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9.0
47006
9.0 |
Paste Magazine
Bettye LaVette’s voice, sanded raw and consumed by emotion, is a powerful witness: strong, down and above all, real
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9.0
47010
9.0 |
Uncut
It takes a special voice to make you feel you're hearing standards for the first time. Print edition only
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8.5
47014
8.5 |
BBC
It’s a marvellous, spine-tingling journey around some not-so-obvious American songs, and also a stunning tutorial in different American music styles, strung together by LaVette’s sensuous singing
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8.0
47015
8.0 |
All Music
A solid outing from an outstanding singer who knows how to growl, croon, grumble, praise, and jump for joy with her vocal phrasing -- whatever makes the song live and breathe. She is still a marvel
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8.0
47381
8.0 |
The Irish Times
You have to doff your cap and salute her passion, raw blues and singular vision
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8.0
47012
8.0 |
Q
Powerful soul medicine best taken a track at a time. Print edition only
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8.0
47013
8.0 |
Mojo
This is Bettye's record, these are her songs now. Print edition only
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8.0
47007
8.0 |
Blurt
Thankful N' Thoughtful isn't for the faint of heart or the smiley-face crowd, but for anyone seeking a visceral connection to the lifeblood of real people living real lives
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8.0
47008
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
The sound is gothically cavernous and frames her seized phrasing with tasteful restraint
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6.0
47960
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
With her authoritative singing, LaVette elevates even the weaker cuts on Thoughtful N' Thankful, while the album's best moments are as powerful, if not exactly as revelatory, as anything LaVette has recorded in the last decade
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5.0
47824
5.0 |
PopMatters
Her voice needs a partner in crime
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