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Jan 21, 2014Here's one of the best records you'll hear in 2014.
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Feb 7, 2014A compelling listen, and a new side to Doug Paisley.
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MojoJan 23, 2014Comparatively standard tunes such as To And Fro prevent Strong Feelings from being an unconditional classic, but that's tantamount to dismissing Toronto's CN Tower as a bit pointy. [Feb 2014, p.91]
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UncutJan 21, 2014It sounds timeless, and oddly familiar. But subsequent listens add intrigue. [Feb 2014, p.70]
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Jan 21, 2014All 10 are thoughtful and gentle, presented with little embellishment and zero pretense.
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Jan 21, 2014There’s something rich and nourishing about it. And that’s true of all of Doug Paisley’s music, which is strong on melody and comes from a place of genuine emotion. Whatever you choose to call it, music like this is universal.
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Jan 21, 2014Strong Feelings sums up the sentiments, but it’s the eloquent execution that makes this so sublime.
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Jan 21, 2014Musically, Strong Feelings reiterates Constant Companion, which is fine, because it’s a good formula and Paisley’s songs are stronger this time.
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Mar 7, 2014Ultimately, this is an album about music's mysterious power.
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Jan 30, 2014The songs, the sound, the words, they could have come out any time in the past four decades and they’d fit. But they couldn’t have been written convincingly by anyone else.
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Jan 21, 2014At times, Paisley seems a little beholden to tradition--he prefers tastefully burnished settings to an un-sanded, spiky mess--but he still has enough panache to give this a bit of resonance and that's what makes this record, which feels as if everybody involved wishes it was recorded in a cabin in 1975, rather charming.
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Feb 14, 2014On Strong Feelings, his third full-length, Paisley’s pointed but oxygenated arrangements allow the best facets of his penmanship to bold-face themselves.