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Real

Lydia Loveless

Real

Fourth album of alt country from the Ohio-based singer-songwriter

ADM rating[?]

7.5

Label
Bloodshot
UK Release date
19/08/2016
US Release date
19/08/2016
  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 8.0 |   Gig Soup

    ‘Real’ gives us our best insight yet into who this uncompromising songstress really is
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  4. 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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  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Smarter, more precise in its insights and even more merciless in its hard truths
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  6. 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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  7. 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. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Even with the improved production values and greater musical eclecticism, Real is still fittingly unadulterated
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  9. 8.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Deserves to be cherished
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  10. 8.0 |   NOW

    For the most part, Loveless commits to the stunning sonic evolution. Embrace it
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  11. 7.5 |   Under The Radar

    It sounds like Loveless has found herself, somewhere between traditional country and '70s pop rock
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  12. 7.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Explores the rusted, crumbling screen doors and rotted back porches of the heart
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  13. 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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  14. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    The sparks don’t fly often enough
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  15. 5.0 |   The 405

    Her songs are, with a few exceptions, vague and flat and don't fight for anything
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