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Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song Image
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  • Summary: Produced by Jay Joyce, Alison Krauss and Patty Griffin appear as guests on the fifth studio release for the Philadelphia singer-songwriter.
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  • Record Label: Blue Note
  • Genre(s): Country, Folk, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Country-Folk
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Chill In the Air
1: Well the morning came like a freight train, bearing down on me from a Thousand miles a way. Well it came and gone and kept rolling on, laying up... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Oct 7, 2013
    83
    This pretty collection brims with introspection about life and love, but it's hard not to wish that Lee would exercise a little less emotional restraint. [11 Oct 2013, p.72]
  2. Oct 7, 2013
    81
    Ranging from old-timey to reverential, soul to Appalachian, Mountain stands utterly his.
  3. Magnet
    Nov 27, 2013
    80
    [Lee delivers] some of the most impassioned performances he's ever recorded. [No. 104, p.58]
  4. Oct 23, 2013
    70
    This is Lee’s fifth studio album. The good news is that he continues to explore new styles.
  5. Uncut
    Dec 6, 2013
    60
    Ballads like "Chill In The Air" and "Burden" have a stately gait, but Lee is more engaging when he turns playful huckster. [Jan 2014, p.75]
  6. Oct 7, 2013
    50
    He's unable to find his footing, whether as a blues, soul or country singer, and the end results are a bland pastiche of all three.
  7. Oct 8, 2013
    40
    His chops are pro and his delivery almost compulsively spot on, but he's far too thin on what singer-songwriters probably need most: their own point of view.

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