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- Summary: The fourth full-length studio release from the North Carolina-based indie folk singer-songwriter features arrangements and production by Ben Babbitt, Jherek Bischoff, and John Congelton.
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- Record Label: Jagjaguwar
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 27 out of 28
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Mixed: 1 out of 28
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Negative: 0 out of 28
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Oct 29, 2019Olsen, her arrangers and producer (The Paper Chase‘s John Congleton) have created an album that simply bulges with perfection and timeless songs.
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Oct 2, 2019All Mirrors is a successful example of how being bold and staying true to yourself pays off. Undeniably, this is Olsen’s most cohesive, self-aware, and searing album to date, and the era of Olsen is far from finished.
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Oct 15, 2019Olsen has created an undeniable stunner that should go down as one of the strongest folk albums of the year.
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Oct 4, 2019Olsen suggests that nihilism and optimism are closer than you think, that what feels like knowing yourself is almost always revealed as delusion. On All Mirrors, she glories in that tumult, and the sparks that fly illuminate her bravura turn.
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Oct 4, 2019There is a true communion with the brimmed-over melodies and rhythms, but a desperation that seems to know solemn silence isn’t what’s left over. Often, the listen feels like an impossible reprieve in a crumbling structure, with a rich echo helping to sell you on your own resolve. Not unlike love itself, it is a riveting, wrenching, and absurdly rewarding experience.
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Oct 3, 2019The result is a record as expansive as it is overwhelming.
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Oct 7, 2019Even though these arrangements are not gratuitous, and All Mirrors is beautifully wrought, it never quite devastates. More weirdness would have helped, and less default goth-pop. Strangely, Olsen’s voice gets a bit lost in the mix, a little too ill-defined, atmospheric and understated to stand up to the operatics surrounding her.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 53 out of 58
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Mixed: 3 out of 58
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Negative: 2 out of 58
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Mar 19, 2020
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Oct 5, 2019Near perfection. She's pushing herself musically and the results are haunting and beautiful.
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Oct 4, 2019This is the perfect description of how not to make an album. So generic y basic, sorry i did not like it.
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