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Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings
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DeanS.Jul 1, 2005
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ChadSFeb 3, 2006"In State" is the best battered woman narrative set to music that I've ever heard. You buy the cd and turn the page on the booklet and you think, "Oh, the prom queen writes songs, too." Edwards is very beautiful. The rest of "Back to Me" is solid, but nothing that's transcending like the opening track, which is right up there with the best of Aimee Mann and Dar Williams.
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LawrencePMar 7, 2005I think her first LP is better, though this has some very good songs and some that sound like the new sheryl crow record (this is not a good thing.)
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RussellRMar 8, 2005Pungent rockers and sad-pretty ballads make this memorable collection even better than her debut.
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SamDMar 20, 2006good, but there's something missing... it reminds me too much of fiona apple's "tidal", which seems great at first, but wans very suddenly for some unknown reason.
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BrianJan 20, 2007I very much enjoyed the music on this album - "Back to Me" gets me going!
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RonCMar 13, 2005Some interesting songs, but it's not "Failer".
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Los Angeles TimesToo many of the songs feel more obvious and slight than bold and revealing -- as if Edwards' true muse is really Sheryl Crow. [6 Mar 2005]
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Over the course of the album, too much of the midtempo material sounds too much the same, more inspired lyrically than musically, failing to sustain the momentum of the opening tracks.
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Marred by Edwards' rather unremarkable voice.