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8.0
89522
8.0 |
Mojo
Deliciously delivered in that soulful quaver of a voice. Print edition only
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7.0
89416
7.0 |
All Music
Pure & Simple will hit the spot like a glass of iced tea on August afternoon
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7.0
89414
7.0 |
The Quietus
The album teems with alternating moments of heart-wrenching sincerity and laugh-inducing swagger, a mixture Parton has owned for decades
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6.0
89415
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Most effective at its most effortless
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6.0
89420
6.0 |
The Guardian
Some great songs, some not-so-great songs, an impressively sharp realism that gets submerged beneath corn and goo: perhaps this album does offer pure Dolly Parton after al
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6.0
89421
6.0 |
NOW
While the best moments prove the country queen is still at the top of her game, missteps like spoken word breaks add unneeded cheese, and Pure & Simple isn't all that thematically diverse
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6.0
89417
6.0 |
Exclaim
On songs like album highlight "Head Over High Heels," Parton finds that old sweet spot between earnest sentimentality and irreverent humour that defines her best work
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6.0
89418
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Walks the line between parody and authenticity
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6.0
89535
6.0 |
The Music
Makes "cheap" cliches work in a way that no one else could pull off
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6.0
90514
6.0 |
Spectrum Culture
An indication that the country superstar doesn’t consider her artistic life anywhere close to over
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4.2
89469
4.2 |
Consequence Of Sound
Though Pure & Simple will be palatable for her fans, it lacks the depth that put Parton in the spotlight to begin with
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4.0
89419
4.0 |
The Independent
Sticks for the most part to an agreeable neo-traditional approach
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