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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Jun 9, 2014
    90
    rouble & Love is unlike any other "heartbreak and healing" album; its hard-won, experiential, Buddhist-like wisdom borders on the profound.
  2. Jun 19, 2014
    89
    Like 2010's The Foundling, this seventh studio LP draws marrow from Gauthier's bones, cauterizing the wounds of a relationship into one of the most devastating breakup albums of all time.
  3. Mojo
    Jul 2, 2014
    80
    Her band is spare and empathetic, and she's a smart enough writer to avoid mawkishness and dramatics. Which just makes it grab you harder. [Aug 2014, p.93]
  4. Jul 1, 2014
    80
    Trouble & Love is perhaps her most thoughtprovoking set since 2005’s Mercy Now, full of literate musings and believable characters.
  5. 80
    The eight songs, culled from a crop of 30 that came in the wake of a difficult breakup, become dirge-like if you put them on in the background. Shut out the distractions and bring them in close, and they become razor-sharp reflections of the long road out of purgatory.
  6. Jun 9, 2014
    80
    She's a straight shooter, and Trouble & Love hits right to the heart.
  7. Oct 3, 2014
    70
    Gauthier’s detailed, insightful lyrics and powerfully emotive delivery makes one want to hurt.
  8. Uncut
    Jun 9, 2014
    70
    It's all gracefully wrought. [Jul 2014, p.73]

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