50 Best Albums of 2013: Keith Urban, 'Fuse'

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Keith Urban, 'Fuse'

Courtesy of Capitol Nashville

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The amiable country dude's latest is called Fuse for a reason — only Taylor Swift has done so well synergizing dance-pop drive and countrypolitan pump. Urban yokes Eighties guitar flash and Euro beats to tight-crafted Nashville songs about cars and girls and girls in cars — classic images given a fresh polish.