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Apr 6, 2011Mondo Amore may work best as a companion piece to Neptune City--the fast 'n' furious yang to that album's soft, pleasant yin--but it's got more than enough raw emotion to hold its own weight.
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May 5, 2011Mondo Amore is a feverish but richly rewarding listen, borne of a fierce, tempestuous talent.
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UncutMar 29, 2011Her brush with the big boys only appears to have strengthen her resolve on a collection of fierce country rockers. [Apr 2011, p.75]
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Q MagazineMay 18, 2011It is sufficiently gritty to at least keep her in the game. [May 2011, p.126]
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Feb 8, 2011Nicole Atkins' second album is an exercise in what you might call brunch blues: Dreamy, vaguely melancholic, thoroughly pleasant.
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Feb 7, 2011On the follow-up to 2007's terrific Neptune City, Atkins trades that album's lush torch-song vibe for scrappier indie-garage arrangements that drain much of the drama and romance from her music.
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Feb 7, 2011Effortlessly blending rock, blues, country and soul, Atkins has delivered on Mondo Amore with a collection of songs that invites you into her world.
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Mar 9, 2011A much rawer, more satisfying record than its predecessor, Mondo Amore follows Atkins as she rediscovers herself through a wide palette of musical influences.
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Mar 17, 2011Being dropped from her former label, Columbia, and enduring a break-up inform some of the album's blues, but like any woman who knows her worth, she confidently tailors each song to those grand pipes, showing just how much she's matured as a songwriter.
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Apr 6, 2011At times, Amore sounds like a modern Goth-rock romantic tragedy, full of heartbreak and despair, but the pain Atkins expresses in her lyrics ultimately results in the album's most pleasurable moments.
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Feb 8, 2011Mondo is sturdy, well-arranged pop that old crooners and hipster blues brothers alike can claim as theirs.
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Jun 20, 2012