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Rolling Stone (p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Rubin had an immaculate sense of how to frame Cash's voice -- these stark, mostly acoustic arrangements don't try to conceal the singer's ruined instrument but find authority in its quavers and crags."Rolling Stone (p.103) - Ranked #14 in Rolling Stone's "The Top 50 Albums Of 2006" -- "[T]here is a deep strength and dignity in his performances..."Spin (p.83) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The arrangements -- acoustic guitars, piano, harpsichord, a modest church organ, a small string section -- frame him impeccably."Entertainment Weekly (p.158) - "The man's spirituality...is everywhere....Completely representative of the faithful old man he had become, having long ago shed his outlaw image..." -- Grade: A-Q (p.109) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Full of humanity, declarations of eternal love and the prospect of heaven, it makes a dignified final addition to the American Recordings series."Q (p.124) - Ranked #22 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006" -- "A fine swansong."No Depression (p.104) - "The results are gorgeous, haunting. The moaning, tolling cellos that assist Cash down to his knees on the prayer 'Help Me', for example, transform this album opener into one of Cash's most moving performances ever."Mojo (Publisher) (p.89) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he dignity and sharp poetic instincts on AMERICAN V are classic Cash."19.57305
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Entertainment Weekly (3/7/97, p.67) - "...Industrial pretty boy/soundtrack architect Trent Reznor skillfully balances fresh salvos by Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, and the Smashing Pumpkins with...noir soundscapes....Even the most discerning listener won't be bored." - Rating: A16.77345
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Dirty Linen (p.47) - "[The] tracks find Nelson galloping over a considerable expanse of territory, from his country groundings and Cindy Walker Western-swing tributes to reggae, alt country/rock forays..."16.77345
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Living Blues (1-2/00, p.103) - "...wearing a cowboy suit and playing the country-rock typical of his Austin, Texas, home base. All the songs are Morgan originals..."No Depression (1-2/00, p.85) - "...LOST LOVE AND HIGHWAYS finds Morgan's group retooled to a lean 'n' mean trio, with frostback bassist John Penner and killer tub-thumper Chris Hunter....Bo Ramsey's brutally crisp production and atmospheric guitar overlays help drive this bad boy home..."13.60336
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Entertainment Weekly (p.69) - "[T]he adult-contemporary horse they're riding does have its charm, like the fist-pumping chorus of the title track or the joyous slide of Richie Sambora's guitar on 'Whole Lot of Leavin' Goin' On."13.49938
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Entertainment Weekly (p.69) - "[T]he adult-contemporary horse they're riding does have its charm, like the fist-pumping chorus of the title track or the joyous slide of Richie Sambora's guitar on 'Whole Lot of Leavin' Goin' On."13.49938
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Q (10/01, p.135) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Like Johnny Cash in a bad mood, he sounds gnarly and unshaven even when singing hardbitten love songs..."Mojo (Publisher) (10/01, p.110) - "...BB digs down to his Arkansas roots - and manages to get almost everything right. Amid slow, dark and sparse settings, his versatile growl tells stories ranging from schizophrenic to sexy..."12.31561
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Rolling Stone (p.80) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Phillips has made an album with a more vibrant and varied musical color scheme that, at its best, recalls a lost Crowded House album."12.31132
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Entertainment Weekly (p.161) - "With hazy hooks that land somewhere between RUBBER SOUL and NEW MORNING, along with dashes of Jimmy Webb and Nilsson..." -- Grade: BMojo (Publisher) (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The memorable melodies and yearning vocals are both uplifting and bittersweet."12.29132
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Q (2/02, p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...If, vocally, Van Morrison's name springs to mind, the music's warm retro feel also invokes much the same spirit as Ryan Adam's GOLD....reinforced by a dozen songs that range impressively from the rolling 'Back to Believing' to the steamy backyeards of 'La Habana'..."12.28257
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Rolling Stone (p.81) - 3 stars out of 5 - "There's not a dud among the dozen tracks, a testament to Merritt's talent as both a distinctive singer and writer."Spin (p.120) - "She can sound brand-new and busted-down in the same verse, and she sings like a guitar player." - Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly (p.123) - "Merritt's voice is a magical combination of cool reserve and effortless warmth..." - Grade: A-Uncut (p.109) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]he key lies in the expressive pull and dew-on-the-vine purity of her remarkable voice."Mojo (Publisher) (p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]his one finds her with a steelier determination in her country soul and an inclination to rock out that she's only previously hinted at."12.28257
