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Q MagazineSep 28, 2011Oregon four-piece serve up a conceptual gem. [Oct 2011, p.128]
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UncutSep 20, 2011For the most part, this is a bleak musical fable as disquieting as it is utterly compelling, as it races inexorably to its bloody conclusion. [Oct 2011, p.94]
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Sep 20, 2011It's still a slice of superior Americana that enhances Richmond Fontaine's standing as one of the genre's premier attractions.
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Sep 20, 2011An immaculately told doomed love story with such an evocative quality that you can almost smell the rain on the logs, The High Country is an album in which to immerse yourself.
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Sep 20, 2011Richmond Fontaine should be commended for bucking the singles trend and crafting an album that functions best, possibly only, as a whole, especially amid rumors of the album's impending demise.
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Sep 21, 2011True, The High Country doesn't allow for the giddiest of circumstance, but if it doesn't break your heart, it may just steal it instead.
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MojoSep 27, 2011An admirable attempt to try something genuinely different has compromised an otherwise fine album. [Oct 2011, p.94]
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Sep 20, 2011As an album, The High Country is a little disappointing, as fans of Richmond Fontaine might wish for something a little more traditional in the structure, or at least for the story idea to have been realised better.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 1 out of 4
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