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May 11, 2015Throughout her multi-decade-long career, Grammy-winning Lynne has combined eras, influences and genres to create a sound familiar, yet unique. Imagine continues in that tradition.
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Q MagazineJul 30, 2015Whenever the energy flags and the songs become a little so-so, she turns on the voice and dazzles again. [Sep 2015, p.113]
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MagnetJun 4, 2015I Can't Imagine might be her strongest release this side of I Am Shelby Lynne. [No. 120, p.57]
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Jun 3, 2015Throughout the album, Lynne’s imagination allows her to contemplate the past of front porches, the current moment, and whatever the future may hold all as one thing, and her music allows her to aurally share this vision with her listeners.
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UncutMay 5, 2015With I Can't Imagine, she's hit on the right combination of inspiration, kindred spirits and setting. [Jun 2015, p.78]
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May 5, 2015The fiercely independent musical spirit that animated her two most recent, deeply personal full-lengths is still strong.
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May 26, 2015Ultimately, for coming back to the label system after so many years on her ownsome, I Can’t Imagine feels like a remarkably minor record in her discography, full of warmth and good vibes but lacking that conviction that has defined virtually all of her post-millennial work.
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May 5, 2015I Can't Imagine is confident, assured, and fiercely independent.
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May 5, 2015Everything here captures the classy, sometimes sassy and always heartfelt essence that makes Shelby Lynne one of her generation’s most passionate and determined voices.
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MojoJul 6, 2015Vocally she delivers, Southern fried and passionate. But the songs, ever diverse, lack shape. [Aug 2015, p.98]
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May 6, 2015Had she toned down some idiosyncrasies and worried a handful of these songs past what sounds like their draft stages, I Can't Imagine could've been a real coup for Lynne.