http://www.spin.com/blog/why-dont-i-...ut-keith-urban
[Spin Magazine reviews Urban's album and makes this LB reference, which I excerpted]:
The country star's new album outsold Prince to take the No. 1 spot on the charts -- but SPIN's David Marchese isn't impressed.
By David Marchese 04.08.09 7:53 AM
When Love came out three years ago, I remember having similar thoughts about the guy -- he's popular, why don't I care? I listened to the album. A few times. The songs were polished to an inhuman gloss. The lyrics were trite. The melodies were standard issue Nashville pop. Now and then there were some cool guitar licks.
But fundamentally, the music sounded like it was made by a dude who really dug the songs Lindsey Buckingham recorded for Fleetwood Mac, but didn't understand the things that made them cool. It wasn't long before I deleted the album from my hard drive.