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This is not a happy album, but it might be a great one, taking the Western swagger of Dog in the Sand into bleak and stunning territory.
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While Show Me Your Tears certainly builds on the momentum of 2001's Dog in the Sand, it's also highly reminiscent of the more accessible moments from 1994's Teenager of the Year.
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Populated with high, lonesome soundscapes that condense the Americana epics of last year's "Black Letter Days" into concentrated studies of tears-in-the-whiskey depression.
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Far from being an angry album, Show Me Your Tears is filled with the kind of conscious joy that comes from working through your problems.
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Not unlike Wilcos Being There, Show Me Your Tears gives classic rock lovers a new album to celebrate -- an album to drink by while mourning the fact that most aging rock icons rarely supply anything this raucous anymore.
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MojoEnough memorable moments to make this the first Catholics album worthy of your love and attention. [Sep 2003, p.113]
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UncutOl' Frank hasn't had this much twisted fun since 1994's Teenager Of The Year. [Oct 2003, p.111]
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This is North London collection-plate-pub music of a very high calibre.
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Rolling StoneFull of rootsy indie fare and a slew of excellently bittersweet country rockers. [16 Oct 2003, p.87]
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MagnetRiff-worthy, down and dirty and occasionally idling down Americana's lost highway. [#60, p.92]
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Under The RadarRaw, melancholy, hard, and melodic. [#5, p.98]
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His best album in over ten years.
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BlenderImportant? No. Remarkable? Not really. [Sep 2003, p.118]
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Alternative PressIt's virtually impossible to listen to Show Me Your Tears from start to finish; but individually, each song is a dark, delightful peek at Black in the throes of therapy. [Nov 2003, p.108]
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Paling in comparison to the Pixies is expected (and it would be unrealistic to expect otherwise), but Tears isn't even a good Catholics album.
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Even by the standards of Black's previous Catholics and solo offerings, Show Me Your Tears is a disappointment.
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Q MagazineSuffers from the same faults as previous efforts: limp tunes, pompous guitar solos and an overhwlming sense of "Will this do?" [Sep 2003, p.98]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 22
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Mixed: 4 out of 22
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Negative: 0 out of 22
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AJJul 10, 2006
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RyanBeeswaxNov 21, 2003
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JohnMSep 25, 2003Isn't he great? It's probably the Catholics weakest album I think, but still sounds fantastic...