- Critic score
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BlenderTheir most sure-footedly solemn performances to date. [Nov 2003, p.114]
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MagnetA formidable, spooky album you can lose--or perhaps find--yourself in. [#61, p.97]
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MojoA ghosts' convention set to music. [Nov 2003, p.130]
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This is the band's most beautiful record, an expertly arranged blend of their acoustic old school country augmented by pedal steel guitar and bowed saws and sometimes colored by elements of mariachi, gospel, and rural folk.
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Q MagazineThis most recalls their masterful Through The Trees, only with pedal steel, banjo, bowed saw and some of their best harmony vocals yet. [Oct 2003, p.104]
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The grim mood and countrified sound of Singing Bones doesn't differ dramatically from the past few Handsome Family albums.
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UncutA beautiful record. [Nov 2003, p.122]
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Under The RadarBrett's arrangements are usually dead-on, emphasizing the acoustic guitar and vocals while accenting with an organ or singing saw. [#5, p.113]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 6
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Mixed: 0 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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Mar 19, 2014