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8.0
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Rolling Stone
This Rilo Kiley frontwoman is everything a mother could want in a daughter: She's bright, talented — and ready to slice 'n' dice anyone who's done Mom wrong.
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8.0
265
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The List
Lewis’s voice is as emotionally powerful as ever, meaning that while some of the material here lacks inspiration, she makes it worth the trip.
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7.0
259
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No Ripcord
Unfortunately there aren’t enough powerful songs here. Some tracks simply don’t come into their own, especially when they don’t play to her strengths.
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6.0
262
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Drowned In Sound
Yet even with its analogue window dressing and long list of collaborators, Acid Tongue is clearly Lewis’ stab at a more mainstream sound. It’s a shiner, happier and more productive version of Chan Marshall and what she accomplished on The Greatest
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6.0
263
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Uncut
Acid Tongue is imperfect, but nevertheless slightly more than halfway to astounding. Its trespasses, which at least have the grace to be entertainingly odd, should be forgiven
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6.0
264
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Pitchfork
There's more than enough likeable, listenable material on Acid Tongue, yet the effect is nonetheless equivalent to Tiger Woods trying to conquer the mini-golf circuit. In these straitjacketed settings, Lewis' considerable strengths as a lyricist and performer just aren't given sufficient room to fully emerge
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5.0
260
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PopMatters
A deeply flawed album that manages to strike gold every now and then can be just as frustrating as an all-out failure, if not even more so. Particularly by front-loading the album with the bulk of its wayward experiments.
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