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Didn't He Ramble

Glen Hansard

Didn't He Ramble

Second solo album from the Irish singer-songwriter and Frames frontman

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7.2

Label
Epitaph
UK Release date
18/09/2015
US Release date
18/09/2015
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  1. 9.0 |   Exclaim

    Shimmers, saunters and charms; Hansard has never sounded so good
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  2. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Hansard’s best work yet, no doubt
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  3. 8.0 |   All Music

    A step up from 2012's impressive but uneven Rhythm and Repose
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  4. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Triumphant second with a series of emotionally withdrawn folk forays. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   Q

    There's a real craftsman at work here. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   Clash

    He might ramble sometimes, but his ramblings are like the songs of angels
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  7. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    Feels intimate and confessional, marked by encounters with grace and mercy and wrapped in lessons of loss and endurance
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  8. 7.0 |   Gig Soup

    A warm hearted album that doesn’t pretend to know the secret to happiness, but rather encourages you to find it for yourself
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  9. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Accomplished and intimate. Print edition only

  10. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    There’s something quietly intense and charismatic about Glen Hansard, a man constantly seeking
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  11. 7.0 |   The Music

    Another haunted trip down memory lane
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  12. 6.7 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Surges of white-hot honesty delivered in Hansard’s spoonful of sugar timbre
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  13. 6.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The highlight: "Her Mercy," a soul showstopper that starts small and builds toward a parade of horns and cathartic pleading
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  14. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    On slow-burners like McCormack’s Wall there’s a real weathered melancholia, of wintery nights of storytelling, lost loves and half-drunk pints
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