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  • Summary: The latest full-length release for the Ohio singer-songwriter was recorded in Chicago with producer Tom Schick.
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  1. Oct 7, 2020
    80
    A beautiful and steady album about defying the roles others put you in and pondering what went wrong. It’s a heartbreaking project as well, peppered with upbeat but cutting songs. It may not be Loveless’s best album -- Real is impossible to beat -- but it ideally captures the indescribable greatness of her songwriting.
  2. Oct 7, 2020
    80
    While the mood is subdued and even brooding, this is a powerful album where you feel the story in each song.
  3. Oct 21, 2020
    80
    Folks who were expecting Lydia Loveless to be the next savior of country music may be thrown for a loop by Daughter, but anyone who wants to hear one of America's best and boldest songwriters working at the top of her game owes it to themselves to give it a careful listen.
  4. Oct 7, 2020
    75
    Loveless has a massive, powerful voice that she uses to great effect, though the effect is even greater, and hits even harder, when she blends it with a measure of restraint instead of going full-bore all the time.
  5. Oct 23, 2020
    70
    She's never sounded unsure in her music, but she's a new robust sense of identity to bolster what she does and, wherever she goes from here, that should give her strength on the way.
  6. Uncut
    Oct 16, 2020
    70
    Throughout, she pulls no punches, her razor-sharp lyrics demonstrating a singular wit and vulnerability. [Dec 2020, p.35]
  7. Oct 27, 2020
    60
    Unlike older albums, most of the songs on Daughter lack the same punch as even the songs on the similarly-textured Real. The album has its moments.

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