• Record Label: Yep Roc
  • Release Date: Jan 27, 2017
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. Magnet
    Feb 14, 2017
    60
    With guitar ace Marc Ribot and pedal-steel master Eric Heywood along for the ride, she continues exploring the intersection of hope and heartache. [No. 139, p.57]
  2. Feb 2, 2017
    60
    The mixing of the waters, swirling around Merritt’s pure, soaring vocals, produces a record that’s elegant and intelligent, only country in the same way that Emmylou’s own later work (think Wrecking Ball) could be said to be.
  3. Mojo
    Jan 24, 2017
    60
    It feels more like 10 individual songs than an album. [Mar 2017, p.93]
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  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
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  1. Mar 4, 2017
    6
    A lush and melancholy folk rock album that gets off to an interesting start but never really goes anywhere, mostly due to Merritt's iffy andA lush and melancholy folk rock album that gets off to an interesting start but never really goes anywhere, mostly due to Merritt's iffy and repetitive songwriting. Full Review »