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Classic Rock MagazineFeb 18, 2015A highly more-ish record with real soul and class. [Mar 2015, p.88]
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Kerrang!Mar 10, 2015Too countrified for you r average black metal fan, Blackberry Smoke are nevertheless as warming as rock gets. [7 Feb 2015, p.54]
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Feb 25, 2015Holding All the Roses, with its sleek, yet “real”, its creator’s trailblazing attitude, production and its honorable hark back to traditional Southern sounds is top-notch listening from top to bottom.
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MojoFeb 13, 2015You've heard it all before, but rarely done so well. [Mar 2014, p.98]
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Feb 10, 2015While the touchstones are evident--you can hear wisps of everyone from Vince Gill to Steve Earle to Lynyrd Skynyrd--Blackberry Smoke has assuredly carved out its own spot.
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Feb 10, 2015Holding All the Roses delivers on every promise Blackberry Smoke have made to themselves and their fans.
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Feb 11, 2015While some may disparage Blackberry Smoke’s generic stance and the fact that Holding All the Roses seems so overtly radio-ready, there’s something to be said for a band that can rock so relentlessly and still maintain its melodic appeal.
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UncutFeb 10, 2015It's an album of two halves, with "Rock And Roll Again" summarising a scene-setting opening hand that focuses on good-time, AC/DC-worshiping rockers. A shade more subtlety comes late on. [Mar 2015, p.72]
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Feb 10, 2015The sub-Quo thud of Rock and Roll Again aside, this is an eminently likable upholding of 40-year-old principles.