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Rolling Stone (p.74) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The opener, 'Are You All right?' is one of her greatest songs ever, and exemplifies how powerful the new method can be....Williams remains a premier artist."Rolling Stone (p.110) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Top Albums of the Year 2007" -- "[T[he sound of one of rock's great songwriters getting her demons out, and still challenging her fans."Spin (p.89) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Producer Hal Willner weaves organ and violins through stunning vignettes like 'Rescue'..."Entertainment Weekly (p.75) - "Rock's best female singer easily veers from city-slicker-smooth alto sweetness to ravaged Louisianan drawl." -- Grade: AQ (p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Her musical backdrop is as sparse and dry as a desert highway, zeroing your focus in on that smoky, bruised voice and her lyrics, as tremendous as ever."Uncut (p.72) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Williams give rich voice to the complexities of middle-aged femininity....She's a great singer, with a searingly bluesy edge to her voice."CMJ (p.42) - "[T]he lyrics are uniformly poignant and poetic. The songs about misguided love are perhaps the most compelling."Q (Magazine) (p.73) - Ranked #45 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2007" -- "Here, loss, lust and longing combine in a dark, confessional world that resigns her peers to blithe imitation."12.28084
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Rolling Stone (p.114) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Top Albums of the Year 2007" -- "Country music with none of the modern trimmings....But it is big and rich in every other way."Entertainment Weekly (p.75) - "[T]his veritable Mount Rushmore mostly revisits forgotten country classics, making this a particularly tasty hall-of-famer hookup." -- Grade: B+Dirty Linen (p.49) - "Together, there's a certain fraternal bond and tight-knit chemistry that allows each artist enough space to shine individually as well as to collaborate freely as egoless peers."12.27998
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Entertainment Weekly (p.79) - "It's definitely one of those three-a.m.-of-the-soul affairs....The net effect is something close to that produced by Bob Dylan's '75 depresso classic BLOOD ON THE TRACKS." -- Grade: B-Uncut (p.108) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his is not easy listening, ye he's never made a more beautiful album....29 sucks the willing listener into the undertow of his private ocean."CMJ (p.4) - "His Americana-through-a-haze-of-alcohol spark is never lost among the string sections, piano twinkling and sleepy pedal steel."Mojo (Publisher) (p.92) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he overall mood is spare and reflective, with Adams playing mostly alone, on guitar and piano, and rarely sounding better..."12.27071
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Uncut (p.121) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[With an] observational style echoing the best hobo folk-blues of John Hammond....This is a dark journey into worlds peopled by the lost and damaged."Dirty Linen (p.53) - "Gauthier's vocals are unusually expressive....Every one of these songs haunts, touches the heart, and feels like an old friend."No Depression (p.94) - "[S]he wants us to know the people in her songs, intimately and on first listen....'Can't Find The Way' and 'Same Road' are instantly memorable."Q (Magazine) (p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Gauthier's unflinching lyrical vision and her attention to musical detail make this a dark, stomach-tightening experience."12.27071
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Spin - 3 stars out of 5 -- "This Texas-trained troubadour's recent Oscar win (for the CRAZY HEART theme) hasn't softened his cranky country-rock mindset..."Entertainment Weekly (p.73) - "Bingham's intricately detailed portraits of the wayward and lost are some of the best short stories you'll hear all year." -- Grade: A-Mojo (Publisher) (p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The production, by T Bone Burnett, comes sparse, with nary a guitar, mandolin or harmonica note being wasted."Uncut (magazine) (p.89) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n arrestingly simple record....T Bone's unfussy production is key, allowing Bingham's rusted voice to take stage centre."12.27071
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Spin (p.85) - "[E]mbellished with a bit more pop and politics, a convincing step beyond his promisingly earthy 2007 debut."Entertainment Weekly (p.62) - "[T]he 28-year-old breathes new life into alt-country clichs through the power of his weathered croon and his stiff-jangle arrangements." -- Grade: BBillboard (p.36) - "[T]here are some rousing Crowes-like moments, notably on the pulsing, explosive 'Change Is'; with its squalling slide guitars and Bingham's tequila-and-cigarettes-strafed vocals..."12.26508
