Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- "The record is remarkably polished, coloring Gram Parsons-style country with R.E.M.'s vocal drama and the Replacements' beer-breath blues.", "...This Raleigh, N.C., quintet breaks away from the No Depression pack with a potent major-label bow that might be characterized as country & Westerberg. More tuneful and ruminative than their rowdy shows would suggest, Ryan Adams' America-soaked songs alternately rock and tiptoe through the space between apathy and regret..." - Rating: B+, Included in A.P.'s "10 Essential Alt-Country Albums" - "...Ryan Adams always seems to be singing at the end of a hard night of drinking, or at the end of a string of hard luck...", 5 Stars Out of 5 -- "The Album Still Sounds like Alt.Country's High Tide.", "...shows range beyond the band's trademark roughhouse, twang-tinged punk, but its honky-tonk heart still beats...", "Stunning....Rocking like a Primate and Sad-Balladeering like the Loneliest Bar Fly.", Ranked #23 in the Village Voice's 1997 Jazz & Pop Critics' Poll., 3 Stars (out of 5) - "If there's to be a Nirvana among the bands that are imprecisely dubbed alternative country, look to Whiskeytown. Ryan Adams is a gifted writer who pens aching songs about alienation and love's lackings, and sings in a weary voice scuffed by hard luck...", "Purchase immediately and file next to EVERYBODY HURTS and Big Star's THIRTEEN. It really is that good.", 5 stars out of 5 -- "Flitting between dustbowl desperation and inner city ennui on slacker anthems such as 'Losering,' Adams soundtracked a subculture with quiet reserve and filmic imagery...", "STRANGERS ALMANAC is the beating heart of Whiskeytown's catalog and one of the best albums of its genre and era."
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