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Feb 16, 2018By the Way I Forgive You is a different beast than its predecessor, a record with more texture, shade, and ambiguity: it is clearly the work of a maturing artist and it's all the richer for it.
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Oct 5, 2018Empathetic and hopeful, By the Way rivals breakout The Story as Carlile's best.
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Mar 6, 2018Brandi Carlile has always aimed high. On By the Way, I Forgive You, she aims higher than ever before, this time with her best songs and exquisite production on her side.
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Feb 20, 2018The album’s a tad awkward, like many projects steeped in the mild tea of sincerity, but By the Way, I Forgive You is the necessary next step in a shrewdly managed career. Brandi Carlile requires no forgiveness from us.
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Feb 16, 2018Across the 10-track LP, the folk-tinged singer belts with gusto. ... The album's strongest moments, however, are Carlile's riskier departures towards the LP's end.
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Feb 16, 2018The most emotionally direct and revealing album she’s to released to date.
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Feb 21, 2018Brandi Carlile works too hard on By The Way I Forgive You, and though sometimes this results in songs haunted by mourning, it also leads to songs that collapse into bathos.
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Feb 16, 2018As the title implies, Brandi Carlile’s sixth studio album is about deriving strength from forgiveness and gratitude. But the lovely, languid folk songs on By The Way, I Forgive You also offer nuanced looks at life’s everyday complications.
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UncutFeb 16, 2018The album's best tracks are those where Carlile strides beyond the confines of orthodox pop-country. [Apr 2018, p.24]
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Mar 30, 2018It’s rare that a performer who’s inherently this capable of registering so much heart and soul can be such a cool cucumber when she wants to. Her lyrical and vocal reserve on so many of the tracks gives the moments of pure emotion that much more impact when they come.
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