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Ghetto Bells - Vic Chesnutt
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  • Summary: The Athens, Georgia singer-songwriter is backed by an all-star band of Van Dyke Parks (keyboards), Bill Frisell (guitar) and Don Heffington (drums), with John Chelew producing.

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  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. PopMatters
    90
    Chesnutt has rarely sounded better... expressing a full array of vivid and contrasting emotional states.
  2. Uncut
    90
    This sounds like the record Vic Chesnutt's been waiting his entire life to make. [Apr 2005, p.112]
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  3. Rolling Stone
    60
    Proves alluring even when the tunes are undercooked.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. BrandonM
    9
    An impressive and more focused follow-up to Silver Lake, Chesnutt give his listeners what they crave.
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  2. WayneB
    8
    A most impressive follow-up to his New West debut, 2003's Silverlake. Van Dyke Parks string arrangements and Bill Frisell's "fret magic" seem to naturally compliment the songwriting on Vic's ninth release of his illustrious career...… Expand
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