Indestructible Machine
by Lydia Loveless
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Oct 18, 2011
    88
    She conveys toughness, tenderness and humor with off-handed conviction.
  2. Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
    Oct 18, 2011
    87
    Make no mistake, Indestructible Machine is the sound of promise, the sound of hope and ultimately the sound of something truly special unfolding.
  3. PopMatters
    Nov 9, 2011
    80
    Indestructible Machine is as good as anything I've heard this year and marks the true, and truly defiant, arrival of what could be a serious talent.
  5. Q Magazine
    Nov 9, 2011
    80
    Punching way above her 20 years, like a wild child Loretta Lynn, it's the sort of country music that belongs in those dives where they've got chicken wire to stop the flying glass. [Nov. 2011, p. 142]
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  6. Uncut
    Nov 1, 2011
    80
    This is one of those brakes-off country records you wish more people would have the guts to make. [Oct 2011, p.94]
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  7. AllMusic
    Oct 18, 2011
    80
    Lydia Loveless' Indestructible Machine possesses a classicist's grip of country, a rock & roll sense of swagger, and the keen eye of a songwriter twice her age.
  8. Spin
    Oct 18, 2011
    80
    That pairing of punk force and country grit is nothing new, but Lydia Loveless makes it her own through the strength of a blazing voice, a fully formed persona, and bluntly crafty songwriting.
  9. Blurt Magazine
    Oct 18, 2011
    70
    Clearly not one to mess with, this confident, compelling outing suggests she can hold her own even within the top tier of alt-country's rowdier women.

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