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Before These Crowded Streets

by Dave Matthews Band

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Overall Rating: 2.7346 Before These Crowded Streets is ranked overall as 2.7346 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.8500 Before These Crowded Streets has an avg. critic score of 2.8500 out of 4 stars

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Entertainment Weekly

Contrary to his image, music, and apparent fan base, Dave Matthews is not a chugalug mirth-meister. ...more

Rolling Stone

With the notable exception of its 1994 breakout single, "What Would You Say," Dave Matthews Band has always been more about sound than songs. This continues to be true on the group's propulsive new album,Before These Crowded Streets. ...more

Yahoo! Music

For the back cover photo of this latest Dave Matthews CD, band and leader dress in natty sport jackets and skinny black ties, as if they're a mid-'80s lounge act taking a break between sets of Billy Joel and Police covers. And in one way DMB are the ultimate cover band. ...more

Yahoo! Music

The Dave Matthews Band made their reputation through touring, spending endless nights on the road improvising. Often, their records hinted at the eclecticism and adventure inherent in those improvisation, but Before These Crowded Streets is the first album to fully capture that adventurous spirit. ...more

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The Dave Matthews Band are one of pop music's biggest stars and yet one of its unlikeliest stars. I say this because their latest album,Before These Crowded Streets, shows a band with good musical chops, imaginative arrangements, and an indifference...read the complete review at The Daily Vault Album Reviews

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The A.V. Club

Dave Matthews Band's jazzy, busy pop-rock is adored and reviled in equal measures: Some love the quirky voice and undeniable musicianship, while others find the Virginia group's songs to be alternately shrill and bland. The truth, of course, lies...read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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