To the Sunset
by Amanda Shires
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. jiml777
    Aug 31, 2018
    10
    My first experience with Amanda Shires and boy am I impressed. I have always liked Dolly Parton's voice and respected her songwriting talent, but wasn't a fan of her more mainstream country hits. This is like finding Dolly playing at a local club, electronic music and all. The music pushes past a bunch of labels, alternative, folk, and country, just don't do enough to describe herMy first experience with Amanda Shires and boy am I impressed. I have always liked Dolly Parton's voice and respected her songwriting talent, but wasn't a fan of her more mainstream country hits. This is like finding Dolly playing at a local club, electronic music and all. The music pushes past a bunch of labels, alternative, folk, and country, just don't do enough to describe her music, which is beautiful with a bit of an edge. My favorite is the closest to a country/pop song on the whole album, and I think a good intro, Leave it Alone has a great hook and will leave you humming and singing the chorus all day long!… Expand

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. AllMusic
    Sep 19, 2018
    90
    To the Sunset isn't splashy: it's handsome and layered, alluring upon the first impression but revelatory upon revisits.
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  2. Paste Magazine
    Aug 23, 2018
    85
    It’s not that To the Sunset finds Shires wandering further--it’s that she’s digging deeper, with the same diligence and abundance of talent she’s been drawing from all along.
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  3. Blurt Magazine
    Aug 10, 2018
    80
    To The Sunset becomes a new plateau in a career that’s grown steadily and assuredly since the start. Indeed, its importance ought to grow over time given its unabashed enthusiasm and its unabashedly seductive set-up.
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