- Record Label: Highway 20 Records
- Release Date: Feb 5, 2016
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 20 Ratings
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Positive: 15 out of 20
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Mixed: 2 out of 20
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Negative: 3 out of 20
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Oct 1, 2016Fans of Lucinda Williams will regard this as one of her best records. It's also one of the darkest.
It lacks the punch of some of her earlier work, most of the songs are very slow and introspective. But if you're a fan, you'll love it. -
Apr 30, 2016The backing band sounds as good as ever. I love Lucinda, but hate her recent trend of moaning her way through 15 songs instead of singing them. Sounds like she's not even trying to capture the great vocals she's shown in the past. Some tracks that would've been great 3-to-4 minute tracks needlessly drag on forever. Would've been a much better single album.
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Feb 20, 2016A dark, atmospheric, rumination. Bill Frisell and Greg Leisz are stark and moody. The whole album is perfectly, organically restrained until it doesn't need to be, then it buries itself into your soul forever.
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Mar 2, 2016It’s hardly an easy listen, but it’s a compelling one just the same. And if it’s not exactly a conclusive journey, it’s still one worth traveling all the same.
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MagnetFeb 12, 2016Williams’ themes here aren’t new for her—love lost and found, mortality, the struggle to get right with God. But thanks to Frisell especially, the settings for Williams’ cracked, world-weary voice and vivid songwriting are indeed new. [No. 128, p.60]
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Feb 11, 2016Tracks like “Death Came,” “Dust,” and “Bitter Memory” have great lyrics, yet the clear conclusion is that Williams should’ve condensed her second self-released double-disc set since 2014 into one record--two is just too much.