Long Player Late Bloomer - Ron Sexsmith
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  • Summary: The Canadian singer-songwriter of the mid-'80s still achieves cult status success with his new album of silky-voiced, smooth-sounding melodic songs.
  • Record Label: Thirty Tigers
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Mojo
    Apr 6, 2011
    80
    Cherished Canuck crooner recruits Metallica's producer. [March 2011, p. 95]
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  2. Slant Magazine
    Mar 7, 2011
    60
    On his previous albums, Sexsmith's choices of producers haven't always played to his strengths, but Rock's light hand makes Long Player Late Bloomer the best sounding record in Sexsmith's extensive catalogue.
  3. Q Magazine
    May 2, 2011
    60
    There's nothing here to suggest either a problem with what he's doing--Heavenly is as heavenly as its title suggests; Middle of Love shows how friendly Sexsmith can be; and the jaunty-sounding Eye Candy is covertly acerbic as they come--or that things will turn around for him. [Apr 2011, p.109]
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  4. PopMatters
    Mar 11, 2011
    60
    Some say great art comes from suffering. I'd like to think that wasn't necessarily true. But in Sexsmith's case, his music was much more interesting when he was unhappy.

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