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8.2

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  • Summary: Tell Me is 21-year-old songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield's sophomore effort and is produced by the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach.
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  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Our Hearts Are Wrong
hate has brought me up the stairs into your house i'll not let hate be the one to make me naked for you my self-esteem is heating up the room you're... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 16
  2. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Feb 8, 2011
    83
    Tell Me feels genuine and unpretentious throughout, setting the tone for a night of cathartic, misty-eyed introspection.
  2. Feb 14, 2011
    80
    This album will prove to be as addictive listening come the end of the year as it is right now.
  3. Mar 4, 2011
    80
    A treasure of tremendous emotional resonance and focus from the rising country singer.
  4. Feb 8, 2011
    70
    The most compelling sound on Tell Me is Mayfield's languid drawl.
  5. Feb 9, 2011
    70
    Despite that frosty Ohioan echo, Mayfield is a convincing and oddly charming tour guide out into that dark. She seems to know what's out there more than we do, which makes Tell Me so great to follow.
  6. Feb 8, 2011
    60
    Over the course of Tell Me, her second full-length album, Mayfield emerges as a singer-songwriter with a powerful and distinct voice.
  7. Mojo
    Apr 6, 2011
    60
    Tell Me is a pure and earnest amble through heartbreak, Bluegrass-tinged, with Seldom nods to anything approaching modern. [Apr 2011, p.106]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Feb 11, 2011
    9
    Jessica Lea Mayfield is only 21 years-old, but the maturity of her songwriting makes one forget that fact. Tell Me is a fantastic albumJessica Lea Mayfield is only 21 years-old, but the maturity of her songwriting makes one forget that fact. Tell Me is a fantastic album produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. Mayfield takes the listener on a journey through heartbreak, but in the end there is a sense of hope. That hope may be centered around the future of this talented, young singer-songwriter. Expand