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- Summary: Not commonly known for his subtlety, the singer from Wales returns with an album that keeps it simple and goes back to basics--blues and traditional gospel songs that are spiritual and speak nothing but the truth.
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- Record Label: Mercury Nashville
- Genre(s): Vocal, Pop/Rock, American Trad Rock
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Mixed: 4 out of 17
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Here, he and Johns are working with a faultless batch of songs.
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Take those hats off and launch them into the air for one of the most uplifting, career-topping albums anyone could have released, regardless of age.
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Praise & Blame is a stark, soul-probing study in imminent mortality.
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Jones has demonstrated with a new album that it's never too late in the game to take an inspiring artistic step forward.
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This studly Welsh baritone, now 70, certainly has the voice to make a lean, tough country gospel album.
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Praise & Blame may not inspire much panty-hurling but it might cause open-minded music fans to reappraise Jones's interpretive gifts.
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With Praise & Blame, Jones dials down the camp and tries to act his age--he turned 70 in June. So what we get is a more refined, more serious Jones, and that's no fun at all.
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