Orfeo - Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party
Metascore
65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. BBC Music
    Sep 5, 2012
    80
    She doesn't seek to graft herself onto these songs; instead, and with considerable skill, she draws out from them new layers of wit, tenderness and melancholia.
  2. The Observer (UK)
    Sep 5, 2012
    80
    Hield's command of her material is unerring and the outcome compelling.
  3. The Telegraph (UK)
    Sep 5, 2012
    70
    Andy Cutting (accordion), Jon Boden (Hields's partner and the Bellowhead frontman is on fiddle, guitar and double bass), Sam Sweeney (fiddle, viola, cello), Rob Harbron (English Concertina and fiddle) and Martin Simpson (guitar, banjo) provide the classy framework for Hield to interpret 11 traditional songs.
  4. Q Magazine
    Oct 12, 2012
    60
    It's Hield's increased confidence as a singer that is most striking. [Jul 2012, p.102]
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  5. Uncut
    Sep 5, 2012
    60
    Orfeo's spare soundscape can sometimes seem a bit frugal, but Hield proves a versatile frontwoman. [Aug 2012, p.73]
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  6. The Guardian
    Sep 5, 2012
    60
    It's an album that impresses rather than excites.

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