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  • Summary: The latest full-length solo release for the singer-songwriter features contributions from Jay Bellerose, Jennifer Condos, Eric Heywood, and Danny T. Levin.
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  • Record Label: Yep Roc
  • Genre(s): Americana, Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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  1. 90
    The sumptuous yet sublime Lightning, Show Your Stuff, makes it apparent that quantity has never come at the expense of quality.
  2. Sep 4, 2020
    80
    Lightning itself is a competent record, but more importantly it’s another notch in the belt of one of America’s most overlooked and underappreciated songwriters, someone who has consistently proven that he’s always worth hearing from.
  3. Mojo
    Sep 4, 2020
    80
    A late-onset triumph. [Oct 2020, p.92]
  4. Classic Rock Magazine
    Nov 18, 2020
    80
    What is great about this album is that it conveys a feeling of lethargy, tiredness, the onset of old age, while never sounding tired, lethargic or clapped out. [Dec 2020, p.80]
  5. Sep 4, 2020
    70
    Lightning Show Us Your Stuff doesn't feel like one of the truly great albums in Grant-Lee Phillips's catalog, but it's certainly a very good one, and any artist who can reliably turn out music this smart, impassioned, and well-crafted is someone who more than deserves a larger audience.
  6. Uncut
    Sep 4, 2020
    70
    This is all about the warm, soft glow of his voice and band, mostly taped together on the studio floor. [Oct 2020, p.36]