Closer To The Bone - Kris Kristofferson
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73 out of 100

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  • Summary: The singer-songwriter/actor's latest album is again produced by Don Was and features Bob Dylan on the backing vocals of the title track.

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  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
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  1. All Music Guide
    80
    If Kristofferson never cuts another record, Closer to the Bone will have been a proud note to end his musical career on.
  2. Uncut
    80
    These are gently rugged country-folk songs made all the more authentic by a chewy voice that, with age, now seems to have deepened its resolve.
  3. NOW Magazine
    80
    Building on the critical goodwill he received from 06s stripped-down This Old Road, the 73-year-old Kristofferson offers another sparsely produced batch of reflective acoustic tunes that he sings with sage simplicity.
  4. Mojo
    60
    The honesty of these performances infinitely more important than any finessing. [Oc 2009, p.108]
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