Orpheus Descending
by John Mellencamp
  • Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Jun 16, 2023
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Universal acclaim - based on 4 Critic Reviews

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  1. AllMusic
    Jun 22, 2023
    80
    Mellencamp's blend of sinewy rhythms and burnished acoustics is recognizably his, yet it draws upon a sound that's now part of a shared past. It's a sound that's aged well, and Mellencamp has aged within it.
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  2. American Songwriter
    Jun 22, 2023
    90
    Ultimately, Orpheus Descending ranks as one of the most commanding and compelling albums of Mellencamp’s entire career.
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  3. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jun 22, 2023
    70
    His vocal range and tone might now haunt the hinterlands often visited by Tom Waits and Bob Dylan, but the rasp from those hard-lived years adds a wonderful lustre to the songs and subjects he’s addressing and the things he’s chosen to write about now. [Jul 2023, p.82]
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