Divided & United: Songs of the Civil War
by Various Artists
  • Record Label: ATO
  • Release Date: Nov 5, 2013
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Blurt Magazine
    Feb 25, 2014
    100
    It lacks consistency, but it works well often enough to make this a reasonably satisfying exercise in both 19th and 21st Century Americana.
  2. Country Weekly
    Jan 22, 2014
    100
    This set proves that good storytelling never goes out of style.
  3. Mojo
    Jan 23, 2014
    80
    Remarkably, the performances by current artists from Ralph Stanley down the generations to Angel Snow are all superb. [Feb 2014, p.91]
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  5. The Guardian
    Jan 22, 2014
    80
    It's a classy, mostly acoustic set, dominated by fiddle, guitar and banjo, but T Bone Burnett uses clarinet and piano for a bleak, adventurous reworking of The Battle of Antietam.
  6. AllMusic
    Jan 22, 2014
    80
    Divided & United is vital listening for anyone interested in the history of pop music or the United States, and it satisfies as both education and entertainment.
  7. Uncut
    Jan 22, 2014
    70
    Tales of protest, battle, compassion, camaraderie, segregation and loss are recalled in rich tones. [Feb 2014, p.83]
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  8. The Observer (UK)
    Jan 22, 2014
    60
    Across 32 tracks it tries to capture the experience of an era from all sides.

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