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9.0
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Far Out
Despite a pleasing variety of emotions, paces and stylistic approaches, this beautifully restored vocal maintains a strong sonic identity
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9.0
138155
9.0 |
Spill Magazine
This album has been lovingly produced and arranged and it is a Johnny Cash album. Songwriter comes from a transitional time for Cash and is important to hear, something between his vastly underrated Mercury albums and his Rubin records. And, really, the bottom line is it is a new Johnny Cash album
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8.0
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Clash
A meticulously-produced collection of what is likely to become Cash classics
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8.0
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Under The Radar
Once the needle hits the runout groove after the album’s final track, Cash fades into the ether, like the memory of a better time. As if for just a moment, he was with us again
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8.0
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The Arts Desk
Cash’s magisterial, seemingly bottomless voice is out front and distinctive as ever
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8.0
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The Observer
A collection of songs recorded before the Man in Black’s 1990s Rick Rubin revival and reworked by his son has much to offer
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8.0
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musicOMH
Some 30 years after they were recorded, what strikes the listener straight away is the impressive quality of these songs, fleshed out from demos
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8.0
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Mojo
Songwriter is indeed a by-product of music rendered on a digital frontier; it is a worthy effort because it reinforces the humanity of a star who, in his last days, could seem like some untouchable god. Print edition only
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Pitchfork
Set of recently unearthed studio recordings sheds light on the country icon’s remarkable comeback in the early 1990
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6.0
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Rolling Stone
The songs themselves are a mixed bag, some showing promise and others showing disillusionment
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6.0
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The Irish Times
John Carter Cash cleans up original recordings, dropping all but his father’s renowned voice
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Record Collector
The record harks back to past glories, but it’s doubtful it would have reversed his fortunes quite so dramatically as the Rubin makeover
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