Tomorrow Is My Turn
by Rhiannon Giddens
  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Release Date: Feb 10, 2015
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. The Telegraph (UK)
    Feb 13, 2015
    100
    The result is the gorgeous Tomorrow is My Turn, which shows off the full singing range and power of the frontwoman for innovative string-band trio the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
  2. PopMatters
    Feb 10, 2015
    90
    Everything works on Tomorrow Is My Turn, an album that heralds the arrival of a major American artist.
  3. Spin
    Jul 1, 2015
    80
    Turn is a haunting, often painfully beautiful example of how songs that may seem dead and buried can sublimely rise from the grave.
  5. Mojo
    Mar 19, 2015
    80
    Raw and skiffly as you'd expect. [Apr 2015, p.95]
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  6. Blurt Magazine
    Feb 11, 2015
    80
    Giddens emulates her forebears with reverence and assurance.
  7. Boston Globe
    Feb 10, 2015
    80
    This is Americana in its purest form, where gospel, folk, blues, soul, and Celtic melodies all make sense on the same album when interpreted by a dexterous vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of Giddens’s caliber.
  8. American Songwriter
    Feb 10, 2015
    80
    The combination of Burnette’s characteristically genuine, acoustic based production, Giddens’ sumptuous voice and a conceptual set list that never feels musty, yields a wonderful album whose restrained pleasures reveal themselves gradually over repeated playings.
  9. AllMusic
    Feb 9, 2015
    80
    Her easy, welcoming touch is a balm every time Tomorrow Is My Turn is played, but it's upon successive spins that the intricacies of Giddens' construction--not to mention her subtle political messages--begin to take hold.
  10. Q Magazine
    Feb 6, 2015
    80
    Thirty-something mother-of-two Giddens's versatility is breath-taking. [Mar 2015, p.108]
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  11. The Observer (UK)
    Feb 6, 2015
    80
    The bull horn power of Odetta and Bessie Smith’s sly blues are other touchstones on an agile, emotional record.
  12. Uncut
    Feb 6, 2015
    80
    The exceptionally well-curated material is all drawn from women singers--if not always women writers--and does a fine job of placing Giddens at the nexus of a multiplicity of traditions. [Mar 2015, p.79]
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  13. Rolling Stone
    Feb 11, 2015
    70
    Most of the time, as on a soulful version of Patsy Cline's "She's Got You," Giddens imbues these classics with a freshness and vitality that feel right at home in 2015.

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#47 Best Album of 2015

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