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Entertainment WeeklyIt's beautifully committed music--the kind that's as essential now as it has ever been. [11 Aug 2006, p.67]
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Another reassuringly exceptional album.
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Paste MagazineIntimate and organic. [Sep 2006, p.74]
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Musically, the album is more languid than earlier efforts without sacrificing the urgency of her patented guitar pluck-strum.
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Much of Reprieve sounds, appropriately enough, like DiFranco is taking a much-needed breather.
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Reprieve may not court new members to the Church of Ani, but it may well be one of those albums that fans hold up as an underappreciated favorite in the years to come.
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UncutReprieve is probably the easiest album to listen to that she's ever made. [Oct 2006, p.104]
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The downside of Reprieve is that it isn't as musically arresting as earlier albums like Out of Range, and DiFranco, on a song like "Millennium Theater," can be rather obvious.
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An arresting mix of the singer's political and personal strife set to a jazzy backbeat.
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Subtle sounds -- acoustic instruments, electronic tones, environmental noises, distorted echoes -- well up around her, and they open up pockets of shadow around her usual pinpoint clarity. Now the atmosphere is as important as the words.
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Generally solid with more hits than misses, but my usual advice to DiFranco still applies: don't record everything you write – wait a few months and give us the best ones.
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SpinMilky keyboard washes and found-sound accents... give the music a darker, dreamier depth. [Sep 2006, p.100]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 13
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Mixed: 1 out of 13
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Negative: 2 out of 13
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Nov 21, 2010
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NaceBAug 25, 2006Sweet and Sad!!
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BrandonSAug 18, 2006