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9.1
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9.1 |
A.V. Club
Real is a sucker punch of an album that finds Loveless reckoning with life’s vicissitudes with stubborn clarity
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8.5
89716
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Her knack for melody, ever-present since the beginning but now thrown into sharp relief here, and her impressive vocal elasticity pull everything off with aplomb
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8.0
89711
8.0 |
Gig Soup
‘Real’ gives us our best insight yet into who this uncompromising songstress really is
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8.0
89360
8.0 |
All Music
At her best, she's quite simply as good and as brave a singer and songwriter as anyone working today, and Real finds her at the top of her game
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8.0
89445
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Uncut
Smarter, more precise in its insights and even more merciless in its hard truths
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8.0
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8.0 |
Exclaim
All Loveless needs is her flickering, torchy voice and a few steadily strummed chords to convey her hard fistfuls of truth
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8.0
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8.0 |
PopMatters
Gives listeners a satisfying and enlightening further glimpse into her world, one that will surely be expanding with thoughts waiting to be put to song for years to come
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8.0
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Slant Magazine
Even with the improved production values and greater musical eclecticism, Real is still fittingly unadulterated
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8.0
89343
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Tiny Mix Tapes
Deserves to be cherished
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8.0
89344
8.0 |
NOW
For the most part, Loveless commits to the stunning sonic evolution. Embrace it
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7.5
90434
7.5 |
Under The Radar
It sounds like Loveless has found herself, somewhere between traditional country and '70s pop rock
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7.0
90241
7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Explores the rusted, crumbling screen doors and rotted back porches of the heart
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6.0
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6.0 |
American Songwriter
Melodies take longer to reveal themselves and choruses don’t have the natural hooks Loveless has crafted before
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6.0
89755
6.0 |
The Irish Times
The sparks don’t fly often enough
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5.0
89684
5.0 |
The 405
Her songs are, with a few exceptions, vague and flat and don't fight for anything
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