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- Summary: Steve Albini co-produced the artist's first album in three years.
- Record Label: Fat Cat
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Singer-Songwriter
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 15
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Mixed: 3 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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A deeply poetic record.
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A quintessential collection of the kind of subtle contrasts and ambiguity that makes her such a fascinating songwriter.
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MojoAn exercise in economy. [Dec 2006, p.120]
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The record is no departure, but when the form is this strong one isn’t needed.
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The majority of Nastasia’s guitar-and-piano bit parts are full bodied and masterful, overshadowing many big-footed leading ladies’ recent folk releases.
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After Run to Ruin, it's difficult to hear Nastasia pull back to a songwriter-with-guitar style.
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The lyrics lack the indirectness of so much of The Blackened Air and Road to Ruin, just as the piano-embroidered instrumentation skims the surface of what the singer’s band once plumbed with all of its clawing and scraping.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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jdOct 5, 2006An intensely crafted work of raw emotion.
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stevewOct 22, 2006lovely stuff
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