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9.0
58318
9.0 |
All Music
Case has proven time and again that she has the songwriting chops to match her earthy, superlative voice, but never with such authority
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9.0
58319
9.0 |
Uncut
The most emboldening and endearing portrait of herself yet
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9.0
58548
9.0 |
No Ripcord
It's so much harder to hear of tragedy striking somebody you genuinely like. I can think of no better therapy, no better catharsis, than The Worse Things Get...
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9.0
58624
9.0 |
musicOMH
This amazing album is a full realization of what Case just began to explore in Middle Cyclone, from familial drama to her conception of her own gender
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8.2
58754
8.2 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Another unexpected and uniquely fulfilling performance from an artist who has never stayed in any one place too long
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8.2
58502
8.2 |
Pitchfork
The Worse Things Get is Case’s tightest record and also her strangest
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8.0
58503
8.0 |
PopMatters
Another excellent album from Case on a resumé that’s full of excellent albums
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8.0
58315
8.0 |
The Observer
Her gift for peppy country rock hooks is undiminished on tracks such as City Swans, but there's no mistaking the churn of raw feelings beneath
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8.0
58395
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
Neko Case has grown into one of America's best and most ambitious singer-songwriters
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8.0
58467
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
While not strictly a confessional album, The Worse Things Get builds its momentum out of isolated, deeply personal moments
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8.0
58469
8.0 |
Spin
Even her sixth studio album's wordy, worrisome title oozes tender hostility
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8.0
58472
8.0 |
Paste Magazine
Isn’t going to attract the easy-listening crowd, but that’s probably not who she was aiming for in the first place
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8.0
58478
8.0 |
The Guardian
Neko Case has talked openly about the fog of depression that shrouded the writing of her sixth album, but even if she'd kept silent in interview, the lyrics and frequently lurching, off-kilter, numbed music would have given everything away
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8.0
58320
8.0 |
Under The Radar
Represents a significant thematic shift for Case
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8.0
58321
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
Case has mostly abandoned the elegant mythologies that have previously so typified her songwriting and instead favoured something a little more direct - albeit no less beautiful
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8.0
58322
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
For Case, this is likely a cathartic effort; it’s improbable this path will be revisited, unless more tragedy befalls her, but it’s a tremendous listen and a wonderful demonstration of her talents nonetheless
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8.0
58345
8.0 |
Mojo
A grown-up album by a real grown-up who knows how to sugar coat a pill for mass consumption. Print edition only
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8.0
58348
8.0 |
Q
A little more conventional but no less arresting. Print edition only
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8.0
58351
8.0 |
NME
Typically sumptuous and lusciously heart-rending
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7.5
58372
7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
While the subsequent inconsistency may hold The Worse Things Get back from greatness, it does make it honest, and when it comes to art I’ll take honesty over consistency any day
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7.0
59300
7.0 |
FasterLouder
Where fantasy and allegory once trumped personal narrative, Case is now purging her demons with startling honesty
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7.0
58317
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Catharsis runs through these 12 songs, but Case isn’t being mopey or trying win our sympathy
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6.0
58316
6.0 |
The Independent
Not an easy listen, but a satisfying one
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5.0
58725
5.0 |
A.V. Club
An album of songs that seem to be about love and loss but never quite connect emotionally
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