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Rolling Stone (12/25/03, p.104) - Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2003"Rolling Stone (11/13/03, p.90) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...The best bullets here are like excerpts from a fantasy mix tape of classic glam and garage rock..."Spin (12/03, pp.124-6) - "...He swaps pedal-steel filigree for synthesizers, and everywhere the guitars are cranked, the sneakers set on stun..."Entertainment Weekly (11/7/03, pp.69-70) - "...In keeping with the alt-rock aesthetic, there is a primitive urgency to many of these tracks..." - Rating: BQ (01/01/04, p.75) - Ranked #46 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums of 2003"Q (12/03, p.121) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Adams is on fine, growly form on the uptempo 'This Is It'..."Magnet (2/04, p.90) - "[U]tterly fascinating..."CMJ (11/10/03, p.6) - "...This time, the alt-country ballads are nowhere to be seen, with Adams fully indulging his inner rock-star desires....with meaty hooks and distorted guitars that lurch from chord to chord, Adams growls out break-up and make-up anthems one right after the other..."Mojo (Publisher) (11/03, p.120) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Ostensibly straightahead, uncontentious music....Like his debut, it feels like Adams has unleashed himself, without fear..."12.25763
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Billboard (p.36) - "[A] mostly covers set that's characteristically well-crafted and creatively arranged from a pair of affecting originals to the personal stamp he puts on such traditionals as the swinging instrumental 'Garfield's Blackberry Blossom'..."12.25763
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Rolling Stone (p.79) - 3 stars out of 5 - "She and her impeccable three-piece band give her songs' meticulously recorded original versions a run for their money..."Uncut (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]he intensity builds relentlessly until, by the second disc, she's working overtime..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Sorrowful, fierce, heartbreaking and unhistrionic..."12.25212
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Spin (11/01, p.136) - 8 out of 10 - "...Williams codified country's mix of personal tragedy and communal spirituality. [His] songs have lived full lives of their own by now, and the best contributions here heed the music as well as the myth..."Entertainment Weekly (11/02/01, p.79) - "...Classy..." - Rating: AUncut (12/01, p.122) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...As tributes go, TIMELESS is pretty stellar..."No Depression (11-12/01, p.140) - "...A terrific collection..."12.24937
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Rolling Stone (4/17/03, p.103) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Pedal steel, harmonica and Wurlitzer flesh out her songs' gorgeous amalgams of country, blues and Southern rock..."Spin (5/03, p.109) - "...WORLD marks Williams' return to the painful sensuality of the specific....The closest Williams has come to that perfect, elusive sound she's always been after..." - Grade: AEntertainment Weekly (4/11/03, pp.75-76) - "...Looser, blowsier, and more what-the-hell? than anything she's done..." - Rating: AUncut (01/04, pp.84-7) - Ranked #19 in Uncut's "Albums Of The Year 2003"Uncut (5/03, pp.88-9) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...It's the most extraordinary smorgasbord of styles, moods, modes, a far more daring, jolting record than 2001's ESSENCE..."CMJ (04/07/03, p.8) - "...Williams' raw emotionalism and uncensored lyrics give listeners a direct window into her boozed and battered soul..."12.2301
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Rolling Stone (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Even the ballads bristle with force. As these thirteen songs rattle and rumble along, it's easy to miss their depth, their incisive mapping of the places where love, obsession and anger intersect."Rolling Stone (p.142) - Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "Costello's best full-on rock album since BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE..."Uncut (p.104) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]his is a strong and lusty country-punk album placing him in Tom Waits or Neil Young territory....He hasn't sounded this energized for years."Uncut (p.76) - Ranked #34 in Uncut's "Best New Albums of 2004" - "A strong country influence with lots of steel guitar..."CMJ (p.5) - "[I]t's done right....Elvis welcomes guest Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams to add the heartbreak you can only get from male/female vocal interplay."Mojo (Publisher) (p.62) - Ranked #41 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "A fun Costello album? You're looking at it."Mojo (Publisher) (p.97) - 5 stars out of 5 - "So: songs terrific, band sensational, and - big plus - Costello's voice late-developing way beyond that pinched whine into an instrument of substance and character."12.2301
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Entertainment Weekly (10/24/03, p.107) - "...Witty Everyman vignettes and irrestible melodies in diverse tempos and styles....It all adds up to a Texas-size sonic feast..." - Rating: A12.2301
