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- Summary: 'Absence' finds the acclaimed singer-songwriter once again collaborating with Eric Fisher. Crooked Fingers' Eric Bachman guests.
- Record Label: Secretly Canadian
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Singer-Songwriter
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 19
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Mixed: 5 out of 19
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Negative: 1 out of 19
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On On My Way To Absence Jurado provides far more satisfying moments than dubious ones, and that’s no small feat when trafficking in the kind of bottom of the barrel human emotion that Jurado has made his trademark.
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Entertainment WeeklyThe songs are bare as winter trees, built from brittle guitars and crackling percussion. [15 Apr 2005, p.77]
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UncutIn some ways, ...Absence is his most diverse record yet, but it's at its brilliant best when spare and uncompromising. [May 2005, p.104]
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MagnetFans will find nothing to object to. [#67, p.102]
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Alternative PressArguably his most solid collection of folk-based tunes. [Apr 2005, p.116]
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It’s somewhat troubling to see Jurado abandoning the genre of folk that served him so well on his last album. More unsettling is the simultaneous presence of the mopey indulgence of some of Jurado’s faux-gothic breakup stories and the honed, spare excellence of tracks like “White Center,” “Lottery,” and “Fuel.”
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New Musical Express (NME)Ineffectual hippy grumblings that will make you want to sleep. [4 Jun 2005, p.58]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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paulkFeb 22, 2007
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MorganKApr 29, 2005
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DanLDec 6, 2005great album. the critics must take a vacation.
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