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Mar 9, 2011As much as The Deep Field concerns itself with Joan Wasser's considerable emotional needs, this is not a self-absorbed record. It's a big, open-hearted statement on the best way love in a world where "good living requires smiling at strangers."
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Q MagazineMar 1, 2011There is slick virtuosity to all the playing here but it is her warm, witty presence that shines through. [Feb 2011, p.118]
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Feb 25, 2011As a whole, The Deep Field nails it. True, the songs are long, it is almost ceaselessly rich, and you're going to want to skip its first 30 seconds every time.
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Feb 25, 2011Even if, as a whole, The Deep Field isn't quite as rewarding as Wasser's first two records, it's an altogether different, diverse and challenging experience. Thankfully, that voice remains intact: vulnerable but somehow powerful.
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Feb 25, 2011Fans of Joan Wasser's previous releases Real Life and To Survive will find plenty to fall in love with on this third album.
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Feb 25, 2011If The Deep Field is Joan As Police Woman's most texturally varied album, it may also be its best.
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Feb 25, 2011It has everything the Adele album lacks: real emotional insight, couched in genuinely soulful arrangements bristling with imagination.
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Apr 11, 2011The Deep Field finds her alone but not lonely, still searching for something and finding beauty and even happiness, if not answers.
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Feb 25, 2011It's a solid and honourable return for a singer who has rarely disappointed.