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Entertainment Weekly (p.70) - "[T]heir commitment to fine songwriting has only strengthened, as proven by the brass-backed '5-22-02'..."Q (p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "While the power pop of 'Corvette' harks to rollicking times of yore, the desert haze shimmer of 'Gone' or tear-jerking 'Listen Joe' are no mere crumbs from the table."Magnet (p.96) - "'Corvette' is possibly the outfit's best song ever, while the title track and '5-22-02' are shimmering examples of melodic Smog-pop done right."No Depression (p.109) - "The title cut filters a typically fine Louris melody and winsome vocal through YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT style sonic disruptions..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.88) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Like past efforts, the new record reveals a strong fondness for '70s FM radio pop and dusky Americana."12.2301
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Uncut (p.100) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]he universal themes of tough love, outlaw tales and spiritual devotion seem drawn across parallel lines....It's remarkably good."Mojo (Publisher) (p.102) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[A]n affable affair, with Willie providing his nasal, agreeable, home-on-the-strange vocals while steel guitar and violins merge with reggae riddims to the rear."12.2301
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Uncut (p.100) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]he universal themes of tough love, outlaw tales and spiritual devotion seem drawn across parallel lines....It's remarkably good."Mojo (Publisher) (p.102) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[A]n affable affair, with Willie providing his nasal, agreeable, home-on-the-strange vocals while steel guitar and violins merge with reggae riddims to the rear."12.2301
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Rolling Stone (No. 984, p.148) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...[A]n unadulterated return to form..."12.2301
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Entertainment Weekly (9/28/01, pp.71-2) - "...This sprawling tour through American music...is like a dinner full of comfort food..." - Rating: B+Q (1/03, p.54) - Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever"Q (10/01, p.117) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Adam's freewheeling nature remains irresistible. He's a magpie, flitting between people, places and influences with equal enthusiasm..."CMJ (9/17/01, p.4) - "...Sparkles with its creator's shaky roots on the West Coast...with a slow, syrupy pace..."No Depression (9-10/01, pp.129-30) - "...These songs are filled with hot emotion....There are more hooks here than at a pirate's convention, and Adams' gift for melody is so strong it's almost scary..."Mojo (Publisher) (1/02, p.69) - Ranked #9 in Mojo's "Best [40] Albums of 2001".Mojo (Publisher) (10/01, p.114) - "...A beautiful trip..."12.2301
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Entertainment Weekly (No. 807, pp.77-8) - "[Certain] songs memorably capture the uneasy hope of some of the critically acclaimed show's central characters..." - Grade: BUncut (p.116) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[I]t's a country-loving, blues-supping cowboy's El Dorado..."12.2301
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Rolling Stone (12/25/03-1/8/04, p.122) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...[A] classy country-and-bluegrass benefit [that] avoids Nashville crassness in favor of an album suggesting O SANTA, WHERE ART THOU?..."Entertainment Weekly (12/19/03, p.74) - (12/19/03, p.74) - "...[This VERY SPECIAL collection] merits the name..." - Rating: B+12.2301
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Dirty Linen (p.64) - "Nelson's one of the best risk-taking artist that ever lived, and that will always be."12.2301
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Entertainment Weekly (No. 806, p.63) - "[T]he beauty of Gauthier's country noir lies in the humanity of her characters, and in the sweet yearning of her gruff Louisiana drawl." - Grade: B+Uncut (p.105) - 4 stars out of 5 - "While her songs have always been piercingly honest, here she's discovered a newfound universality and transcendence."Mojo (Publisher) (p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Gauthier really enters the bloodstream when she's muttering, bleak, quiet, slowed close to a dead stop and looking inwards to reach out."12.2301
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Rolling Stone (No. 984, p.148) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...[A]n unadulterated return to form..."12.2301
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Rolling Stone (No. 975, p.74) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "At its best, COLD ROSES lives between the twin blooms of the Rolling Stone's "Dead Flowers" and the Grateful Dead's AMERICAN BEAUTY..."Spin (pp.102-105) - "Adams' tune-smithing has never been sweeter." - Grade: B+Uncut (p.105) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[F]ull of encouraging hints the 30-year-old is feeling more comfortable in his own skin..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.102) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]he 18 songs here boast plenty of twanging harmonies and pedal steel whine, and the marked influence of his recent infatuation with the Grateful Dead."12.2301
