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Glen Campbell - Meet Glen Campbell
| Ew | | Who knew the Foo Fighters' ''Times Like These'' could sound like...''Galveston''? Possibly only producer Julian Raymond, who here pairs country singer Glen Campbell, 72, with melancholy songs by rock icons ranging from John Lennon (''Grow Old With Me'') and Jackson Browne (''These Days'') to the Replacements (''Sadly Beautiful'') and U2 (''All I Want Is You'') on Meet Glen Campbell. The initially spectacular '60s orchestration eventually begins to wear, but the Wichita Lineman does imbue already good tracks like Tom Petty's ''Walls'' and Travis' ''Sing'' with a genuine sense of grandeur....full text |
| | Billboard | | There are more examples of cover albums gone wrong than gone right. Thankfully Glen Campbell's new set, which finds him ably putting his own twist on tunes from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Foo Fighters, U2, Green Day and John Lennon, among others, fits into the latter category. Producer Julian Raymond, who says he's been a Campbell fan since age 9, does a fine job bringing the songs to the artist's identifiable style rather than painting him into a difficult corner. "Meet Glen Campbell," indeed. Far and away, the best cut is the 72-year-old's romp through Green Day's "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)," which in his hands sounds as if it might be found on a greatest-hits collection. His handling of Petty's "Times Like These" and U2's "All I Want Is You" are among the other highlights. ...full text |
| | Allmusic | | No artist waits 40 years to introduce himself, so the title of Glen Campbell's 2008 album, Meet Glen Campbell, can be taken with a grain of salt -- unless it's seen as a way to introduce Campbell to a new, younger audience, which certainly seems to be the intention of this record, as it finds the countrypolitan crooner abandoning the bland professional songwriters he's relied upon in the '80s and '90s and turning to newer rock & rollers. That these younger rock & rollers include Tom Petty and Jackson Browne should give some indication that this isn't quite as daring a move as it may initially seem, even if Campbell does cover the Replacements here, but daring isn't the name of the game on Meet Glen Campbell and thankfully neither is irony, as this never succumbs to the cringing camp of Pat Boone singing metal....full text |
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