Cass County
by Don Henley
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Sep 25, 2015
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. alekblonk
    Nov 25, 2017
    8
    A good, solid album with Henley returning to his roots. The album is filled with beautiful, soothing melodies and harmonies. 'Cass County' is far from flawless, though, with a few of clichés and songs that make you want to listen to anything else but this album.
    'Cass County' has got some beautiful duets and it combines country, blues, americana and rock perfectly, which makes this album    A good, solid album with Henley returning to his roots. The album is filled with beautiful, soothing melodies and harmonies. 'Cass County' is far from flawless, though, with a few of clichés and songs that make you want to listen to anything else but this album.
    'Cass County' has got some beautiful duets and it combines country, blues, americana and rock perfectly, which makes this album great to listen to.    … Expand

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Mojo
    Oct 27, 2015
    80
    Henley's discourses on ageing and feeling adrift in the modern world are poignant, and, on A Younger Man, painfully well observed. [Dec 2015, p.93]
  2. Classic Rock Magazine
    Oct 6, 2015
    70
    The cover of Tift Merritt’s Bramble Rose is affecting too, a stately country shuffle that finds Henley trading verses with Lambert over pedal steel and mandolin, while Jagger blows harmonica and sings like a cat pleading to be let in from the rain. At other times, the album is less successful, particularly when it falls back on weepy honky-tonk tropes.
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  3. PopMatters
    Oct 2, 2015
    50
    At the album’s best, Henley conjures up the push-pull between restlessness and contentment in a way that jibes well with the musical interest in the traditions of the genre. At its worst, the album makes me want to throw it out the window, either for the cliches or more often the way the persona of the album comes from a lecturing place of “wisdom”; an I’ve-lived, so I know attitude.
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