, and those borders will only be pushing out.
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Austin 360
. . . “This Land” is a grand statement for Clark, a 16-track, 66-minute opus that builds upon his previous work but also rockets toward parts unknown. The classic blues that launched Clark out of the Antone’s community in his teenage years remains a foundation, but “This Land” is far broader in its ambitions.
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The Lawton Constitution
With his latest 16 track masterpiece, Clark’s ascends to the level of groundbreaking artists who've made albums that capture a moment better than a photograph.
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mxdwn Music
Clark succeeds at his biggest musical goal: to diversify his sound. ‘This Land” is an eerie blues/R & B/rock/hip-hop hybrid with a foot-stomping beat and synth bass behind Clark’s signature guitar fills, laced with biting lyrics describing the hate he’s experienced.
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Mixdown Magazine
His guitar playing, his sound and his style precede him – up to this point, you knew exactly what you were getting when you pressed play on one of his albums. That's set to change with This Land, Clark's upcoming fifth studio album, which sees the 34-year-old recalibrating and redefining his musical outlook by focusing in on his more niche, outside influences.
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Spill Magazine
. . . This Land is a stunning seventeen track release which, on top of traditional blues and pop, incorporates elements of rock, hip-hop, funk, punk, and reggae music; however it is when Clark seamlessly fuses pop and the blues together when he is at his most sophisticated and innovative.
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Amoeba Music
One of the greatest strengths of This Land is how Gary Clark Jr. manages to take on multiple genres over the course of its run time, taking what he needs and adding his own spin to genres as disparate as country-rock and dub.
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AllMusic
This Land is not an album many were expecting Gary Clark, Jr. to make when he burst into nationwide recognition at the start of the 2010s, and that's one of its greatest strengths -- it frequently upends expectations while confirming Clark's broad talent and imagination, and if this doesn't convince you he's a major artist, nothing will.
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No Depression
This Land is a watershed moment for Gary Clark Jr. It’s as much about what it’s like to be black in America in the era of Trump as it is revealing of the commonality we all share and the need to be a decent human being and a good neighbor.
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Relix
. . . This Land comes across as a cohesive statement that says, “Don’t even try to corner me.” As shy as Clark is in person, he’s a demon when the recording light is on.
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The Fire Note
“Guitar Man,” Gary Clark Jr. shows that he can do it all on his third major label album, This Land, from the traditional blues to rock & roll, pop, R&B, hip-hop and soul.
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Diandra Reviews It All
This Land is 100% percent one of Gary Clark Jr’s best albums, in part, because you feel his spirit. From his arrangements to his messages, he oozes with heart and hurt, . . . .
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THe AU Review
Even though he clearly has a passion for the raw aching blues tunes he manages to adapt his playing with contemporary elements and presents us with a skilled mix of genres on his third studio album This Land.
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DownBeat Reviews
On this lengthy, all-original program, Clark offers plenty of musings about interpersonal relationships, along with some commentary on the state of the world. Elements of blues, hard rock, r&b, soul, hip-hop, rockabilly, punk and other genres are part of this glorious smorgasbord of 15 songs (plus two bonus tracks).
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Vinyl Me Please
This Land is the culmination of his self-imposed boundary pushing; it’s Clark’s best album, a Prince album filtered through Texas prairies, the Stax songbook and Dirty South rap.
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The Pop Topic
Gary Clark Jr. makes a return with his third studio album This Land. A 16-track musical ride filled with soulful vocals and fiery guitar licks that will please fans both old and new.
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Pancakes and Whiskey
Its fresh and genre-defying sound makes it clear for anyone previously unaware: Clark is not only a fiercely dynamic guitarist and singer, but a multi-talented songwriter who could top the charts in any era and nearly every category.
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The 13th Floor
Gary Clark Jr is pissed off. And that anger serves as the driving force on his latest album…one that finds the Texas guitar-slinger focusing on songs rather than shredding.
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Tinnitist
While keeping one foot in the Texas blues he’s best known for, he continues to branch out and experiment with styles and sounds — thumping rock and noisy punk, bottom-heavy reggae and rich R&B, futuristic funk and groovy hip-hop, nostalgic neo-soul, rustic roots and more.
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Qrewcial
Clark's latest album is an exploration into Rock & Roll. What he finds at the other end is an honest, career-defining piece of art.
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Madhouse Magazine
I cannot recall an album in recent times, or any time for that matter, that is so diverse. The album is influenced by so many genres, that it cannot be classified and therefore forms its own genre.
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Huggington Post
Gary Clark Jr. Gets Angry And Blunt About Race Relations In ‘This Land’.
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