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Voyageur

Kathleen Edwards

Voyageur

Fourth album of alt country from the Ottawa, Ontario singer-songwiter co-produced by Justin Vernon

ADM rating[?]

6.8

Label
Decca
UK Release date
23/01/2012
US Release date
17/01/2012
  1. 9.0 |   DIY

    Both varied and beautifully evocative, ‘Voyageur’ is the perfect listen for merging wintery wistfulness with ethereal wonder
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  2. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    For album after album, she has entertained and explored; now she has mesmerised. Here’s to one of 2012’s first great entries
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  3. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    Put together with impeccable care and attention to detail
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  4. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    She's talented, with a fine ear for a plaintive, uncomplicated melody to support her plaintive, sometimes complicated themes
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  5. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    In a year of powerhouse female vocalists, Edwards deserves her place near the upper ranks
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  6. 8.0 |   The Independent

    A work with greater resonance and presence, which might secure her mainstream success
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  7. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Voyageur’s concise and intimate songs convey a universal sentiment that is not easily shaken
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  8. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    This is an album that we’ll still be listening to come next December
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  9. 8.0 |   Uncut

    It's hard to conceive of a more thrillingly romantic record than this. Print edition only

  10. 8.0 |   BBC

    Edwards has an appeal of her own
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  11. 7.6 |   Beats Per Minute

    A very fine record and only a couple of songs short of a great one, with Edwards’ vocals and songs plus the warm-yet-crisp production being the main attractions
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  12. 7.0 |   Blurt

    Edwards is tougher than your average troubadour, but her tenacity and determination make for a striking and sumptuous encounter
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  13. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Edwards augments the coffeehouse sparseness of her writerly earlier albums with shimmery surfaces, whoosh-y hovering-spaceship bleeps and gently padding beats, which lend her songs an exquisite, widescreen beauty
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  14. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    She can finally stand loud and proud as a truly talented individual
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  15. 7.0 |   Slant Magazine

    A captivating, thrilling descent into loneliness and misery
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  16. 6.7 |   A.V. Club

    Edwards’ willingness to tinker with a formula that wasn’t broken, to stretch her legs stylistically and avoid complacency, is admirable
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  17. 6.5 |   Bowlegs

    The second half of the album occasionally meanders slightly off-track, but this is surely Edwards’ best full-length record yet
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  18. 6.4 |   Pitchfork

    She jettisons the bar-band guitars and twangy vocals in favor of a bigger sound marked by gauzy production and a fuller band
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  19. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    A strong collection, notwithstanding her nod to The Cranberries (Change the Sheets), produced in a sweeping big sound tinged with regret
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  20. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Softened edges and warm, full arrangements
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  21. 6.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Difficult to recommend to the curious but old fans should, of course, stick around
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  22. 6.0 |   All Music

    The folk and rock arrangements, sometimes ambient, sometimes reminiscent of Sheryl Crow support Edwards' listless, melancholy soprano singing
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  23. 6.0 |   The Observer

    Languid alt-country, all softened edges and warm, full arrangements, the latter the work of co-producer and rumoured beau, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver
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  24. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Voyageur isn’t a bad effort, and it kind of creeps up on you the more you spend time with it
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  25. 4.5 |   The 405

    It’s pleasant, it’s familiar, it’s good wholesome songwriting, but on the whole it doesn’t do anything to maintain a consistent interest beyond a few spins of the record
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  26. 4.0 |   Mojo

    Oddly detached and distracting. Print edition only

  27. 4.0 |   Q

    Not without some good moments, but bereft of magic. Print edition only


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