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- Summary: The latest full-length solo release for British singer-songwriter Richard Dawson is the final part of his time-travelling trilogy of albums that began with 2017's Peasant.
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- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Nov 18, 2022The Ruby Cord won't fail to impress. You leave it mind reeling, happily baffled, dazzled by the scope of its achievement. [Dec 2022, p.22]
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Dec 2, 2022Listeners willing to approach The Ruby Cord on its own terms will be treated to a remarkable, thoughtful, and emotionally literate cycle of songs that ranks with his most rewarding work.
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Nov 18, 2022One of the most inventive, exploratory albums of the year. [Jan 2023, p.90]
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Jan 9, 2023Though this is far from an easy listen, and can be frustratingly wordy and repetitive at times, it’s a rich, admirable and thorny work of art. Invest the necessary attention in this record and it’ll reward in spades.
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Nov 18, 2022At its best, The Ruby Cord is able to convey as much story via the timbre of Dawson’s voice as it does through his verbose lyricism. Dawson brings no shortage of compelling narratives to this record, continuing Peasant and 2020’s propensity for song-length vignettes that thematically snap together when put in sequence.
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Nov 18, 2022Like much of Richard Dawson’s material, it’s an album that has to be immersed in and savoured – and although it may be a struggle sometimes, there’s nobody else out there making music quite like this.
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Nov 21, 2022There’s enough good material here for this to have been an excellent 40-minute album; as it is, it’s a flawed 80-minute one.
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