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PATTY GRIFFIN - Children Running Through
| Bullz-eye |
| She’s been covered by artists as disparate as the Dixie Chicks and Jessica Simpson, and has had her praises sung by journalists across the rock-crit spectrum since the release of her first album, but Patty Griffin’s recording career has been pockmarked by low sales and label indifference. It’s a state of affairs that seems to be improving – Children Running Through’s #34 debut was her highest yet – but still, with this kind of talent, it’s hard to understand how she’s managed to avoid a massive commercial breakthrough....full text |
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| Blogcritics |
| There are times when listening to a new Patty Griffin album feels like taking a drink of your favorite wine. You know what to expect, you already love it, and you are ready to savor it. Children Running Through is like you put that wine away for a year or two and found that not only is it as good as you remember, it's even more complex, evocative, and intense than before....full text |
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| Popmatters |
| It’s a little startling to browse the lyrics to Children Running Through and come away slightly disappointed. Patty Griffin is one of the most incisive songwriters out there today, but Children Running Through seems painted with broad strokes, with several songs conveying a mood more than they tell a story. Where are the sepia-tinted vignettes that feel like they’ve steeped in Griffin’s family history until they take on a dusty bitterness? Where are the stories that feel like they’re being told from the end of a long life, when the diamond-edged regrets begin to show themselves as facets of a portrait that’s finally beginning to form? Did someone print Coldplay lyrics by mistake?...full text |
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