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"Graffiti U" is the tenth studio album by by New Zealand-born Australian country music singer Keith Urban. It was released on 27 April 2018 by Capitol Nashville. The album was heavily influenced by experiences from Urban's youth.
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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.
The Australian country star touches on everything from reggae-country, Eighties dance-rock, lite-FM power ballads, and muscular Top 40 on an album that manages to interpolate melodies and riffs from both Merle Haggard and Coldplay. But despite his far-flung sound collision, Urban is still at his best when staying firmly within his wheelhouse, delivering several undeniable hits on the soul-leaning arena ballad "Parallel Line" and the party-starting country rave "Never Comin Down."
Urban deserves credit for refusing to rest on his laurels during the height of his arena-headlining mid-career, but on Graffiti U he ends up shining brightest in his well-worn comfort zones while struggling, perhaps for the first time, when he tries to break new sonic and lyrical ground.
Reviewed by Jonathan Bernstein for rollingstone.com.
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