Run To Ruin - Nina Nastasia
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85 out of 100

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9.3 out of 10

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  • Summary: Recorded by Steve Albini, 'Run To Ruin' is the New York singer-songwriter's third LP. The Dirty Three's Jim White chips in on drums.

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  1. Positive: 17 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 17
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  1. Outburn
    90
    A beautiful album of uniqueness and unfailing spirit. [#23, p.96]
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  2. Q Magazine
    80
    Curiously compelling for something so minimal, it's like nothing else around. [Jul 2003, p.110]
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  3. Pitchfork
    80
    The most striking improvement is her singing. She's a stronger vocalist, her almost-plain tone rising into higher registers, and her usual range has grown more earthily gorgeous. But more than anything, she demonstrates a new expressiveness.
  4. All Music Guide
    80
    Whatever spaces the arrangements leave enable the imagination to play as much of a role as the instrumentation.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. WayX
    10
    Simultaneously heartbreaking and inspiring.
  2. zg
    9
    beautiful although I find I listen ti the Blackened Air more-- have to be in the mood for Run to Ruin

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