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- Summary: The first new solo studio release for the British folk singer since 1978 was recorded in her home and was produced by Ian Kearey.
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- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Folk
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Positive: 14 out of 15
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Mixed: 1 out of 15
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Nov 17, 2016Whether stark and menacing, grief-laden or simply plain daft, Lodestar is a triumph of storytelling and sound.
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Nov 3, 2016The album isn't a comeback but a continuum, and a welcome return from a true oracle of traditional song.
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Nov 2, 2016Collins herself brings a demotic charm to whatever she sings.
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Nov 3, 2016The music exceeds expectation and while this understandably isn’t her best album, it looks at the current trend for reformations and reduces them to ash.
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Dec 5, 2016She embraces their words, often of death and reminiscence on youth, as if they’d come from deep within herself. It is, after 38 years, a fine reminder of her vital place in British musical tradition, as the essential elder stateswoman of folk.
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The WireDec 21, 2016What makes Lodestar a genuine progression from what has gone before--is the sinking and deepening of her voice. It is still neutral enough to act as the conduit it always has done, but the milkmaid’s lilt has been transformed into a maven’s burden. [Dec 2016, p.55]
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Oct 31, 2016This should all be heavier going than it is: that it isn’t is at least partly down to the arrangements, which are largely based around acoustic guitar and subtly effective throughout. Moreover, they fit Collins’ voice, which has weathered considerably in the years she kept silent. But the new patina suits her, and the material.
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Jan 15, 2017
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