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- Summary: Traditional Irish songs are interpreted by the Kevin Rowland-led band formerly known as the Dexys Midnight Runners for its fifth studio release (and just its second under the shortened name).
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- Record Label: Rhino
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 8
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Mixed: 2 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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UncutJun 3, 2016An unqualified triumph. [Jul 2016, p.73]
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Jun 6, 2016It all makes for an excellent follow-up to 2012’s comeback album, One Day I’m Going to Soar.
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Jun 7, 2016Traditional airs 'Women Of Ireland', 'Carrickfergus' and 'Curragh Of Kildare' are evocative, stately and impassioned, respectively and alternately, and Rowland's bolshy old yelp has softened to a croon. He brings the kind of authority he didn't always have 30 years ago, along with a hard-won wisdom that gives him the character to handle this stuff sincerely.
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Jun 9, 2016Unpredictable, completely dedicated, and honest to the core, it packs an emotional wallop and is yet more proof that Kevin Rowland is still standing, just as proudly as ever.
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Jun 16, 2016A smart running order helps, but it’s the performance from Rowland and his cultured set of musicians that pulls the project off.
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Jun 3, 2016There are points on the album when the true Dexys shine through, but a lot of the time the band’s actual sound seems lost behind lush production, and that is a shame for a group of such obvious pop writing talent.
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MojoJun 3, 2016So really, Let The Record Show is a game of two halves, a little jumbled up perhaps, but one in which Rowland ultimately triumphs. [Jun 2016, p.90]