Close Ties
by Rodney Crowell
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
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  1. logic
    Aug 26, 2017
    9
    Record of the year contender. Songs for adults. Crowell demonstrates a weary, wise, clever and passionate sensibility that doesn't pander or preach. A real gem in a sea of bro-country.

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#28 Best Album of 2017

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Mojo
    May 23, 2017
    80
    There's no arguing with craftsmanship like this. [Jul 2017, p.88]
  2. The Observer (UK)
    Apr 3, 2017
    80
    Delicately sung and immaculately played in semi-acoustic fashion, it’s a high point in an impressive career.
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  3. Slant Magazine
    Mar 31, 2017
    90
    The album is a reckoning with his own prickly memory, and it's a bounty of weathered emotion and hard-won wisdom.
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