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"Kids In The Street" is the sixth studio album by American musician Justin Townes Earle. It was released May 26, 2017 through New West Records.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 6 reviews, indicating "Universal acclaim".
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Kids in the Street, Earle is in more subdued form, with a lower volume and more careful tempi, but this material truly confirms that he just keeps growing and improving as a songwriter. "Same Old Stagolee" is a smart and absorbing rewrite of the old folk tale, the title track artfully balances nostalgia and regret, and "Faded Valentine" and "There Go a Fool" are marvelous sketches of love and lovers gone wrong, Earle's favorite theme. As a vocalist, Earle is short on histrionics but he knows how to make his lyrics communicate, and he sounds as good as ever on these sessions, carefully shaping these tales with smart, subtle phrasing. Kids in the Street doesn't sound or feel like a masterpiece, but it does suggest Earle was aiming higher than expected for this album, and he hit the target -- this is among his very best work to date. --- AllMusic Review by Mark Deming
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