Urstan
by Alasdair Roberts
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. Mojo
    Apr 20, 2012
    60
    Urstan find Roberts'signature whistling-kettle delivery ... framed with guitars, fiddles, drums and brass. A peaty, heathery authenticity pervades - to compelling effect. [May 2012, p.88]
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  2. Magnet
    Apr 12, 2012
    60
    The LP works, but just barely... [Roberts] doesn't always mesh well with Morrison's cheerful singing. [No.86, p.57]
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  3. PopMatters
    Apr 12, 2012
    60
    Morrison and Roberts aim somewhere in the middle, not immediate, not really elegiac, dealing with the song as a song, ["Never Wed an Old Man"] not as a story, when more story-punch would have given the thing kick. This measured approach works out for them on other tracks, however.
  5. The Wire
    Apr 18, 2012
    50
    Urstan can be seen as a remedial effort. [Apr 2012, p.58]
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