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The results are compelling and restrained, with hand claps, creaking organ and thudding bass drums joining Chapman's melancholy pipes.
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A dark, methodical, and ultimately beautiful album.
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Entertainment WeeklyThis is the CD you play on the drive home after the breakup. [21 Oct 2002]
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UncutThese days her winning innocence has turned to mature craft, but she's lost none of her integrity or emotional honesty. [Dec 2002, p.129]
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Mojo[The] material [is] often so simple in construction that a check of the enclosed lyric sheet is sometimes necessary to ensure the songs really exist. [Jan 2003, p.102]
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Q MagazineThe tunes are serviceable, if hardly Fast Car. [Dec 2002, p.102]
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Many of the songs have a similar feel and lack distinctive melodies to keep them from blending together.
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BlenderToo much about Tracy Chapman's Let It Rain is austere. [#12, p.138]
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It's a harrowing trip, and while clearly heartfelt, one is left with the impression that Let It Rain isn't so much meant to be enjoyed as pitied.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 10
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jaymanSep 20, 2005I'm listening to this again....perfect. Happy always gets me...and always will.
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SaraLAug 2, 2003