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UncutAug 18, 2011Nashville's elite session men construct an intimate acoustic framework for Souther to cast himself as crooning confidant, but it all feels a little polished and polite. [Sep 2011, p.95]
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Aug 8, 2011Souther sings in a mid-70s croon, tuneful but grain-free and, for a man inspired by Roy Orbison, oddly unemotional.
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Aug 4, 2011Natural History is a fine album. The other ten tracks offer much pleasure.
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Aug 4, 2011There are some fine songs on Natural History, which deserve better than being presented as if they were museum exhibits.
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Aug 4, 2011Alongside some so-so newer material, this latest set revisits earlier triumphs in JD's new style, which owes more to MOR jazz than rock or country. It's not as successful as his 2009 comeback If The World Was You, being something of a halfway house.