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  • Summary: The second solo album for the lead singer of the band Idlewild sees his music move a bit further away from the traditional Scottish folk music of his past two releases.
  • Record Label: EMI
  • Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Country-Rock, Indie Folk
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. BBC Music
    Apr 22, 2011
    70
    The songs he's written with new acolyte Sorren Maclean and Idlewild bandmate Rod Jones are more assured than ever.
  2. Q Magazine
    May 18, 2011
    60
    Idlewild's Roddy Woomble has made a surprisingly decent stab of his concurrent career as a born-again folkie. [May 2011, p.126]
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  3. All Music Guide
    Dec 21, 2011
    60
    [Woomble] continues his journey into cozy-pipe-and-slippers-middle age on 12 folk-pop tracks which further distance him from his angsty, indie rock beginnings.

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