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American Radical Patriot [Box Set]
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5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 29 Ratings

  • Summary: The seven-disc set collects the folk singer's sessions recorded by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress plus songs he wrote for the Bonneville Power Administration, the Office of War Information, and VD education.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. The Guardian
    Nov 21, 2013
    100
    He wanted change but loved America, as shown by this remarkable box set of material recorded for the US government.
  2. The Independent (UK)
    Oct 29, 2013
    100
    It's an extraordinary collection, which demonstrates exactly why Guthrie was perhaps the only performer who could square the circle pointedly implied by the title American Radical Patriot.
  3. Uncut
    Nov 1, 2013
    100
    Guthrie's work here gives birth to social conscience in pop culture, and this 157-track set, gets it all down in the context it deserves. [Dec 2013, p.82]
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  4. PopMatters
    Oct 29, 2013
    90
    This box set illuminates the complicated, tangled bits of history and ideology and personality that connect that man to that myth. Those threads are frayed, tough to follow at times, but strong.
  5. Magnet
    Nov 27, 2013
    90
    This portable section of the Library of Congress plays as well as it reads. [No. 104, p.56]
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  6. American Songwriter
    Oct 29, 2013
    90
    Surveys of his life and work still manage to produce fresh revelations, and American Radical Patriot, Rounder Records’ just-released collection of government-related Guthrie recordings, provides extraordinary new insight into the complex mind of this simple-sounding folk icon.
  7. AllMusic
    Oct 29, 2013
    80
    Guthrie truly believed that songs should be of social service, and when the country asked for his songs, he brought them, as any patriot would. That dozens of these songs are enduring, beautiful, and wise makes Guthrie even more than that. It makes him an American treasure.

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  1. RhythmVinyl
    Jan 14, 2014
    10
    Anyone who gave this under a 9 is crazy. This is the good stuff; This is how music is supposed to be.

    “Any fool can make something    Anyone who gave this under a 9 is crazy. This is the good stuff; This is how music is supposed to be.

    “Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.”
    ― Woody Guthrie    … Expand
  2. fzzywarbles
    Nov 17, 2013
    10
    How Could you people give this a negative score? The #^$#s your problem?

    It's Woody Guthrie and he is a legend. It may not be your musical    How Could you people give this a negative score? The #^$#s your problem?

    It's Woody Guthrie and he is a legend. It may not be your musical bag but show some respect.    … Expand
  4. sucitivel
    Nov 18, 2013
    10
    "How Could you people give this a negative score? The #^$#s your problem?

    It's Woody Guthrie and he is a legend. It may not be your musical    "How Could you people give this a negative score? The #^$#s your problem?

    It's Woody Guthrie and he is a legend. It may not be your musical bag but show some respect."

    +1 to that    … Expand

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