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Fox Confessor Brings The Flood

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Label: Anti
Album Details: Members of Calexico and Giant Sand help provide the music for the singer's first studio album in
Members of Calexico and Giant Sand help provide the music for the singer's first studio album in four years.
Label: Anti
Genre(s): Indie Rock Alt-Country
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Star Witness
My true love drowned in a dirty old pan Of oil that did run from the block Of a Falcon sedan 1969 The paper said '75 There were no survivors None...
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Critic Reviews
(28)
85
Metascore Universal acclaim
25 Positive Ratings 89%
3 Mixed Ratings 10%
0 Negative Ratings 0%
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100
Alternative Press
"An astonishing collection... that should leave Case's peers eating a cloud of Nashville dust. [Apr 2006, p.204]"
90
Prefix Magazine
"Case's genius as a writer, evident from track to track, stems from her ability to write lyrics that conjure up amazingly clear images but that still leave the songs as a whole up to interpretation." ... Read full review
90
Billboard
"Case has never sounded as vital as she does on "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood."" ... Read full review
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ShakingThrough.net
"Fox Confessor is often striking, intermittently dazzling and occasionally puzzling." ... Read full review
80
Under The Radar
"Twelve of the most lyrically and musically ambitious songs of her career. [#12, p.90]"
80
Mojo
"Feels as old as a cracked-leather Bible that's lasted generations and witnessed many secrets. [Apr 2006, p.98]"
58
Stylus Magazine
"Unsurprisingly, everything on Fox Confessor Brings the Flood is sublimated beneath Case’s vocals: music, momentum, the need for tunes." ... Read full review
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(35)
8.9
User Score Universal acclaim
66 Positive Ratings 92%
2 Mixed Ratings 2%
3 Negative Ratings 4%
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GernickK
Apr 16, 2007
played the record again this weekend after not having listened to it for a while, was again struck by the sheer gorgeousness of this album. played the record again this weekend after not having listened to it for a while, was again struck by the sheer gorgeousness of this album. possibly the best album of 2006 (though i struggle to think of an album that could match this in 2006) Catch her live if you can, it will be magic.… Expand
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laurene
Mar 21, 2006
Incredible lyrics, an unmatched voice and talent in music today.
10
Cables
Mar 7, 2006
Beautiful in every sense of the word. A true masterpiece.
10
DREFromCharlotte
Sep 14, 2006
Neko Case has the clearest voice in 2006 music. 'Fox' is a lovely, sorta wacko, alt-country masterpiece. It's sort of like Neko Case has the clearest voice in 2006 music. 'Fox' is a lovely, sorta wacko, alt-country masterpiece. It's sort of like stepping back in time to heart Pasty Cline singing cutting-edge alt.… Expand
9
lorne
Mar 8, 2006
An artfully recorded record destined to be compromise by this age's love of the digital medium. A rare masterwork requiring An artfully recorded record destined to be compromise by this age's love of the digital medium. A rare masterwork requiring analogue's sonic superiority to experience this record's atmospheric depths to its fullest. Lyrically Ms. Case has few peers. One only needs to listen to Track #7 -- John Saw That Number -- a 18th C. spiritual to be immediately confronted by an overwhelming power rare in today's nihilistic musical culture. Track #2 -- Hold On Hold On -- harkens back to the classic three-minute pop of The Mamas and the Papas, offering an entry point for a whole new audience into the lush, arcane universe of Neko Case. "With this album," Neko Case reflected on this record, "I wanted to try and figure out how fairy tales were born." Ignore her inspiring work at your own peril.… Expand
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TravisB
May 31, 2006
Beautiful. I'm not even a huge country fan, and I love this stuff. Check out "maybe sparrow" or "teenage feeling", in addition to the Beautiful. I'm not even a huge country fan, and I love this stuff. Check out "maybe sparrow" or "teenage feeling", in addition to the single "star witness"… Expand
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DavidM
May 3, 2006
I love Neko's work with the New Pornographers, and like a lot of other alt-country artists, Lucinda Williams, so given that and the I love Neko's work with the New Pornographers, and like a lot of other alt-country artists, Lucinda Williams, so given that and the great reviews this album has garnered, I find myself shocked how little I like this ablum... Don't by the other posters praising this albums emotionalism...I find it very cold and distant, and musically outside of the overdubbed vocals on Star Witness, which are gorgeous, and moments of Hold On, nothing here engages me. And there's a weird, I don't know, almost maybe David Lynch-like bizarreness to some of the lyrics...maybe this is just the way Neko does it on her own...if so, I'll wait for the next NP… Expand
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