Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album
by John Coltrane
  • Record Label: Verve
  • Release Date: Jun 29, 2018
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 2 out of 15
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90

Universal acclaim - based on 11 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
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  1. The Wire
    Jul 26, 2018
    80
    The tunes recorded on 6 March bear no relation to that relaxed and delicate session [with Johnny Hartman]. Instead, they’re much closer to the kind of high-octane material the quartet were pursuing in live performance at the time, albeit with considerably less intensity than could be witnessed on the bandstand. [Aug 2018, p.74]
  2. Uncut
    Jul 19, 2018
    90
    The best-kept secret in the Coltrane archive seems to leap between every stage of his career, like a greatest-hits sampler being improvised in real time. [Sep 2018, p.45]
  3. Drowned In Sound
    Jul 13, 2018
    90
    Whatever the plan was, Both Directions at Once isn’t just a treat for the hardcore, either in terms of Coltrane or jazz more broadly.
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