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The white-girl blues thing very rarely does anybody any good.
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Kasey Chambers has created a series of stirring, passionate songs that capture raw emotion and a simultaneous toughness amidst a blend of country, blues, and folk musical influences.
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It's the breath-taking songwriting that clinches the deal here.
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Barricades and Brickwalls paints a broad spectrum of alt.country/ bluegrass/honkytonk music, and that variety is its greatest strength.
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Simply striking.
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In saluting hell-raisers of country past, Chambers unintentionally illustrates she should be more of one herself.
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Chambers' voice is a birdie chirp. She's sexy, but has less edge than the tiniest bleached-blond in the Dixie Chicks and half the sass of Dolly Parton.
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In stark contrast to most Nashville and alt.country products, even when the words let it down, Barricades & Brickwalls is carried by its classic sound.
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Easily one of the year's top 10, if not top five.
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Q MagazineIt's a little one-paced over the long haul, and she does wail at inappropriate moments, but there's enough here to build on. [May 2002, p.108]
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UncutAn album of tough-edged, passion-fuelled songs full of real emotion. [Jun 2002, p.109]
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Chambers's two solo records are more fun than a barrel of Foster's, mostly because she doesn't sound daunted by the history of the music.
User score distribution:
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Negative: 2 out of 5
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MarkJ.Jul 23, 2002A striking album. completely different from the manufactured music of today's "stars"
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ErikN.Feb 20, 2002Her first album was better. She needs to mix up her genres a bit. Too much of the blues on this album. Still good though.