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Oct 5, 2015Servant of Love--Griffin’s first new work since both 2013’s reflective American Kid and Silver Bell (recorded in 2000 but released 13 years after the fact)--takes the Maine-born songwriter to more complex, yet spare musical planes.
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Oct 12, 2015The results are astonishing.
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Oct 7, 2015The most poignant moments involve simple memories.
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UncutSep 25, 2015If anything, this is more consistent and satisfying record, one that emphatically places her at the forefront of modern roots music. [Nov 2015, p.72]
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Sep 25, 2015You will hear her work ethic throughout, positively Spartan, and tinged with rueful truth. A courtly service for all to attend.
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Sep 25, 2015Servant of Love is an album that needs a few spins to be fully appreciated, but it's as sincere, heartfelt, and artful as anything Griffin has released to date, and if the form may seem elusive to some listeners, the content is powerful and satisfying, a reminder of why Patty Griffin is one of our best singer/songwriters.
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Sep 25, 2015This project is far more adventurous in its presentation of a unique and provocative sonic palette.
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Sep 25, 2015There’s the moody and mysterious Everything’s Changed, finely sung over a repeated riff, and a pained and personal ballad, You Never Asked Me, which already sounds like a standard.
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Oct 22, 2015Servant of Love is anything but standard. Griffin deftly experiments with Arabic-style guitar-picking and eerie, chanting vocals on the stark and political "Good and Gone."
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Oct 15, 2015The stylistic mix recalls territory she has explored before, notably in Robert Plant's revived Band of Joy project in 2010. But it's never felt so much like personal vernacular.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 8
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Mixed: 0 out of 8
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Negative: 2 out of 8
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Sep 26, 2015