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- Summary: The 12th studio release for the singer-songwriter chronicles the past five years, where she overcame challenging moments in her life including divorce, death in the family, and a serious illness.
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- Record Label: Rounder
- Genre(s): Country, Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Country, Country-Folk
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Chasing What's Already Gone | |
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There's a big white house on a leafy street On a summer's day of 1963 Station wagons parked in the drive Dents in the fender and wood on the... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Jul 3, 2012Musically and lyrically, it is likely to be among her most enduring recordings.
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Jul 3, 2012All [songs on Ashes & Roses] command attention because of Chapin Carpenter's warm, weathered, unshowily authentic voice which has a kind of peace at its core.
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UncutAug 2, 2012The uncluttered folk-rock arrangements and a voice that has acquired a richer Patina since her '90s country hits contribute to the loveliest and most profound album of her career. [Sep 2012, p.74]
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Jul 3, 2012She places faith in unremitting earnestness. It's often affecting, and draws you in at times, but somewhat smothering in its unrelenting glumness. There's also a paucity of fresh melodies here. This profoundly personal album is unlikely to woo passers-by, but loyal, long-time admirers will adore it.
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Jul 16, 2012As each of the baker's dozen tracks move at the same pace and are the same relative length (between four and five minutes), the album can fall into a rut. That's a shame because most of the individual cuts have merit. Together, they are less than their parts.
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Jul 3, 2012Sadly for the listener, this is mostly a collection of one-paced songs more heartbroken than heartbreaking.
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Jul 3, 2012She's been treading water artistically for years now, recording and re-recording slight variations on the same polite, coffeehouse-folk album, and Ashes and Roses is just as lifeless as its predecessor.
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