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10.0
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10.0 |
The Skinny
Veteran singer-songwriter Bill Callahan returns with a personal yet approachable masterwork
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9.2
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9.2 |
Northern Transmissions
“The Man I’m Supposed to Be” starts eerie and slow, sounding like those early Smog releases. Callahan notes that he’s seen “that demon inside me.” With horns ominously tooting along, Callahan right then and there makes the case as one of our greatest pulp, not quite gothic, singer songwriters
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8.3
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8.3 |
Paste Magazine
Those willing to wander alongside Callahan will find the artist as poignant and enigmatic as ever while considering a life with more sunsets behind him than ahead
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8.0
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8.0 |
musicOMH
Eighth album from former Smog man finds him sharing personal reflections and stories in customary understated, unhurried style
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8.0
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No Ripcord
An unassuming delight and a further feather in the cap of one of most enduring songwriters of his generation
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8.0
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The Quietus
As with all Callahan’s work, his immaculate comic timing, pathos and heart are intertwined – the strongly held centre of the maelstrom
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
Continues that evolution with warmth and clarity, shaping his songs into conversations with an old friend. It's always a pleasure to catch up with him, especially on an album as amiably profound as this one
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8.0
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Mojo
Compelling meditations on humanity, mortality and the everlasting
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8.0
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8.0 |
Uncut
It's hard not to view My Days Of 58 as among his most transparently autobiographical works, as brimming with self-scrutiny and pontification as it is elegant wordplay. Print edition only
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8.0
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Record Collector
It’s a collection of songs that are sagely and slightly sad, with a touch of characteristic wryness and dryness around the edges. Here’s hoping Bill has better days ahead
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7.8
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7.8 |
Pitchfork
The once guarded singer-songwriter continues to open up on his latest album, reckoning with fatherhood, mortality, and his artistic vocation in revealing and uncharacteristically playful ways
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7.5
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7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Callahan’s look back at his 58th year delivers all of this still world, sometimes with a wink, but always with a calm consideration
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7.0
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7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Though still working with the materials of human life – relationships, states of mind, creative impulses – he recognizes the transience and/or emptiness at the heart of everything. The search for wisdom has become Callahan’s raison d’etre
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7.0
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7.0 |
Slant Magazine
The album sees the singer facing down mortality with candor and humor
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6.0
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6.0 |
Far Out
Idle fans will likely lean on ‘Too Many Birds’ for their fix of Callahan’s ramshackle folk rather than this patchwork of passing thoughts
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