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8.0
12501
8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
Her songcraft offers an engaging blend of bluegrass, folk, cabaret and other arcane American traditions
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8.0
12585
8.0 |
Q
A surprisingly authentic purveyor of Americana. Print edition only
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8.0
12607
8.0 |
The Scotsman
As a model, Elson is a blank canvas; as a musician, she makes deft use of light and shadow in her absorbing portraits
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7.0
13660
7.0 |
Rave Magazine
Rather delicious and haunting.
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7.0
12465
7.0 |
Spin
Her twangy, echoing soprano recalls Jenny Lewis and Loretta Lynn, aided craftily by husband/producer Jack White
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6.3
12711
6.3 |
Pitchfork
It communicates through and through that she really loves singing these songs. Whether she's capable of making them her own isn't something The Ghost Who Walks can tell us
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6.0
13220
6.0 |
Eye Weekly
The Ghost Who Walks is no tossed-off vanity project; Elson had a hand in penning all but one of the songs on her debut album
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6.0
12468
6.0 |
The Guardian
She sounds in awe of American gothic, but otherwise we learn little of how it feels to be a girl from Oldham catapulted into what must be a very surreal life
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6.0
12475
6.0 |
The Irish Times
There’s likable peculiarity to much of this album that warrants repeated listens
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6.0
12490
6.0 |
NME
As things stand, it too often feels like a watered-down version of what Jack White peddles. Print edition only
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6.0
12493
6.0 |
Mojo
Unhinged singer-songwriter is another role Elson wears with style. Print edition only
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6.0
12497
6.0 |
Uncut
A solid selection of songs. Print edition only
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6.0
12510
6.0 |
musicOMH
There are lovely moments littered throughout and for the most part Elson is a convincing performer. Having said that, it's not an album that lives on in the memory, and the feeling that you've heard much of it before is hard to shake
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6.0
12515
6.0 |
The Times
While Elson’s voice is pretty but a touch lightweight, perhaps, given her day job, that’s allowed
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6.0
12545
6.0 |
The Observer
Beguiling, but a little monotonous
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5.0
12729
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Elson comes from a vacuous, empty industry. In an attempt to show that she is literally more than a pretty face she presents a side of her personality that isn’t even real
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