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- Before The Robots
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Better Than Ezra
Released 2005

Daylight
03:54
9,743 plays

Ameican Dream
03:39
9,281 plays

A Southern Thing
04:02
9,148 plays

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- 1
- Burned
- 03:41
- 11,005 plays

- 2
- Daylight
- 03:54
- 9,743 plays

- 3
- A Lifetime
- 03:27
- 19,626 plays

- 4
- It's Only Natural
- 04:16
- 7,561 plays

- 5
- Overcome
- 05:22
- 8,661 plays

- 6
- Special
- 04:03
- 7,832 plays

- 7
- Ameican Dream
- 03:39
- 9,281 plays

- 8
- Our Last Night
- 04:12
- 19,454 plays

- 9
- A Southern Thing
- 04:02
- 9,148 plays

- 10
- Juicy
- 03:53
- 41,656 plays

- 11
- Hollow
- 03:30
- 8,673 plays

- 12
- Our Finest Year
- 04:21
- 8,702 plays

- 13
- Breathless
- 03:35
- 17,993 plays

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album review

With the rather cryptically titled Before the Robots, Better Than Ezra settles down into a comfortable adult pop groove, no longer dabbling in the hip-hop and electronica that has surfaced on every album since 1997's How Does Your Garden Grow? In its place is a surprisingly soulful undercurrent that surfaces on such laid-back highlights as "Daylight" and "It's Only Natural." Instead of pointing Better Than Ezra in a new direction, these soulful pop tunes are used as accents on a collection of straight-ahead, anthemic, songwriter-driven rock. While there are still some snarls of electric guitars, Before the Robots is largely a meditative work, built on acoustic guitars; even when it hits hard and gets loud, it's with layers of vocal harmonies, keyboards, and guitars creating a rush of sound, emphasizing the emotional thrust of songwriter Kevin Griffin's songs. There are some light moments here -- including the supremely silly but infectious "Juicy," where Griffin struts a rarely heard falsetto over a funky vamp -- but the overall tone of the record drives from the melancholy, vaguely nostalgic vibe of such songs as "A Lifetime," "American Dream," and "Our Finest Year." These reflective sentiments add weight to Better Than Ezra's earnest rock, and help make Before the Robots one of the group's sturdiest, most satisfying albums. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide