Own Side Now - Caitlin Rose
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  • Summary: The Nashville singer's follow-up to her 2008 EP Dead Flowers is her full-length debut disc.

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
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  1. American Songwriter
    Mar 1, 2011
    80
    The crooning background vocals rise and trade phrases with a simple guitar solo that follows the melody of the main vocal line. It's a flush and full sound in perfect pairing with a sentiment that defines the entire album.
  2. The New York Times
    Mar 14, 2011
    80
    Own Side Now, her first full-length, is more serious in every way - moodier subject matter; longer, more carefully structured songs; a more robust sense of heritage.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Similarities to She And Him abound, but minus Zooey's showtune splendour, the vulnerability in Caitlin's voice chimes as true as the clink of a quarter in an old jukebox.
  4. Slant Magazine
    Mar 14, 2011
    60
    Though the album sounds like the work of what film critic Nathan Rabin has dubbed the "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" (and the album's stylized cover art only adds to that impression), it's clear that Rose is a talent worth following.

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  1. timelord
    10
    been loving this record since i saw a 5 star review in the sunday times in london and got a copy at the rough trade shop .
    on a small uk indie     label 'names records' (not k7!)... why isnt this out in the states????… Expand

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