Otis Taylor's Contraband
by Otis Taylor
  • Record Label: Telarc
  • Release Date: Feb 14, 2012
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. Paste Magazine
    Mar 21, 2012
    83
    In short, it's a modern blues record that even non-blues fans can love and that blues fans can outright cherish.
  2. Mojo
    Mar 21, 2012
    80
    An album of considerable weight. [Feb 2012, p.99]
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  3. AllMusic
    Mar 21, 2012
    80
    By reining in the freedom that made Clovis People, Vol. 3 such a puzzling wonder, Taylor manages to up the ante musically and lyrically on Contraband.
  5. Blurt Magazine
    Mar 21, 2012
    80
    Contraband pushes Taylor's music forward, if by short, measured steps, and the qualities that make him the 21st century's classic bluesman keep his sound deep and true.
  6. PopMatters
    Mar 21, 2012
    50
    Aside from Taylor's earlier albums, Contraband would stand as a unique work, but it's not up to the standards set by reasonably similar records.

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