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  • Summary: The first full-length studio release in 12 years for the Texas trio that includes Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Butch Hancock was produced by Lloyd Maines.
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  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Jul 8, 2021
    100
    Perfect in vision, voice, harmony – not to mention timing – Treasure of Love delivers quintessential Flatlanders.
  2. Mojo
    Jul 8, 2021
    80
    The musicianship's great, Lloyd Maines' production's gorgeous and there's a slew of highlights. [Aug 2021, p.87]
  3. Jul 8, 2021
    80
    Ely gets into ballad mode on Ernest Tubbs’ “I Don’t Blame You,” demonstrating a superior command of dynamics, phrasing, and expression that have long defined his storied career. Hancock gets into rollicking mode on Mickey Newbury’s “Mobile Blue” as the twangy guitars fire full throttle while Ely takes Hancock’s “Ramblin’ Man” down a couple of notches with his pals joining on the choruses.
  4. Jul 9, 2021
    80
    The Flatlanders end the album with “Sitting on Top of the World” and therefore go out in a blaze of glory. But as electric guitars and screaming voices drop out, the music continues to ring on in one’s head as the album insists upon being replayed.
  5. 80
    With Treasure of Love, The Flatlanders’ reverence for their roots stays true to its title.
  6. Jul 9, 2021
    75
    It comes as a comfort that life-long friends are still making music together and Treasure of Love finds them in fine fettle.
  7. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jul 8, 2021
    70
    Altogether, tons of twang for your buck. [Summer 2021, p.83]

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  1. Jul 11, 2021
    10
    Amazing country album, all what i love in this kind of music. To be listen and listening again...

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