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Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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AaronLOct 7, 2002Simply wonderful. A wonderful introduction for younger audiences to discover this overlooked soulman.
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LawrencePMar 9, 2005The best soul LP of the last 20 years, he makes all these songs his own.
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JimLApr 4, 2006Great!
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Awards & Rankings
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Even at its worst, Don't Give Up On Me is never anything less than elegant.
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Okay, call it a comeback, because it ought to raise Burke's profile higher than it's been in decades.
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Burke is the rare singer who makes songwriters sound wise beyond their words -- he finds ache lying dormant in unlikely places and manages to pinpoint, with GPS accuracy, the murky emotional terrain within the lyrics.