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Sirens of the Ditch
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 15 Ratings

  • Summary: Jason Isbell's first solo album since he left the Drive By Truckers.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. The A.V. Club
    91
    Sirens is the sound of a freshly liberated songwriter scouring his soul - and coming up full-handed.
  2. Amazon.com
    80
    Isbell's best songs will remind you of Richard Buckner, Raymond Carver, and Neil Young.
  3. AllMusic
    80
    This is a remarkably mature and impressive debut from an artist who seems like he's just getting started and his best stuff lies ahead of him.
  4. cokemachineglow
    73
    Sirens is no "Heartbreaker" - though the stylistic grab-bag is reminiscent of Adams’s debut - but it is a damn good start.
  5. PopMatters
    70
    Sirens sounds deceptively ordinary - it could be a Springsteen or John Hiatt record, professionally performed and plainly captured, yet executed with masterful effortlessness.
  6. Blender
    70
    It's all top-shelf alt-country: road-hardened, literate and dark as ever. [August 2007, p.114]
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  7. NOW Magazine
    40
    Isbell shows us his sensitive side in a collection of lightly strummed breakup ballads and weepy slow-dancers you'd expect to get from Ryan Adams. That's not an endorsement.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. dah.
    Jul 15, 2007
    10
    no surprise its great.
  2. MikeS.
    Jul 12, 2007
    10
    It stradles country and rock and his characters are neighbors, maybe the children of those in the lyrics of songs on Steve Earle's It stradles country and rock and his characters are neighbors, maybe the children of those in the lyrics of songs on Steve Earle's Guitar Town. Reminds you of those great mid 70s albums by Neil, Bruce, Jackson, Stephen Stills but infused with the spirit of the South.… Expand
  4. GaryM
    Aug 16, 2007
    10
    "The Devil Is My Running Mate" a weak ending for a strong debut full of the kind of confident, charismatic songwriting that just can't "The Devil Is My Running Mate" a weak ending for a strong debut full of the kind of confident, charismatic songwriting that just can't be taught" Are you F'n kidding me??? This is the best ANTI WAR, ANTI RACIST songs since Vietnam.… Expand
  5. RodneyH.
    Jul 17, 2007
    10
    Outstanding!!
  6. MarcosM
    Aug 1, 2007
    10
    Amazing songwriting.
  7. Tg
    Aug 1, 2007
    10
    If you can't find a few cuts on this cd that you really like, you just don't like music. Highly versatile w/ rock, country,folk, If you can't find a few cuts on this cd that you really like, you just don't like music. Highly versatile w/ rock, country,folk, blues, ballads. It's done masterfully instrumentally as well as lyrically(is that a word?)great wk from a hometown guy. NOTE: He's not ryan adams and it's not a truckers album!… Expand
  8. ChrisH
    Jul 19, 2007
    9
    Question: How can the Austin Chronicle review be translated into a 67? They gave the album 3 stars. 3/4 stars is 75 percent. 3/5 stars is 60 Question: How can the Austin Chronicle review be translated into a 67? They gave the album 3 stars. 3/4 stars is 75 percent. 3/5 stars is 60 percent. It would have to be 3/4.5 stars to be 67 percent.… Expand

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