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Death Had Quicker Wings Than Love Image
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  • Artist(s): David A. Jaycock
  • Summary: The collaboration between Marry Waterson and David A. Jaycock was produced by Portishead’s Adrian Utley.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Sep 26, 2017
    80
    Part of Death's triumph is its unadornment, which allows the songs to glimmer as rough diamonds.
  2. Sep 26, 2017
    80
    Throughout, Waterson’s command wrenches, cossets and hugely impresses.
  3. Uncut
    Sep 26, 2017
    80
    That voice [of Marry Waterson]--sometimes sharp and slightly acrid, often warm and consoling, even when passing a dispassionate eye over the tales it tells--is the real magic here. [Nov 2017, p.39]
  4. Sep 26, 2017
    80
    Opener The Vain Jackdaw, based on an Aesop fable, recorded unaccompanied on a rooftop, is delightful, but elsewhere the mood remains relentlessly forlorn.
  5. Q Magazine
    Sep 27, 2017
    80
    A compelling new Brit-folk triumph. [Nov 2017, p.115]
  6. Mojo
    Sep 27, 2017
    80
    Where Gunshot Lips fits in only adds to the intrigue of this exquisite dark jewel. [Nov 2017, p.102]