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It is a mellow, melodic album that switches between stripped-down, folk-inspired material, downtempo pop, and up-to-date productions designed for both home and club listening.
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Alternative PressWoods is the best record EBTG never made, a new peak for Thorn in a career full of heights. [May 2007, p.162]
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Too many bleak ballads about lost love and runaways bring down the fun.
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Entertainment WeeklyA tasteful disco effort. [23 Mar 2007, p.61]
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A record to cool the blood and quicken the pulse.
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MojoThe ballads bewitch, reminding us that Tracey is one of the unique British voices, up there with Dusty. [Apr 2007, p.100]
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Thorn's voice will always be a thing of undimmed charm and emotion, but the gulf between the music styles on display here, which flick from 70's disco, piano ballads and electro-pop seem like trying to keep a foot in both camps of the simpler days of her youth, and the ‘hip' dance crowd.
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Producer Ewan Pearson occasionally falters in connecting her vocals with the arrangements; there's a nice engagement on the slower, non-beat-driven tracks that you wish he'd mastered on the clubbier cuts.
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There isn't a duff or thoughtless moment.
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At this point in her career, Thorn shouldn't be courting the middle, and considering the best moments on Out of the Woods, she didn't have to, either.
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Out of the Woods is more of a reassertion than a reinvention; musically, it could be the direct follow-up to Temperamental.
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Q MagazineOne thing that hasn't changed is Thorn's voice, which is as warming and mellow as ever. [Apr 2007, p.122]
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Out Of The Woods... manages to seamlessly transition between understated chamber-pop ballads reminiscent of Annie Lennox and more hip, club-friendly fare.
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SpinCall it Everything About The Girl. [Mar 2007, p.99]
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The spellbinding mix of shimmering folk and shimmying disco on Out of the Woods eclipses her past work.
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Often delirious but never silly, “Out of the Woods” cleverly upends clichés about what grown-up pop should sound like. [19 Mar 2007]
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UncutMost of the album sees producers Charles Webster and Ewan Pearson buiilding on the bedsit rave of "Missing" and the beatific drum'n'bass of Walking Wounded. [Apr 2007, p.120]
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Under The RadarMuch of the album has a cheesy '80s vibe. [#17, p.93]
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UrbThis quirky little record shouldn't lose any old fans and may just gain her a few new ones. [Apr 2007, p.108]
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A masterpiece showcasing Thorn's voice, songwriting, and taste.
User score distribution:
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AmeraalSep 18, 2007
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SimonC.May 30, 2007
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FeriatusMay 23, 2007Best pop album of the year so far.