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Shut Down the Streets
2012 studio album by A. C. Newman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shut Down the Streets is the third solo studio album by Canadian musician A. C. Newman. It was released on October 9, 2012 via Last Gang/Matador Records. Production was handled by Colin Stewart.
The album was named a longlisted nominee for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize and a shortlisted nominee for the Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2014.
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Shut Down the Streets was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74 based on twenty-two reviews.[2] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 7 out of 10, based on nineteen reviews.[1]
Ryan Reed of Paste praised the album, claiming: "by opening up, by giving a glimpse into the heart behind those heart-stopping melodies, Newman's written his best songs in nearly a decade".[8] AllMusic's James Christopher Monger called the album "as accessible as it is rewarding, and as refreshingly idiosyncratic as it is revealing".[3] Tom Baker of DIY called it "a truly mature and well-rounded work, with a complete lack of pretension, and a lot of warmth and heart".[6] Carla Gillis of Now noted: "lyrically, he's still clever but also much more direct, and there's greater impact because of it".[7] Brendan Frank of Beats Per Minute found that the album "successfully infuses what could fly as an intimate acoustic set with contagious pop hooks".[4] Annie Bydlon Zaleski of The A.V. Club resumed: "Shut Down the Streets is worth getting over any bias, though: It's the rare adult album that isn't a self-indulgent bore".[11] Zachary Houle of PopMatters wrote: "Shut Down the Streets is not a record for the young--it is wisdom wrapped around the indelible songwriting skills of one of Canada's most distinctive musicians".[10] David Brusie of Under the Radar stated: "as is the case with all of Newman's work, there are plenty of surprises here, many of which reflect the surprises of the death and birth of loved ones".[12] Steven Hyden of Pitchfork wrote: "Newman's melodic gifts continue to serve the emotional core of his songs well, but he pulls his punches with opaque lyrics and too many wheelhouse-sticking power-pop cuts that keep Streets from achieving the impact it could have had".[9]
In his mixed review for Consequence, Justin Gerber concluded: "Shut Down the Streets is a strange beast and one that will fall victim to that option that destroys the album sequence as we know it: shuffle. Fortunately, the high points are so high that they warrant a listen, even a purchase of the record as a whole".[5]
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