Reckon
- Jason Collett
- Band Name: Jason Collett
- Record Label: Arts & Crafts
- Release Date: Sep 25, 2012
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Nov 30, 201280The folksy settings are tinted with brooding strings and tearful pedal steel, adding colour to well-turned lines.
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Nov 30, 201280It's tender, touching and not nearly as miserable as its subject matter suggests.
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Nov 19, 201280With Reckon, Collett offers an unblemished view of all its troubles and travails. To his credit, this tireless troubadour puts it all in perspective.
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Sep 27, 201280Even though there's a dramatic shift thematically, Collett maintains his signature sound of acoustic slow jams and the occasional up-tempo number.
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Sep 27, 201280The songs never sink to the downbeat morass of its socio-economic subject matter. On the contrary his voice, somewhat like John Lennon's, is boyishly refreshing even when the music is as stark.
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Sep 27, 201270Reckon is a statement that hits hard (and close to home) if you'll give it a careful listen.
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Oct 24, 201264Permanently set on "saunter," these songs' clever structures are often overshadowed by their aw-shucks delivery.
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Dec 11, 201260It's very diversity makes it a little impersonal and even arch, but there are strong songs here and a retrospective disc shows there's plenty more where they came from. [Jan 2013, p.102]
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Sep 27, 201260Collett may have dodged the usual pitfalls of political music, but some more risk might have truly captured the anger that he, and the rest of the nation, feels.
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Nov 30, 201230Collett uses instruments sparingly. That coupled with his clear tones is too simplistic a combination. [Oct/Nov 2012, p.128]