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8.0
102021
8.0 |
The Independent
Her subject matter remains essentially the same on Damned Devotion, dealing mostly with the entrancing, maddening complexities of love
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8.0
102024
8.0 |
Record Collector
Exquisite, tenderly fraught torch-soul songs of compulsion and regret, where the lights are dimmed, the feelings run deep and the hushed elasticity of her voice commands close attention
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8.0
102025
8.0 |
The Observer
Embraces the messy as well as the smooth, and the balance here is as perfect as Wasser’s ever likely to strike
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8.0
102040
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A brilliant self-help resource
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8.0
102055
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Understated and underrated
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8.0
102057
8.0 |
Q
This is a beautiful, soul-searching record. Print edition only
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8.0
102059
8.0 |
Mojo
Throughout, Joan still sounds as bewitched, bothered and bewildered by love, a timeless sensation that transcends digital intervention. Print edition only
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8.0
102060
8.0 |
Uncut
If 2014's The Classic was a high-concept exercise in soul pastiche, here she returns to her core territory, forensically charting the human heart, tracking the course of midlife love, lust and loss
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8.0
102103
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
A stripped-back sound that oozes sexuality and regret
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8.0
102107
8.0 |
The Music
A return to what Wasser does best - blending mood and atmosphere with classic soul, contemporary R&B and modern technology
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7.0
102073
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
While it sometimes isn’t the smoothest of rides, there’s more than enough here to help maintain a sense of devotion to Wasser’s work
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7.0
102035
7.0 |
musicOMH
While Damned Devotion is not the Police Woman at her most arresting, it is nevertheless a solid showing from a performer who always has plenty to say
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6.3
102117
6.3 |
Earbuddy
Wasser’s lyrics are strong for sure and fit nice in the smoky atmosphere that Damned Devotion creates. However, it’s a bit too soft at times; suggesting that Wasser had much scarier things to say and she didn’t say them
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6.0
102020
6.0 |
The Skinny
Joan Wasser feels reinvigorated on Damned Devotion and, as with her debut, this is one we’ll be coming back to
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6.0
102077
6.0 |
The FT
Most of Damned Devotion’s tracks find Wasser dispensing with the intro, striking up her singing immediately
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