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Universal acclaim- based on 15 Ratings
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Positive: 13 out of 15
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Mixed: 2 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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Jun 29, 2013What a great album? Start to end, every song. Favorites- The Ballad of the Pajama Kid, California, Little Colored Balloons, Southern Sky, Penny Nails, really all are excellent. The style has the ballad expertise of Springsteen, Kathleen Edwards but the lyrics are so powerful they demand a close listen,
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Jun 22, 2013To me this is an album of 2012, but anyway, John Murry has made some of the best songs this decade. "Little Colored Balloons" is one of the strongest songs I've ever heard, "Southern Sky" is a masterpiece, "Things We Lost In the Fire" presents the great singer/songwriter, and "Thorn Tree In the Garden" shows he sure knows to pick his cover-songs. The rest is brilliant!
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Jun 8, 2013At first listen I thought this is a bit dreary and it had a sense of it's been done before.Ten listens later and I'm stopping what I'm doing, placing myself between the speakers and savouring every moment. Fantastic!
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Jun 1, 2013
Awards & Rankings
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Q MagazineMay 21, 2013As harrowing and honest as some lyrics may be, though, the intensely beautiful Southern Sky at least offers his "crooked arms" some redemption. [Sep 2012, p.104]
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May 21, 2013Fans of Springsteen's downer side might flow with the music's riverine vibe.
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UncutMay 21, 2013This is what The Graceless Age as a whole does so unforgettably, bearing witness to a burning world. [Sep 2012, p.70]