• Record Label: New West
  • Release Date: Jul 31, 2015
Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Aug 27, 2015
    90
    No mere album, If I’ve Only One Time Askin’ is a career milestone for Daniel Romano, one that should see his music reaching a wider audience.
  2. Jul 31, 2015
    90
    You won't hear a more open hearted, impassioned and lyrically rich roots album this year.
  3. 80
    Like all great Country records, Romano’s is cathartic--your heart aches for him and with him--and it is this emotive sway that makes the record a success.
  4. 80
    There’s a strange, comforting beauty to Romano’s sombre baritone.
  5. Uncut
    Jul 31, 2015
    80
    [An] edifying fourth solo album.[Aug 2015, p.78]
  6. Jul 31, 2015
    80
    A magnificent, subtle reshaping of classic honky-tonk sounds and sentiment, fulfills that promise and then some.
  7. Jul 31, 2015
    80
    What sets Romano apart is the natural, ineffable blue mood of his sad songs, which hit the heart dead-on without ever sounding forced, as well as his impressive studio techniques, all of which are on display on Romano's fourth solo album, 2015's If I've Only One Time Askin'.
  8. Jul 31, 2015
    80
    Like many of Romano's meticulous creations, it possesses all the hallmarks of a classic: a compelling, twisting narrative that bends the music to its shape.
  9. Mojo
    Aug 27, 2015
    60
    All lovely throwbacks have an instant familiarity. [Oct 2015, p.93]
  10. Aug 11, 2015
    60
    He brings real feeling to his own compositions such as Let Me Sleep (At the end of a Dream).

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