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Alternative PressThough the music on Revelling/Reckoning ranges from brilliant to mediocre, DiFranco's bold, descriptive lyrics (as usual) redeem any shortcomings. [#155, p.75]
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BlenderWould have benefited from more stringent editing... [Jun/Jul 2001, p.108]
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Not every moment of Revelling/Reckoning is a winner. But the record is probably DiFranco's first where all the tags -- staunch D.I.Y.-er, feminist, bisexual folk-punk -- and the baggage of her brutally personal songwriting play second fiddle to the songs found within.
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Entertainment WeeklyPick from either the funky Revelling or the more downbeat Reckoning and you'll be rewarded with an intimate new mood or insight, expertly framed by the singer's acoustic-based every-style. [13 Apr 2001, p.76]
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MagnetShe once again raises the bar for her personal best... [#50, p.85]
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Her most skillful and soulful work thus far.
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Revelling/Reckoning is both an accomplished album complimented by a loose-jam of ensemble players and a bare sketchbook where DiFranco sits alone in her room, creating a private universe accessible to anyone with the will to listen.
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Revelling/Reckoning is a dense, daunting work -- and, quite possibly, her strongest one yet.
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SpinThis inspired, two-disc, 29-track set is one part musical grandstand like Prince's Sign O' the Times, one part marital saga like Bruce Springsteen's Tunnel of Love. [5/2001, p.139]
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Revelling/Reckoning represents DiFranco at her best and worst.
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While the acoustic simplicity of Reckoning seems thin at first, particularly beside Revelling's sensual, bombastic joy, the croons and ballads grow on you, if not for their melancholy navel-gazing, then for their languid, old-school folksiness.
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This is a double album where the best songwriting never meshes with the best horn writing, which is what gets her juices going these days.
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Supposedly split into two themes, it turns out that the music throughout is interchangeable; any track could have appeared on either CD.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 10
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Negative: 2 out of 10
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Jan 25, 2012
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Nov 21, 2010
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JohnM.Dec 30, 2001