• Record Label: ATO
  • Release Date: Jul 17, 2012
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
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  1. Jul 16, 2012
    80
    Thought and care are in these songs, and they all fall together in a nice flow.
  2. 80
    Yeah, it's the new OCMS album and, not surprisingly, it's simple and great (and simply great).
  3. Nov 21, 2012
    80
    It's the achievement of their fourth studio album that this giddy mix hangs together as an endearing whole.
  4. Jul 25, 2012
    80
    With their latest offering Carry Me Back, the banjos are ringin', the mandolins are singing at the speed of a hummingbird's wings, the fiddles are sawed upon with vigor, and the fog of the Tennessee hills calls to all of us.
  5. Jul 18, 2012
    70
    Carry Me Back stands as one of the group's strongest efforts to date.
  6. Jul 17, 2012
    75
    These are also simply the band's finest songs in some time.
  7. Jul 19, 2012
    70
    The songs never stray far from the band's wheelhouse, yet they feel energized and impactful.
  8. Jul 16, 2012
    80
    What's most impressive about the songs on Carry Me Back is that, in composing their original material, OCMS manages to apply their old-timey frame of reference to contemporary issues with subtlety and control.
  9. Carry Me Back ticks all the boxes: jaunty, soulful, nostalgic without being cloying.
  10. Jul 16, 2012
    90
    With all the percolating energy the album delivers, its three most memorable songs are ballads.
  11. Under The Radar
    Aug 22, 2012
    70
    These harrowing tackles of murder, bootleggers and war jangle the heart's cage. [Aug/Sep 2012, p.124]

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