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Alejandro Escovedo kicks up some serious rock and roll dust on Street Songs of Love, a set that reaffirms that this Texan is one of the most underrated singer/songwriters of his time. As with 2008’s Real Animal, Street Songs of Love was produced by Tony Visconti (David Bowie, U2), co-written with Chuck Prophet and alternates between crunching no-frills rock and roll guitar power and sap-free power ballads, a current of classic R&B hovering just beneath the surface. Working with his trio The Sensitive Boys, Escovedo offers up a baker’s-dozen of meditations on the ins, outs, ups and downs of love...