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Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Sep 27, 2012
    80
    Little Heater is a lovely, evocative album that touches the heart, the soul, and the intellect with equal force; this is the work of a singular artist working at the top of her game and it demands to be heard.
  2. Sep 27, 2012
    80
    The arrival of Little Heater, only Irwin's second solo album, is therefore a notable event, and nothing about it disappoints.
  3. Magnet
    Oct 1, 2012
    85
    Arriving ten years after her solo debut, Little Heater has managed to take the anachronistic qualities of Irwin's sound and imbue them with real relevance. [No.91 p.55]
  4. Sep 27, 2012
    70
    At its best, Little Heater transports you to a dark world full of pain, loss and music so beautiful that it makes the trip not just worthwhile, but necessary.
  5. Uncut
    Oct 26, 2012
    80
    These stark, largely unadorned folk-country songs are given added edge by Irwin's faintly metallic voice, with delicate shadings from the like of producer and multi-instrumental wizz Tara Jane O'Neil and pedal steeler Marc Orleans. [Dec 2012, p.72]
  6. Under The Radar
    Sep 27, 2012
    70
    Little Heater is a document that could only have come from her end of the road. [Aug/Sep 2012, p.124]

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