Buy Now
| Buy on |
|
- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
-
Feb 25, 2014Somewhere Else [is] her third and best album.
-
Feb 18, 2014The drama chronicled on Somewhere Else isn’t just rowdy, it’s borderline illicit.
-
Feb 28, 2014Like its predecessor Indestructible Machine, the album belies her age and finds the singer churning out songs that are wise beyond her years.
-
Feb 18, 2014On Somewhere Else, Lydia Loveless has harnessed the barnstorming energy of her Bloodshot debut and transformed it into something much more.
-
Feb 18, 2014Somewhere Else may have the finesse of a professional with many years on the books, but it also has the languor that accompanies an amateur treading on uneven ground.
-
Jun 3, 2014With her almost stream of consciousness talk-sing, some melodies on Somewhere Else are better formed than others. Like Patti Smith her songs can be as strong ultimately as the care invested in her hooks.
-
Apr 9, 2014Despite a couple of weaker links, Somewhere Else is extremely well put-together, and spilling over with appealing melodies, wit, and truth.
-
MagnetMar 12, 2014These songs, as punchy as ever, don't lean quite so heavily on unhinged, whiskey-soaked abandon. [No. 107, p.57]
-
Mar 3, 2014This set confirms she’s a rugged, uncompromising young talent with a distinctive voice and take-no-crap attitude primed and ready to take Americana into the next few decades.
-
Feb 18, 2014There’s a sense of urgency on Somewhere Else, a need to keep searching and exploring. And she’s onto something.
-
Feb 18, 2014It's anyone's guess where Loveless will go from here, but she's already made an album that's genuinely dazzling, and Somewhere Else sounds like a real contender for best album of 2014.
-
Feb 14, 2014There are odd nods on Somewhere Else.... But her full-throated attack and guitarist Todd May's twang-snarled guitar, which splits the diff between Tom Petty's Heartbreakers and Johnny Thunders', also recall a less-remembered version of that decade.
-
Feb 14, 2014Sure, sometimes the angst gets too angsty and a couple songs feel a bit like throwaways, but this is a great, memorable and oftentimes moving release from someone who sounds like she has about 20 years and 10 albums more experience than she does.
-
Feb 14, 2014The production on Somewhere Else is crisp and clean (though they could have pushed Loveless' distinctive voice slightly more out front).
-
Under The RadarFeb 21, 2014For a country-punk prodigy, Loveless is only getting better with age. [Feb/Mar 2014, p.73]
-
Feb 18, 2014Halfway between French Romantic and Nashville outlaw, Loveless’ songwriting can come across sometimes as overly bleak and therefore sensationalistic, yet Somewhere Else makes such boldness a virtue, as thought decorum blunts creative expression.
-
UncutApr 2, 2014She's actually more effective when slowing things things down a notch. [May 2014, p.77]
-
Feb 26, 2014This is a good album and one that is easy to get into, especially if you have even half an ear for some country-based insurgency!
-
Mar 12, 2014Lyrically, Loveless can still hit a clinker ("Verlaine Shot Rimbaud") or two ("Head"), but the yearning in "Everything's Gone" and pain expressed with "Hurts So Bad" illustrate she's come a long way in expressing universal emotions.
-
Feb 14, 2014The lyrics can get melodramatic (Verlaine Shot Rimbaud) and vulgar (Head), but there are gems here, too.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 9 out of 10
-
Mixed: 1 out of 10
-
Negative: 0 out of 10
-
Feb 26, 2014