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Rolling Stone (8/5/99, p.67) - 3 stars (out of 5) - "...this collection of the occasional songs [Loudon] occasionally composes for National Public Radio enjoys the advantage of his perpetual cleverness..."Entertainment Weekly (7/16/99, p.70) - "...unmatched facility for the dagger-sharp rhyme and the revealing anecdote..." - Rating: B-Q (8/99, p.115) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...Make 'em laugh must have been the instruction. He does, but he's better when delving into his own foibles and failings."CMJ (7/26/99, p.32) - "...SOCIAL STUDIES is your 'must have' of the week..."15.9596
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Entertainment Weekly (7/27/91) - B "...Musically, he's got an attractively light touch..."Q - 3 Stars - Good "...a surviving...thoughtful, sweet-voiced singer-songwriter...Pleasant and promising."14.75917
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Record Collector (magazine) (p.99) - "Attractive obscurity comes with a cover of Paul Siebal's 'Anyday Woman,' which adds up to an already varied and satisfying album."14.61083
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Rolling Stone (3/4/93, p.64) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...An intimate, painfully honest album...inspired...unforgettable..."Entertainment Weekly (1/7/93, p.124) - Ranked #5 in Entertainment Weekly's list of the Top 10 Albums Of 1992.Entertainment Weekly (11/20/92, p.90) - "..One of the strongest albums in this consummately witty, honest singer-songwriter's two-decade career...a small masterpiece.." - Rating: AMusician (2/93, p.89) - "...Wainwright's finest album in 22 years...[his] shining moment of personal introspection...tremendous..."Audio Magazine (3/93, p.86) - Sound: A- / Performance: A- - "...an intense and revealing ride....one of Loudon's best..."13.9788
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Rolling Stone (11/11/99, pp.134-6) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...If the singer's constant state of apocalyptic romantic swoon is a little suspicious, the earnest lyrics and lilting arrangements render any doubts churlish....his vocals fill every corner of the rococo salsafied space..."Entertainment Weekly (10/1/99, p.74) - "...making an exceedingly smooth, beguiling transition. The converstaional phrasing and subtleness of Anthony's beats give his swirling ballads purpose and direction..."11.80733
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Rolling Stone (11/11/99, pp.134-6) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...If the singer's constant state of apocalyptic romantic swoon is a little suspicious, the earnest lyrics and lilting arrangements render any doubts churlish....his vocals fill every corner of the rococo salsafied space..."Entertainment Weekly (10/1/99, p.74) - "...making an exceedingly smooth, beguiling transition. The converstaional phrasing and subtleness of Anthony's beats give his swirling ballads purpose and direction..."11.80733
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Entertainment Weekly (11/23/01, p.82) - "...Working his native idiom, Anthony sounds like an artist reborn...he's a force of nature..." - Rating: A-10.43631
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Magnet (p.108) - "What's most startling about SPIRITUAL UNITY, particularly given Ribot's aggressively interpretive aesthetic, is the sheer note-perfect reverence with which the quartet approaches Ayler's melodic lines."The Wire (p.63) - "[T]he instrumentation transforms Ayler's marching band melodies into raucous stomps....[It] works quite well over the long haul..."Down Beat (p.77) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "The musicians convey lucidity during these embryonic, harmonic-melodic structures interlaced with guts and glory."JazzTimes (pp.102-103) - "The nimble-fingered six-stringer is forever picking energetic, angular lines that weave a half-century's worth of jazz, rock, and whatsis into every measure."10.43631
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Down Beat (p.82) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Copland manages to be harmonically advanced, if not outright challenging, while remaining easily accessible to ears unaware or unconcerned with such things."10.43631
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Entertainment Weekly (11/23/01, p.82) - "...Working his native idiom, Anthony sounds like an artist reborn...he's a force of nature..." - Rating: A-10.43631
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JazzTimes (p.64) - "Copland's harmonic language still straddles the bitter and the sweet....Among the soloist's own compositions, 'Into the Silence' gives freest rein to Copland's sublimated anguish."10.43631
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Record Collector (magazine) (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The album] reveals Ellington's musical open-mindedness, as a cover of The Association's 'Along Comes Mary' nestles with John Sebastian's 'Younger Girl.'"10.43631
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Down Beat (p.74) - 4 stars out of 5 - "The tone and feel of BRAND NEW is serene and almost breezy..."JazzTimes (p.130) - "Without bass, drums or additional horns to thicken the stew, we can savor the tonal richness of each player, as well as their harmonious mix."10.43631
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Q (11/01, p.128) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...Skeletal solo jazz exploration, with Ribot and a barely functioning thrift-store electric guitar eccentrically reworking standards..."The Wire (10/01, p.74) - "...It distills the essence of his many playing contexts. It's as if he's dropped by to play whatever takes his fancy: it's that informal..."Down Beat (1/02, pp.73-4) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Another idiosyncratic take on classics, mainstream and otherwise...SAINTS has a certain folksy charm to it..."JazzTimes (12/01, pp.145-6) - "...Tremendously delicate music..."Mojo (Publisher) (1/02, p.71) - Included in Mojo's "Best Underground Albums of 2001".Mojo (Publisher) (11/01, p.118) - "...The whole album is something approaching bliss."10.43631
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