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"This Land" is the third full length studio album by American blues rock musician Gary Clark Jr., and was released on February 22nd, 2019 by Warner Bros. Records.
This Land debuted at number six on the US Billboard 200 with 54,000 album-equivalent units, of which 51,000 were pure album sales.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 14 reviews, indicating "Universal acclaim ".
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Gary Clark Jr.'s new album lives up to the furious energy of his live shows, dragging a notoriously traditionalist genre into the new millennium. As Clark continues to alternate between studio and live albums, he strikes a balance on This Land that brings the 35-year-old Texan to new heights. Clark pulls no punches and wastes no notes across the album's 15 tracks, delving the most serious songwriting of his career.
The album's tracklist explores elements of punk, reggae, funk, R&B and hip-hop — but rather than bog down the record, Clark pulls them all together seamlessly. The production on This Land helps keep the embellishments in check — from Latin percussion to pitch-shifted samples, every sound finds a lane, melding but not muddling.
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.
Reviewed by Brandon Choghri for exclaim.ca.
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