The Electric Word
by The Relatives
  • Record Label: Yep Roc
  • Release Date: Feb 19, 2013
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80

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  1. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Mar 25, 2013
    80
    "What's Wrong with America" is the masterpiece, doo-wop and social protest mixed with God-bothering. Someone book them for a festival, quick.
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  2. Austin Chronicle
    Mar 13, 2013
    78
    The Electric Word captures the full glory of the Relatives' second coming, though ringer Tyron Edwards nearly steals the show with his mountain-high falsetto ("Things Are Changing"), the gravy to Western grit.
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  3. Mojo
    Mar 7, 2013
    80
    The Electric Word now reveals the Reverend brothers Gean and Tommie West's vocal gospel-soul power utterly undiminished by time. [Apr 2013, p.96]
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