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9.0
41345
9.0 |
Uncut
Heroes may be elegiac, but it's as spirited as it is poignant
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8.0
41342
8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
Has the kind of last-will-and-testament quality that made Cash’s late work so compelling
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8.0
41343
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
Heroes doesn’t quite answer the question of whether Nelson still has anything to say, but he sure knows his way round an atmospheric tune
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8.0
41517
8.0 |
musicOMH
Nelson's voice is the shining star on this album
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8.0
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8.0 |
BBC
Simple virtues and matchless instinct from a legend at 79
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Irish Times
This is a fine return to country basics marshalled by producer Buddy Cannon
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6.0
41973
6.0 |
Q
Maybe not vintage Willie, but entertaining enough. Print edition only
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6.0
41992
6.0 |
Mojo
The seven-time Grammy winner gets eclectic. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
While Heroes adds some essential songs to his canon and certainly doesn’t diminish his legacy, it ultimately lacks enough of what makes Willie Nelson albums so enjoyable: Willie Nelson himself
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6.0
41344
6.0 |
The Independent
Willie Nelson both delves into the past, with songs from country music's Forties prehistory, and the present day, with covers of material by Tom Waits, Pearl Jam and Coldplay
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6.0
41368
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Nelson has packed his recording studio with friends and family, including his son Lukas, who sings on nine songs. The results are mixed
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6.0
41450
6.0 |
PopMatters
A record that is consistently entertaining and, at its best moments, is as compelling as anything we’re likely to hear in 2012
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5.0
41607
5.0 |
Slant Magazine
There just isn't enough Willie on Heroes to make the album a success or a failure that's definitively his own
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