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8.0
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PopMatters
It’s another fresh start for Harris and it’s her most satisfying record in years
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7.0
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Under The Radar
Harris, wears her best hat here
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Slant Magazine
Harris remains one of popular music's most compelling, evocative vocal stylists, and that makes Hard Bargain an easy sell
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6.0
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Scotland on Sunday
Emmylou Harris drives a hard bargain but still sells herself short
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6.0
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BBC
The sound of the album is, of course, beautiful. They don’t get that wrong in Nashville
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6.0
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Uncut
The sound is lean without being minimal
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6.0
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Q
If Hard Bargain doesn't quite hit a career high, it runs close. Print edition only
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6.0
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musicOMH
Now the novelty of her songwriting has worn off, she needs to find a whole new language again. That she may be willing to do this in her mid-60s is surely something to be celebrated
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6.0
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The Irish Times
As befits a woman of 64, Harris’s themes include loneliness and reflections on the passing of time and old friends
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6.0
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The Independent
When things move out of that comfort zone, the results can be catastrophic, as on the stomp-rocker "New Orleans"
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6.0
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The Observer
Hard Bargain is often concerned with the passing of time, particularly absent friends and collaborators
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6.0
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Daily Telegraph
An album marinated in sadness, so much so that in places it veers into the maudlin, but Harris’s poetic steel usually saves the day
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6.0
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Independent on Sunday
It is stately, rather imperious music, conveying emotion through the deployment of technical effects rather than through the revelation of a voice
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6.0
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Blurt
So it's not her finest effort, but Harris is in strong voice, and the songs are pleasant enough even when they don't resonate
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5.0
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Consequence Of Sound
Emmylou Harris has rightly earned a reputation as an interpreter of songs and as a songwriter. Most on this offering are her own and not all hit the spot
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4.0
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Rave Magazine
A frustratingly bland effort from an American evergreen
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4.0
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Mojo
Longtime fans may be appeased. Others may find themselves a trifle bored. Print edition only
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4.0
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The Scotsman
This is an openly sentimental album
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