Critic Reviews
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Entertainment Weekly
Pick from either the funky Revelling or the more downbeat Reckoning and you'll be rewarded with an intimate new mood or insight, expertly framed by the singer's acoustic-based every-style. [13 Apr 2001, p.76]
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Spin
This inspired, two-disc, 29-track set is one part musical grandstand like Prince's Sign O' the Times, one part marital saga like Bruce Springsteen's Tunnel of Love. [5/2001, p.139]
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Magnet
She once again raises the bar for her personal best... [#50, p.85]
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CDNow
Not every moment of Revelling/Reckoning is a winner. But the record is probably DiFranco's first where all the tags -- staunch D.I.Y.-er, feminist, bisexual folk-punk -- and the baggage of her brutally personal songwriting play second fiddle to the songs found within.
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Sonicnet
Revelling/Reckoning is a dense, daunting work -- and, quite possibly, her strongest one yet.
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Village Voice
While the acoustic simplicity of Reckoning seems thin at first, particularly beside Revelling's sensual, bombastic joy, the croons and ballads grow on you, if not for their melancholy navel-gazing, then for their languid, old-school folksiness.
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| 80 |
Rolling Stone
Revelling/Reckoning is both an accomplished album complimented by a loose-jam of ensemble players and a bare sketchbook where DiFranco sits alone in her room, creating a private universe accessible to anyone with the will to listen.
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Wall of Sound
Supposedly split into two themes, it turns out that the music throughout is interchangeable; any track could have appeared on either CD.
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Neumu.net
Her most skillful and soulful work thus far.
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The Onion (A.V. Club)
Revelling/Reckoning represents DiFranco at her best and worst.
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| 67 |
Village Voice (Consumer Guide)
This is a double album where the best songwriting never meshes with the best horn writing, which is what gets her juices going these days.
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Alternative Press
Though the music on Revelling/Reckoning ranges from brilliant to mediocre, DiFranco's bold, descriptive lyrics (as usual) redeem any shortcomings. [#155, p.75]
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Blender
Would have benefited from more stringent editing... [Jun/Jul 2001, p.108]
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