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Universal acclaim- based on 83 Ratings
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Positive: 77 out of 83
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Mixed: 0 out of 83
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Negative: 6 out of 83
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Apr 20, 2016
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Apr 28, 2016Good record even if E. Swartz disagrees. The fact it is an open letter to his son is risky and unique. After his last album it is a bold statement musically.
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Apr 18, 2016This isn't the album you may have thought you wanted from Sturgill, but instead he gave you something you didn't know you wanted. I adore this album for what it stands for, his departure from being the next outlaw country darling. Musically this album is genre-less, which only shows Simpson's musical prowess even more.
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Apr 18, 2016
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Apr 20, 2016This is coming form a guy who rarely listens too country. This album blew me away, you can feel the raw emotion and when I realized he made this album for his son it meant so much more. This takes country to another level. 10/10
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Apr 23, 2016There really isn't anything like this album. Another reviewer stated "genre-less", and I could not agree more. Wonderfully put together, this is the most unforgettable album I've ever listened to. I wish this was the type of country we heard on the radio.
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Jun 20, 2016If you don't like it, fine. But if you don't like it because it's not Meta Modern II then that's a problem. A beautiful album that proves SS is in it for the long haul and will refuse to play by anyone's rules regarding what "country" music is/should be. It's obvious he is committed to making great music, to hell with the bowl people try to put it in.
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Jan 14, 2017A rollicking and meaningful country and soul record, with an inspired Sturgill Simpson directing his musings on life and the hardships of the sea to his infant son.
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Feb 21, 2018
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May 13, 2016Sturgill Simpson has recorded an interesting album about the lure of home. Musically, it's a bold step away from the excellent Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (there's more soul and brass in A Sailor's Guide to Earth) but the songwriting remains strong and beguiling.
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Q MagazineMay 5, 2016A Sailor's Guide to Earth is audacious in a genre that prizes hat size over innovation, a concept album about parenting and childhood intended for consumption in one continuous sitting like a short story. [Jul 2016, p.114]
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Apr 19, 2016Cue nuggets of advice from someone who’s had his own share of knocks, self-inflicted and otherwise, as Simpson and the band tackle brassy R&B, Memphis soul and swampy country, augmented by semi-orchestral strings and bound together by his extraordinary baritone.