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Rolling Stone (5/24/01, p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A strong collection of Wilco-like ballads and pop-ish midtempo musings on love, loss and life lessons....a nice farewell from a band that was at the forefront of today's alt-country scene..."Spin (6/01, p.152) - 8 out of 10 - "...A great Saturday-morning record. Its woozy fiddles, grainy acoustic-electric guitars, and pop-strong harmonies give you the courage to face the day armed with roots-rock fortune cookery..."Entertainment Weekly (5/25/01, pp.80-1) - "...Raspy, elegant, sleepy...Strings, horns, and even a stray loop, up the lonesome ante....They exited with a gem..." - Rating: B+Q (7/01, p.125) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Songs that breathe the same rarefied air as Ryan Adams solo material....bringing to mind such disparate references as The Band, Cole Porter, and even a Deep South take on the breezy Prefab Sprout. Underpinning everything is [his] honey-and-smoke voice..."CMJ (5/14/01, p.4) - "...Offers insight into the artistoc progression of Adams and violinist/vocalist Caitlin Cary...Unyielding in its variety, from AM-radio/late Fleetwood Mac...to smooth, Martin Denny castanets and classic Hollywood symphonies..."No Depression (5-6/01, pp.122-3) - "...A masterfully assembled and brilliantly played collection of songs that jumps genres gleefully..."12.2301
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Entertainment Weekly (p.79) - "[T]his collaboration with Ryan Adams is Nelson's finest in a decade. The sound is burly, surrounding his inimitable lilt with shuddering electric guitars." -- Grade: A-Q (p.138) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Adams's production gives a ghostly sheen to a set dominated by covers, purvyeing a swamp-blues sound."Q (p.117) - Ranked #73 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006."Dirty Linen (p.46) - "The production values are excellent -- tons of jagged-edged, howling guitars, wailing harmonicas, outlining piano chords and exploding bits of distortion..."No Depression (p.97) - "Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' takes on the majesty it deserves. The straight honky-tonk of Harlan Howard's ballad 'Yours Love' is also effective..."12.2301
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No Depression (pp.85-86) - "On 'Tarpit', the band strips away Dinosaur Jr.'s distorted guitars and shuddering volume to find a quavering acoustic folk tune."12.2301
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Rolling Stone (p.84) - "[A]s loud as a heartbeat in an empty room, reverberating with the firm, fluid confrontation of his bright-whisper vocals..."12.2301
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Spin (p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "You get deep-twang country rock, fuzzy new-wave pop, a little old-school mountain music, and a handful of acoustic emo-folk ballads."Entertainment Weekly (p.139) - "EASY TIGER keeps it simple: beguiling melodies, an ace band, and Adams' elastic tenor." -- Grade: A-Uncut (p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Adams appears more at ease in his own skin, soothing himself into these 13 songs rather than straining hard....EASY TIGER feels like a more assured follow-up to the countrified COLD ROSES."Alternative Press (p.178) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Adams often finds himself revisiting past glories on EASY TIGER....A rather pleasing listen..."CMJ (p.41) - "Backed by his trusty band, the Cardinals, Adams continues to touch hearts with woeful tales of love-gone-wrong."No Depression (p.92) - "'Two Hearts' is as catchy a piece of country-rock as a Flying Burrito Brother could have imagined, and the execution is flawless."Q (Magazine) (p.78) - Ranked #27 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2007" -- "[T]hese 14 compact, tuneful songs slip by with a deceptive, but pleasing ease."12.2301
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Uncut (p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "No country titan has straddled both sides of Nashville's musical divide quite like Nelson....[With] covers and three Willie originals..."Down Beat (p.81) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "He's at his best when ripping through twisted honky-tonk tunes like 'You Don't Think I'm Funny Anymore.'"Dirty Linen (pp.56-57) - "The reading of Kris Kristofferson's 'Moment of Forever' is particularly tender; 'Keep Me From Blowing Away' scores the platter's most heartfelt interpretation."Mojo (Publisher) (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[Nelson is] grizzled, weary-voiced and all the more relevant for his ability to make every song sound like an integral part of his life."The Word (magazine) - "The focus falls on two elements of Willie Nelson -- the intimate, crackling delivery and the lightness of touch -- and by force of his vividly constructed persona, both are magnified the older he gets."12.2301
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