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Songs In The Dark

The Wainwright Sisters

Songs In The Dark

An album of folk lullabies from half sisters Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche

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7.0

Label
MapleMusic Recordings / Fontana North
UK Release date
13/11/2015
US Release date
13/11/2015
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  1. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    The melodies might be for rocking infants to sleep, but the lyrics are full of the fears and stresses of that tend to crop up after midnight
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  2. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    It’s the black humour and obvious love for the material that lifts this into another sphere
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  3. 8.0 |   All Music

    The songs are wrapped up in gorgeous harmonies from Martha and Lucy, and the arrangements and production are spare and all the more effective for it
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  4. 8.0 |   The Independent

    It’s a wonderful collection, with even Richard Thompson’s cold-comfort message in “End Of The Rainbow” imbued with a warm glow
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  5. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    As an indicator of the kind of music the Wainwrights indulged in at home while they and their many and various offspring went on to charm and dazzle the musical world, this is an invaluable document
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  6. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Songs in the Dark reach back to the roots of traditional music for kids when it was sung as much to provide solace for the parents as well as to entertain the kids
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  7. 7.0 |   Uncut

    There's a lack of biting vocal interaction between the half-sisters, nothing to match the delectable harmonies that graced the McGarrigles. Print edition only

  8. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Drenched in familiar swathes of charm, pathos, elegance and black humour. Print edition only

  9. 6.0 |   Q

    Some of it is beautiful. Print edition only

  10. 6.0 |   The Music

    A celebration of singalongs and lullabies that permeated through the women's childhoods
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  11. 6.0 |   NOW

    A powerful, pining take on Andean folk tune El Cóndor Pasa stands above the rest, doomy and defiant
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