Play It As It Lays - Patti Scialfa
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

  • Summary: E Street Band member and the wife to Bruce Springsteen releases her third solo album.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Play It as It Lays is, without doubt, the record where Scialfa gives us the full fruit of her exceptional gift as a writer, a singer, as an artist.
  2. Scialfa's third and most accomplished solo album.
  3. 80
    Scialfa's writing wipes away any celeb-gossip patina through the universality of convincing detail. [Oct 2007, p.92]
  4. 60
    Scialfa's third is the most complete and satisfying of her career, the lyrical candor matched by the open-ended optimism of the band which weaves doo wop, gospel and rockabilly influences into a convincing whole. [Oct 2007, p.102]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Negative: 3 out of 9
  1. SarahM.
    10
    Excellent album from an overlooked and underappreciated singer/songwriter.
  2. AnnJ
    10
    Very brave and honest, bittersweet recording that explores the ups and downs of long-term love. Her voice is perfect for these songs--sweet and husky as necessary and boy, the woman sure can write! Expand
  3. PeterM.
    9
    Complex and sophisticated lyrically, interesting arrangements covering a wider range of styles than most singers dare, and catchy tunes. This is an album that will grow on you Expand
  4. MattD.
    4
    Does not display the melodic gifts her previous CD has, and her singing is not enough to save the material.

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