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  • Summary: The married Australian singer-songwriting couple of Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson releases their second album of Appalachian folk duets.
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  • Record Label: Sugar Hill
  • Genre(s): Country, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock, Country-Folk, Country-Rock
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  1. Nov 19, 2012
    90
    Wreck & Ruin sounds fresh as the dew and old as the hills all at once, and anyone who doubts that Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson are two of the finest natural talents in country and folk music today need only listen to this to be convinced.
  2. 80
    Short but potent and powerful set.
  3. Nov 19, 2012
    80
    One outright dud of a song and a handful of lazily written lines don't outweigh all that Chambers and Nicholson get right on Wreck & Ruin, an album that tempers its genuine, heartfelt romance with the darkest comedy.
  4. Dec 6, 2012
    80
    The two make beautiful music together, country style. While it may seem strange that acoustic American styles have rooted in such a distant place, the flower is as sweet as any ever produced in the USA.
  5. Nov 19, 2012
    70
    Recorded in the far reaches of the Australian Outback, it reflects those dusty environs in its stripped-down arrangements and traditional tomes.
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