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's 1972 gives away the game in the first line of the first song, the exquisite title track, when he name-checks. The record is going back in time and it is going to have fun doing it. 's records have always been highly literate and highly musical, but they have never been fun like this, and make no mistake, 1972 is a fun record. Sounds as loose as a goose and the songs reflect that. Not always lyrically, as some of the songs touch on such non-fun subjects as loneliness, repression, and bitterness, but definitely musically. To that end, ' production is spot-on perfect - not an instrument is out of place and the whole record has a jaunty bounce and a lush dreaminess.

1972 is coated with sonic goodness: fluttering strings, piping horns, cotton-candy sweet flutes, funky percussion, handclaps, and great backing vocals. And find inspiration in all the right places: in the laid-back groove of, the California haze of, the dreamy melancholia of, the sexy groove of, and the wordy lilt of. The songs are the strongest batch has written yet.

'Love Vibration' is the hit single; it has everything a hit single needs: musical hooks, lyrical hooks, vocal hooks, a smoldering sax solo (optional), and a groovy video. Other songs that are sure to be in heavy rotation are 'James,' a funky ballad that shows off 's wonderful falsetto (as does 'Comeback Light Therapy') and takes time for that most elusive creature, a good flute solo; 'Under Your Charms,' a sultry, sensual ballad that takes a potentially squirm-inducing subject and actually does it right, -style; and 'Rise,' a beautifully orchestrated epic that ends the record on a perfect note. 1972 should vault to the forefront of intelligent pop alongside kindred spirits like and (of ). If you say you've heard a better adult pop record this year, you are lying. Initial pressings of the album came complete with a bonus DVD featuring the video for 'Love Vibration' and a short documentary about and his music.

The first 100 copies even came with autographed liner notes.

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Josh Rouse (born 1972 in Paxton, Nebraska) is an American / singer. From his first album, in 1998, he has won critical acclaim. Rouse lived in various places in Midwest America during his childhood due to his father's military career. Following his time at Austin Peay State University, he eventually settled down in Tennessee, where he met some local musicians and began recording. Signing to the Rykodisc subsidiary Slow River, in 1998, Rouse issued his debut album, Dressed Up Like Nebraska, to widespread critical acclaim; upon settling.