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3.1 good | Erwann S. STAFF | October 28th 20 | Gentle and introspective americana-tinged indie folk. It's good Olsen has got an emotional voice, as the instrumentation is at times too subdued to my taste. It's mostly beautiful though, but the project is truly elevated when Olsen just lets it go, her voice cracking and straining. Good stuff, but a formula to be refined.
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4.0 excellent | cjbizzlebizzle | February 7th 18 | A huge maturation from her EPs adding warming production to her lonely and melancholy vocal delivery which rules and drives the entire album. The only respite from is the uptempo second track 'The Waiting'. Angel is extremely introspective and personal here with her powerful, warm voice arranged above fairly simple folk-country-Americana guitar arrangements. The stripped down instrumentation really allows Olsen to create an extremely lonely, sometimes haunting atmosphere despite her vocals being utterly beautiful on Half Way Home. This album heavily rewards repeat listens and it feels like almost every song is essential but it might test those who aren't ready for 43 minutes of lonely, stripped down vocal heavy approach. Looking back from the most recent releases it is amazing how well her discography develops.
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4.0 excellent | NorthernSkylark | December 10th 14 | This time of year the nights grow longerrSo grow a spine or catch a cold
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4.0 excellent | RyanNealey | December 4th 12 | Angel Olsen has improved a lot since her previous album, her vocals are great and I am always amazed when she can hit those twangs...if you could call them that. I love this album and am forward to any of her future releases.
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3.5 great | Timmy | January 13th 23 |
3.5 great | Pangea | September 4th 20 |
4.5 superb | ilia | August 24th 20 |
3.5 great | Juanpa | November 13th 19 |
5.0 classic | kb3984 | September 20th 19 |
4.0 excellent | Khattak | December 31st 18 |
3.5 great | evolve9 | September 15th 18 |
3.5 great | Juca89 | September 6th 18 |
3.5 great | PaabL | December 24th 17 |
3.5 great | N2B3J | December 20th 17 |
4.0 excellent | jdubbs11 | November 30th 17 |
3.5 great | Corney | February 16th 17 |
4.0 excellent | Luisito | January 15th 17 |
3.5 great | sevhar | December 26th 16 |
4.0 excellent | Brandon | October 22nd 16 |
4.0 excellent | Lanas | July 23rd 16 |
3.0 good | Trey STAFF | July 5th 15 |
4.0 excellent | Aids | February 27th 15 |
3.5 great | enahsoj | November 20th 14 |
4.5 superb | Gurt | August 4th 14 |
2.0 poor | Jots EMERITUS | July 23rd 14 |
3.5 great | tom79 | July 23rd 14 |
3.0 good | Miggl | April 28th 14 |
4.5 superb | robin | April 24th 14 |
4.0 excellent | kocoum | April 7th 14 |
3.5 great | Matski | February 16th 14 |
4.0 excellent | flaffy | March 16th 13 |
3.5 great | doqtor | December 8th 12 |
3.5 great | Kiran EMERITUS | December 4th 12 |
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