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Rickie Lee Jones

The Devil You Know

An album of classic rock covers from the veteran R&B singer-songwriter

ADM rating[?]: 6.3
Label: Decca
UK Release date: 01/10/2012
US Release date: 18/09/2012

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8.0 46782
8.0 | All Music

With its restrained arrangements and spacious production, The Devil You Know allows Jones' enigmatic voice the room it needs to rise and deliver these songs, not from rock & roll history, but from her heart, marrow, and bones
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8.0 | Daily Telegraph

She infuses this crepuscular collection of songs by the likes of the Rolling Stones, The Band, Neil Young and Gnarls Barkley with a compelling voodoo
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7.0 46800
7.0 | Uncut

A discreet, quietly rapturous record. Print edition only
6.0 46784
6.0 | PopMatters

Maybe reaching a little further back into the past would have worked a little better – maybe finding a producer who doesn’t try quite so hard to sand off all the rough edges would help too
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6.0 | Q

With arrangements pared back to the bone, it's that strange, slurred voice where all the attention is focused. Print edition only
4.0 46783
4.0 | Independent on Sunday

The results have a tendency to make you look at the ceiling
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