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Undefeated
Studio album by
Bobby Bare Jr.
ReleasedApril 15, 2014 (2014-04-15)
Genre
Length37:32
LabelBloodshot Records
ProducerBobby Bare Jr.
Bobby Bare Jr. chronology
A Storm A Tree My Mother's Head
(2010) 		Undefeated
(2014)

Undefeated is the fifth studio album by Nashville-based singer-songwriter Bobby Bare Jr. The album was released in 2014, four years after his previous album, and has elements from multiple genres "alternating between indie rock, dream pop, bluegrass and country".

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk9/10[2]
AllMusic[3]
American Songwriter[4]
Blurt[5]
Exclaim!7/10[6]
Mother Jonesfavorable[7]

Undefeated was met with highly positive reviews by critics. Multiple sources noted Bare's diverse and unique style on Undefeated and his previous albums, despite his father Bobby Bare having multiple country music hits, with Exclaim! writer Matthew McKean saying that Bare "wasn't content to hitch a ride with his Country Music Hall of Fame father or the Nashville royalty around whom he grew up". [6] Blurt Magazine writer John Moore gave the album 4 stars stating that "it’s simply confounding that Bare and his band aren’t as big as groups like Arcade Fire and My Morning Jacket". [5] Hal Horowitz from American Songwriter stated that "just when you think you have a sense of Bobby Bare Jr.’s style, he up and changes it", though still thought the record was "occasionally too scattershot". [4]

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Bobby Bare Jr. except where noted.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."North of Alabama by Mornin'" Bare, Matt Rowland4:07
2."If She Cared"  3:14
3."The Big Time"  3:43
4."Don't Wanna Know"  4:46
5."The Elegant Imposter" Bare, Rowland2:11
6."Undefeated"  4:50
7."My Baby Took My Baby Away"Bare, Hayes CarllBare, Hayes Carll3:12
8."Blame Everybody (But Yourself)"  3:15
9."As Forever Became Never Again"  3:51
10."Don't Stand At the Stove"  4:23
Total length:37:32

Personnel

  • Bobby Bare Jr - vocals, guitar, songwriting
  • Matt Rowland - keyboard
  • Doni Schroader - drums
  • Jordan Caress - bass
  • David Vandervelde - guitar, bass
  • Richie Kirkpatrick - guitar, bass
  • Michael Grimes - bass
  • Van Campbell - drums
  • Hayes Carll - songwriting

References

  1. ^ "Undefeated By Bobby Bare Jr". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. ^ Robson, Gregory. "Bobby Bare Jr. - Undefeated". AbsolutePunk at Internet Archive. Retrieved 11 April 2015.[dead link]
  3. ^ Deming, Mark. "Undefeated". Allmusic. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  4. ^ a b Horowitz, Hal. "Bobby Bare Jr.'s Young Criminal Starvation League: Undefeated". American Songwriter. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b Moore, John. "Bobby Bare Jr. – Undefeated". Blurt Magazine. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  6. ^ a b McKean, Matthew. "Bobby Bare Jr.'s Young Criminals Starvation League". Exclaim. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  7. ^ Young, Jon. "Music Review: "Undefeated" by Bobby Bare Jr.'s Young Criminals' Starvation League". Mother Jones. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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