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- Summary: The latest album for the Connecticut singer-songwriter features six songs he recorded in the 1970s.
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- Record Label: Drag City
- Genre(s): Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Pop/Rock, Acid Folk
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Apr 1, 2011A Dream a While Back is an essential additional document in Higgins' legacy and adds to, not diminishes, Red Hash's legacy.
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Apr 1, 2011Though these solo works are not as fleshed out nor quite as transporting as the highlights of Red Hash, they provide a fascinating document of a young songwriter finding his voice, and leave behind lingering questions about what might have been.
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Apr 1, 2011Nothing here is quite as tuneful as the stuff on Red Hash, or as fully formed, but it's a compelling set of early songs that show where his later, better stuff came from, as well as showing a raw, emotional purging of sound from an impressive player.
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UncutApr 13, 2011It's a lovely document of Higgins' loose, rambling songs. [May 2011, p.88]
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Apr 1, 2011A Dream A While Back is entertaining enough. Hearing Higgins recorded so simply can be starkly beautiful. Yet, anyone contemplating picking up a copy should be reminded there's another, far better record that should be heard first.
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