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How To Become Clairvoyant

Robbie Robertson

How To Become Clairvoyant

More blues / rock in the first solo outing in 13 years from the onetime The Band singer-songwriter and guitarist

ADM rating[?]

6.3

Label
Fontana
UK Release date
11/04/2011
US Release date
05/04/2011
  1. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    A return to the ambitious aural cinema and textural explorations of 1987's Robbie Robertson and 1991's Storyville
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  2. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    This is rock played in a gentleman's groove. It swings but it won't knock you down in the street
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  3. 7.5 |   BBC

    While there’s much to marvel at, not everything convinces
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  4. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    There’s a warmth here that’s been absent from a lot of Robertson’s more hectoring solo material
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  5. 7.0 |   Blurt

    The interplay between Robertson and Clapton will have guitar nerds taking notice
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  6. 6.0 |   The Independent

    The more personal tracks ... are the most moving, but he's always been able to write songs better than he sings them
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  7. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Sees the Canadian guitarist looking back on the good/bad 'ol days in the rock'n'roll hurricane. Print edition only

  8. 6.0 |   Uncut

    The songs are solid but rarely rise above atmospheric mediocrity. Print edition only

  9. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    At times, Robertson can sound fresh and current while, other times, he can sound predictably dated
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  10. 5.0 |   NME

    Staunch Old Man music. Print edition only

  11. 4.0 |   Q

    One for the connoisseur, not the casual fan. Print edition only


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