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- Summary: Australian alt-country singer Kasey Chambers follows her acclaimed 2000 debut ('The Captain') with this sophomore effort. Lucinda Williams guests.
- Record Label: Warner Brothers
- Genre(s): Rock, Country, Folk, Blues
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Top Track
| Not Pretty Enough | |
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| Am I not pretty enough? Is my heart too broken? Do I cry too much? Am I too outspoken? Don't I make you laugh? Should I try it harder? Why do you... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 12
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Mixed: 4 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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Simply striking.
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Easily one of the year's top 10, if not top five.
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It's the breath-taking songwriting that clinches the deal here.
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In saluting hell-raisers of country past, Chambers unintentionally illustrates she should be more of one herself.
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In stark contrast to most Nashville and alt.country products, even when the words let it down, Barricades & Brickwalls is carried by its classic sound.
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The white-girl blues thing very rarely does anybody any good.
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Chambers' voice is a birdie chirp. She's sexy, but has less edge than the tiniest bleached-blond in the Dixie Chicks and half the sass of Dolly Parton.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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MarkJ.Jul 23, 2002A striking album. completely different from the manufactured music of today's "stars"
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ErikN.Feb 20, 2002Her first album was better. She needs to mix up her genres a bit. Too much of the blues on this album. Still good though.
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